Why convert cURL to Go?

Go's net/http package is powerful but verbose compared to a simple cURL command. Manually translating cURL flags into Go's http.NewRequest, Header.Set, and http.Client calls is tedious and error-prone. This converter automates the process, generating proper Go code with error handling, request body handling, and header configuration.

// cURL: curl -X POST https://api.example.com/users \
//   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"Alice"}'

// Equivalent Go code
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"name":"Alice"}`)
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.example.com/users", body)
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
  resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer resp.Body.Close()
  data, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(data))
}

Common use cases for cURL to Go conversion

Go developers use this converter when building HTTP clients and API integrations, implementing webhook handlers that need to make outbound requests, writing CLI tools that interact with REST APIs, and converting API documentation examples into Go code. It is especially useful for Go's verbose HTTP request setup.