Comment by tidwall

Or this.

    func fetchUser(id int) (user User, err error) {
        resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://api.example.com/users/%d", id))
        if err != nil {
            return user, err
        }
        defer resp.Body.Close()
        return user, json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&user)
    }