building an API client structure with methods

client.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"github.com/mrjones/oauth"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+/* The trading endpoint for Ally */
+const endpoint string = "https://api.tradeking.com/v1/"
+
+type AllyApi struct {
+	consumer *oauth.Consumer
+	Client   *http.Client
+}
+
+func (c *AllyApi) Initialize() {
+	err := godotenv.Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// Set up our new oauth consumer
+	c.consumer = oauth.NewConsumer(
+		os.Getenv("CONSUMER_KEY"),
+		os.Getenv("CONSUMER_SECRET"),
+		oauth.ServiceProvider{
+			RequestTokenUrl:   "https://developers.tradeking.com/oauth/request_token",
+			AuthorizeTokenUrl: "https://developers.tradeking.com/oauth/authorize",
+			AccessTokenUrl:    "https://developers.tradeking.com/oauth/access_token",
+		},
+	)
+
+	c.Client, err = c.consumer.MakeHttpClient(
+		&oauth.AccessToken{Token: os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN"), Secret: os.Getenv("ACCESS_SECRET")})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *AllyApi) Get(path string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	resp, err = c.Client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("%s\\%s", endpoint, path))
+	return
+}

main.go

@@ -4,39 +4,16 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
-	"github.com/mrjones/oauth"
 )
 
-var endpoint string = "https://api.tradeking.com/v1/"
-
 func main() {
 	// Load our environment variables
-	err := godotenv.Load()
+	var api AllyApi
-	if err != nil {
+	api.Initialize()
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	// Set up our new oauth consumer
-	cons := oauth.NewConsumer(
-		os.Getenv("CONSUMER_KEY"),
-		os.Getenv("CONSUMER_SECRET"),
-		oauth.ServiceProvider{
-			RequestTokenUrl:   "https://developers.tradeking.com/oauth/request_token",
-			AuthorizeTokenUrl: "https://developers.tradeking.com/oauth/authorize",
-			AccessTokenUrl:    "https://developers.tradeking.com/oauth/access_token",
-		},
-	)
 
 	// Set up our HTTP client
-	client, err := cons.MakeHttpClient(&oauth.AccessToken{Token: os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN"), Secret: os.Getenv("ACCESS_SECRET")})
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
 
-	resp, err := client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("%s\\%s", endpoint, "accounts"))
+	resp, err := api.Get("accounts")
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)