Catch values from Goroutines
The most natural way to fetch a value from a goroutine is channels. Channels are the pipes that connect concurrent goroutines. You can send values into channels from one goroutine and receive those values into another goroutine or in a synchronous function.
Example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"net/http"
"sync"
)
// WaitGroup is used to wait for the program to finish goroutines.
var wg sync.WaitGroup
func responseSize(url string, nums chan int) {
// Schedule the call to WaitGroup's Done to tell goroutine is completed.
defer wg.Done()
response, err := http.Get(url)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer response.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
// Send value to the unbuffered channel
nums <- len(body)
}
func main() {
nums := make(chan int) // Declare a unbuffered channel
wg.Add(1)
go responseSize("https://www.golangprograms.com", nums)
fmt.Println(<-nums) // Read the value from unbuffered channel
wg.Wait()
close(nums) // Closes the channel
}
Output
79655
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