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http-client capability

http-client adds a resilient HTTP client to your Go service with retry, timeout, and observability built in for outbound calls.

What You Get

Section titled “What You Get”
  • HTTP client with retry, timeout, and observability built in

When to Use

Section titled “When to Use”

Use http-client for any outbound HTTP call to external services. A raw http.DefaultClient has no timeout, no retry, and no tracing — all three are production requirements. Pair with circuit-breaker to stop calling dependencies that are clearly down.

Requirements & Suggestions

Section titled “Requirements & Suggestions”

Suggests: circuit-breaker, retry

Add to Your Service

Section titled “Add to Your Service”
Terminal window
verikt new my-service --language go --cap http-client
# or add to an existing service:
verikt add http-client
Section titled “Related Capabilities”

circuit-breaker

Stop calling failed dependencies before they cascade.

retry

Retry transient failures with exponential backoff.

observability

Trace outbound HTTP calls with OpenTelemetry.