malformed HTTP status code "/" error in Go - go

Question

Server.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
//"strings"
"encoding/json"
"io/ioutil"
"strconv"
"net"
"bufio"
)
type Message struct {
Text string
}
func Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error
func main() {
//http.HandleFunc("/", handler)
server,_ := net.Listen("tcp", ":" + strconv.Itoa(8080))
if server == nil {
panic("couldn't start listening: ")
}
conns := clientConns(server)
for {
go handleConn(<-conns)
}
}
func clientConns(listener net.Listener) chan net.Conn {
ch := make(chan net.Conn)
i := 0
go func() {
for {
client, _ := listener.Accept()
if client == nil {
fmt.Printf("couldn't accept: ")
continue
}
i++
fmt.Printf("%d: %v <-> %v\n", i, client.LocalAddr(), client.RemoteAddr())
ch <- client
}
}()
return ch
}
func handleConn(client net.Conn) {
b := bufio.NewReader(client)
fmt.Println("Buffer")
for {
line, err := b.ReadBytes('\n')
if err != nil { // EOF, or worse
break
}
client.Write(line)
}
}
Client.go
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"strings"
"flag"
//"io"
// "net"
// "net/rpc"
// "sync"
)
func Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error
func Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
type Message struct {
Text string
}
func main(){
var flagtext = flag.String("flagtext", "Hello!", "Flag")
flag.Parse()
var text string
text = *flagtext
m := Message{text}
var m1 Message
b, err := json.Marshal(m)
if err == nil{
resp, err := http.Post("http://127.0.0.1:8080","application/json", strings.NewReader(string(b)))
if err != nil{
log.Fatal("Error while post: %v",err)
}
fmt.Println(resp)
err = json.Unmarshal(b, &m1)
}
}
Error I get when I run client.go is this:
Error while post: %vmalformed HTTP status code "/"
Though, the server registers a channel for each post, it shows a malformed HTTP status code. Is it because I'm listening in the wrong channel? I'm confused why this error is occurring.

Answer 1

This line in the server code:
client.Write(line)
sends the request line back to the client. Since the client is posting something like GET / HTTP/1.1, this means that the server is responding with something like GET / HTTP/1.1, instead of something like HTTP/1.1 200 OK. The error-message you're seeing is because / appears in the status-code position.

Answer 2

In server.go it seems you are trying to write your own HTTP server from the TCP socket level up. This is unnecessary work - take the easy route and use the built-in HTTP server API.
The general outline of such a server is like this:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hi there, I love %s!", r.URL.Path[1:])
}
func main() {
http.HandleFunc("/", handler)
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}
and is described further in this article. More documentation is in net/http.