package main import ( "net/http" "fmt" "os" "time" "encoding/json" "sort" ) func main(){ timeout := time.Duration( 10 * time.Second ) client := http.Client { Timeout: timeout } req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist?query=Metallica", nil) req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Go Application Development") req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json") req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json") if (err != nil) { fmt.Println("error creating request\n%v", err) os.Exit(1) } resp, err := client.Do(req) if (err != nil) { fmt.Println("error opening request\n%v", err) os.Exit(1) } defer resp.Body.Close() if (err != nil) { fmt.Println("could not read body\n%v", err) os.Exit(1) } var result mb_artist_search json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result) fmt.Println(result.Artists[0].Name) for _, element := range get_artist_tags(&result){ fmt.Printf("\ntag: %2d: %s", element.Count, element.Name) } } func get_artist_tags (res *mb_artist_search) []mb_tag{ var t []mb_tag for _, elem := range res.Artists[0].Tags { if int(elem.Count) > 0 { t = append(t, elem) } } sort.Sort(ByInverseCount(t)) return t } type mb_artist_search struct { Created time.Time `json:"created"` Count int `json:"count"` Offset int `json:"offset"` Artists []struct { ID string `json:"id"` Type string `json:"type,omitempty"` TypeID string `json:"type-id,omitempty"` Score int `json:"score"` Name string `json:"name"` SortName string `json:"sort-name"` Country string `json:"country,omitempty"` Area struct { ID string `json:"id"` Type string `json:"type"` TypeID string `json:"type-id"` Name string `json:"name"` SortName string `json:"sort-name"` LifeSpan struct { Ended interface{} `json:"ended"` } `json:"life-span"` } `json:"area,omitempty"` BeginArea struct { ID string `json:"id"` Type string `json:"type"` TypeID string `json:"type-id"` Name string `json:"name"` SortName string `json:"sort-name"` LifeSpan struct { Ended interface{} `json:"ended"` } `json:"life-span"` } `json:"begin-area,omitempty"` Isnis []string `json:"isnis,omitempty"` LifeSpan struct { Begin string `json:"begin"` Ended interface{} `json:"ended"` } `json:"life-span,omitempty"` Aliases []struct { SortName string `json:"sort-name"` TypeID string `json:"type-id,omitempty"` Name string `json:"name"` Locale interface{} `json:"locale"` Type string `json:"type"` Primary interface{} `json:"primary"` BeginDate interface{} `json:"begin-date"` EndDate interface{} `json:"end-date"` } `json:"aliases,omitempty"` Tags []mb_tag `json:"tags,omitempty"` Disambiguation string `json:"disambiguation,omitempty"` } `json:"artists"` } type mb_tag struct{ Count int `json:"count"` Name string `json:"name"` } type ByInverseCount []mb_tag func (t ByInverseCount) Len() int { return len(t) } func (t ByInverseCount) Less (i, j int) bool { return t[i].Count >= t[j].Count } func (t ByInverseCount) Swap (i,j int) { t[i], t[j] = t[j], t[i] }