http.Client.Do fails to parse responce from bitcoin rpc server

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by tm1rbrt:

request, e := http.NewRequest("POST", "/",
strings.NewReader(string(callStr)))
request.SetBasicAuth(brpc.user, brpc.pass)
httpClient := new(http.Client)
responce, e := httpClient.Do(request)

The last line throws the following error: unsupported protocol scheme ""

[mattn]

Comment 1:

You should specify URL like "http://xxxx".

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Comment 2 by tm1rbrt:

Close this, i thought it was using a socket I created earlier. Sorry!

[adg]

Comment 3:

Status changed to Invalid.