better project layout

pkg/helper/webrequest.go

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+package helper
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func JSONWebRequest(url string) interface{} {
+	Log.Noticef("requesting url via GET %s", url)
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		Log.Panicf("could not get url '%s': %s", url, err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		Log.Panicf("could not read body from url '%s': %s", url, err)
+	}
+
+	Log.Debugf("output from url '%s':\n%s", url, string(body))
+
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		Log.Panicf("bad status '%d - %s' from url '%s'", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status, url)
+	}
+
+	contentType := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+
+	if strings.Contains(contentType, "json") {
+
+	} else {
+		Log.Panicf("is not json '%s' from url '%s'", contentType, url)
+	}
+
+	jsonMap := make(map[string]interface{})
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &jsonMap)
+	if err == nil {
+		return jsonMap
+	}
+
+	jsonArrayMap := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &jsonArrayMap)
+	if err == nil {
+		return jsonArrayMap
+	}
+
+	Log.Panicf("could not read json from '%s': invalid type", url)
+	return nil
+}