package main import ( "fmt" "io/ioutil" "net/http" ) type data struct { Body []byte Error error } func futureData(url string) <-chan data { c := make(chan data, 1) go func() { var body []byte var err error resp, err := http.Get(url) defer resp.Body.Close() body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body) c <- data{Body: body, Error: err} }() return c } func main() { future := futureData("https://medium.com/@thejasbabu/concurrency-patterns-golang-5c5e1bcd0833") future2 := futureData("https://golang.org/ref/mem") // do many other things body := <-future fmt.Printf("response: %#v", "test") fmt.Printf("error: %#v", body.Error) body2 := <-future2 fmt.Printf("response: %#v", "test1") fmt.Printf("error: %#v", body2.Error) }