net/url

Network
import "net/url"

Parses URLs and implements query escaping for HTTP request construction.

Example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/url"
)

func main() {
    u, _ := url.Parse("https://example.com/path?q=hello")
    fmt.Println(u.Host)        // example.com
    fmt.Println(u.Query()["q"]) // [hello]
}

Key Types & Functions

URLParseValuesQueryEscapePathEscape

About net/url

The net/url package (imported as net/url) belongs to the Network category of Go packages. Parses URLs and implements query escaping for HTTP request construction.

Go's standard library is one of the language's greatest strengths, providing production-ready implementations for networking, cryptography, encoding, I/O, and more. The net/url package follows Go's philosophy of simplicity and composability — small, focused packages that combine through interfaces like io.Reader and io.Writer.

When using net/url in production, follow Go best practices: handle errors explicitly, use context for cancellation and timeouts, prefer composition over inheritance, and write table-driven tests. The Go documentation at pkg.go.dev provides comprehensive API references and examples for every exported type and function.

Related Packages

net/httpstringsfmt