backend functioning. Player models init

utils/http_client.go

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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func GetJSON(url string) ([]byte, error) {
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
+
+	resp, err := client.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, errors.New("received non-200 response: " + resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return body, nil
+}