do the actual request

backend/diyhrt_fetch.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package backend
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const endpoint = "https://diyhrt.market/api/listings"
+
+func GetListings() ([]Listing, error) {
+	apiKey := os.Getenv("API_KEY")
+	fmt.Println(apiKey)
+
+	// why put api key in url parameter
+	resp, err := http.NewRequest("GET", endpoint+"?api_token="+apiKey, nil)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Print(err.Error())
+		return []Listing{}, err
+	}
+
+	var listings []Listing
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&listings); err != nil {
+		return []Listing{}, err
+	}
+
+	return listings, nil
+}

backend/diyhrt_models.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package backend
+
+type ActiveIngredient struct {
+	Name        string `json:"name"`
+	Ester       string `json:"ester"`
+	DisplayName string `json:"display_name"`
+}
+
+type Product struct {
+	Id               int              `json:"id"`
+	Name             string           `json:"name"`
+	Image            string           `json:"image"`
+	ActiveIngredient ActiveIngredient `json:"active_ingredient"`
+}
+
+type Store struct {
+	Id                 int    `json:"id"`
+	Name               string `json:"name"`
+	Url                string `json:"url"`
+	Description        string `json:"description"`
+	ShipsFromCountry   string `json:"ships_from_country"`
+	ShipsToCountry     string `json:"ships_to_country"`
+	ServiceStatus      string `json:"service_status"`
+	ServiceStatusNotes string `json:"service_status_notes"`
+	PaymentMethods     string `json:"payment_methods"`
+	CategoryName       string `json:"category_name"`
+}
+
+type Listing struct {
+	Id             int     `json:"id"`
+	ProductName    string  `json:"product_name"`
+	StoreName      string  `json:"store_name"`
+	Price          string  `json:"price"`
+	PriceCurrency  string  `json:"price_currency"`
+	State          string  `json:"state"`
+	InStock        bool    `json:"in_stock"`
+	Url            string  `json:"url"`
+	PricingPerUnit string  `json:"pricing_per_unit"`
+	Product        Product `json:"product"`
+	Store          Store   `json:"store"`
+}

main.go

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gitea.elara.ws/Hazel/transfem-startpage/backend"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println("running transfem startpage")
+
+	listings, _ := backend.GetListings()
+	for _, l := range listings {
+		fmt.Println(l)
+	}
 }