Now trying json.Unmarshal for decoding

.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml

+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <profile version="1.0">
+    <option name="myName" value="Project Default" />
+    <inspection_tool class="GoUnhandledErrorResult" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true">
+      <methods>
+        <method importPath="hash" receiver="Hash" name="Write" />
+        <method importPath="strings" receiver="*Builder" name="Write" />
+        <method importPath="strings" receiver="*Builder" name="WriteByte" />
+        <method importPath="bytes" receiver="*Buffer" name="WriteRune" />
+        <method importPath="bytes" receiver="*Buffer" name="Write" />
+        <method importPath="bytes" receiver="*Buffer" name="WriteString" />
+        <method importPath="strings" receiver="*Builder" name="WriteString" />
+        <method importPath="bytes" receiver="*Buffer" name="WriteByte" />
+        <method importPath="strings" receiver="*Builder" name="WriteRune" />
+        <method importPath="math/rand" receiver="*Rand" name="Read" />
+        <method importPath="io" receiver="ReadCloser" name="Close" />
+      </methods>
+    </inspection_tool>
+  </profile>
+</component>
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models/countries.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package models
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -18,19 +20,38 @@ type Country struct {
 }
 
 func GetCountryByCode(code string) Country {
+	var x Country
+	url := countryApi + code + "/"
 
-	resp, err:= http.Get(countryApi + code + "/")
+	resp, err:= http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		// handle pls
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		bodyString := string(bodyBytes)
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(bodyString), &x)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		//log.Info(bodyString)
+	}
+
 
+
+
+/*
 	country := &Country{}
 	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(country)
 	if err != nil {
-		// handle pls
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}*/
 
-	return *country
+	return x
 
 }
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