nicer way to consume response

Author: atoulme

splunk/splunk.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -164,9 +165,7 @@ func (c *Client) doRequest(b *bytes.Buffer) error {
 	switch res.StatusCode {
 	case 200:
 		// need to read the reply otherwise the connection hangs
-		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-		buf.ReadFrom(res.Body)
-
+		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, res.Body)
 		return nil
 	default:
 		// Turn response into string and return it