Use http.DefaultClient

We should actually do what we're saying we do in the doc. Setting InsecureSkipVerify=true is probably not a good idea to do by default.

Fixes: #3

Author: mchaynes

splunk/splunk.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package splunk
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
@@ -42,10 +41,9 @@ type Client struct {
 // If an httpClient object is specified it will be used instead of the
 // default http.DefaultClient.
 func NewClient(httpClient *http.Client, URL string, Token string, Source string, SourceType string, Index string) *Client {
-	// Create a new client
+	// Use default client
 	if httpClient == nil {
-		tr := &http.Transport{TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}} // turn off certificate checking
-		httpClient = &http.Client{Timeout: time.Second * 20, Transport: tr}
+		httpClient = http.DefaultClient
 	}
 	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
 	c := &Client{