GOB encoding through TCP

client.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/gob"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net"
	"time"
)

type request struct {
	Query   string
	Results uint
}

func main() {
	for {
		c, err := net.Dial("tcp", ":4000")
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err)
		}
		req := request{Query: "searchterm", Results: 10}
		err = gob.NewEncoder(c).Encode(req)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err)
		}
		fmt.Println("sent:", req)
		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
	}
}

server.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/gob"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net"
)

type request struct {
	Query   string
	Results uint
}

func main() {
	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":4000")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	for {
		c, err := l.Accept()
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err)
		}

		var req request
		err = gob.NewDecoder(c).Decode(&req)
		if err != nil {
			log.Println("decode:", err)
		}

		fmt.Println("received:", req)

		c.Close()
	}
}