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This section explains how to interact with `bitcoind` using the Go programming language and the [btcd rpcclient](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/tree/master/rpcclient). Note that it has some quirks and some limitations.
## Setting up Go
## Setting Up Go
To prepare for Go usage on your UNIX machine, first install curl if you haven't already:
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### Setting Up `btcd` `rpcclient`
We will be using the `rpcclient` that comes with `btcd,` a Bitcoin implementation written in Go. Although `rpcclient` was originally designed to work with the `btcd` Bitcoin full node, it also works with Bitcoin Core. It has some quirks which we will be looking at.
You'll be using the `rpcclient` that comes with `btcd,` a Bitcoin implementation written in Go. Although `rpcclient` was originally designed to work with the `btcd` Bitcoin full node, it also works with Bitcoin Core. It has some quirks which we will be looking at.
You can use ```go get``` to download it:
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## Building Your Connection
With some programming languages, you'll need to do the work of managing RPC calls yourself. And, in Go, you will have to build your RPC connection:
Every `bitcoind` function in Go begins with creating the RPC connection, using the `ConnConfig` function:
```
connCfg := &rpcclient.ConnConfig{
Host: "localhost:18332",
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}
defer client.Shutdown()
```
The ```connCfg``` parameters allow you to choose the Bitcoin RPC port, username, password and whether you are on testnet or mainnet. Using ```rpcclient.New(connCfg, nil)``` we configure ```client``` to connect to our Bitcoin node.
The ```connCfg``` parameters allow you to choose the Bitcoin RPC port, username, password and whether you are on testnet or mainnet.
> :note: **NOTE:** Again, be sure to substitute the `User` and `Pass` with the one found in your `~/.bitcoin/bitcon.conf`.
The ```defer client.Shutdown()``` line is for disconnecting from our Bitcoin node, once the ```main()``` function finishes executing. After the ```defer client.Shutdown()``` line is where the exciting stuff is — and it's to use. That's's because `rpcclient` helpfully turns the `bitcoin-cli` commands into functions using PascalCase. For example, ```bitcoin-cli getblockcount``` is ```client.GetBlockCount``` in Go.
The```rpcclient.New(connCfg, nil)``` function then configures ```client``` to connect to our Bitcoin node.
The ```defer client.Shutdown()``` line is for disconnecting from your Bitcoin node, once the ```main()``` function finishes executing. After the ```defer client.Shutdown()``` line is where the exciting stuff goes — and it will be pretty easy to use. That's's because `rpcclient` helpfully turns the `bitcoin-cli` commands into functions using PascalCase. For example, ```bitcoin-cli getblockcount``` will be ```client.GetBlockCount``` in Go.
### Making an RPC Call