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See "Arvados GoDoc":https://godoc.org/git.curoverse.com/arvados.git/sdk/go for detailed documentation.

h2.  Initialize SDK

<pre>
import (
  "git.curoverse.com/arvados.git/sdk/go/arvados"
  "git.curoverse.com/arvados.git/sdk/go/arvadosclient"
}

func main() {
  arv, err := arvadosclient.MakeArvadosClient()
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Error setting up arvados client %s", err.Error())
  }
}
</pre>

h2. create

<pre>
  var collection arvados.Collection
  err := api.Create("collections", Dict{"collection": Dict{"name": "create example"}}, &collection)
</pre>

h2. delete

<pre>
  var collection arvados.Collection
  err := api.Delete("collections", "aaaaa-bbbbb-ccccccccccccccc", Dict{}, &collection)
</pre>

h2. get

<pre>
  var collection arvados.Collection
  err := api.Get("collections", "aaaaa-bbbbb-ccccccccccccccc", Dict{}, &collection)
</pre>

h2. list

<pre>
  var collection arvados.Collection
  err := api.List("collections", Dict{}, &collection)
</pre>

h2. update

<pre>
  var collection arvados.Collection
  err := api.Update("collections", "aaaaa-bbbbb-ccccccccccccccc", Dict{"collection": Dict{"name": "update example"}}, &collection)
</pre>

h2. Get current user

<pre>
  var user arvados.User
  err := api.Get("users", "current", Dict{}, &user)
</pre>

h2. Example program

You can save this source as a .go file and run it:

<notextile>{% code 'example_sdk_go' as go %}</notextile>

A few more usage examples can be found in the "services/keepproxy":https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/repository/revisions/master/show/services/keepproxy and "sdk/go/keepclient":https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/repository/revisions/master/show/sdk/go/keepclient directories in the arvados source tree.