1# Example net/http server and client with OpenCensus
2
3This example uses:
4
5* net/http to create a server and client.
6* The OpenCensus net/http plugin to instrument the server and client.
7* Debugging exporters to print stats and traces to stdout.
8
9```
10$ go get go.opencensus.io/examples/http/...
11```
12
13First, run the server:
14
15```
16$ go run $(go env GOPATH)/src/go.opencensus.io/examples/http/helloworld_server/main.go
17```
18
19Then, run the client:
20
21```
22$ go run $(go env GOPATH)/src/go.opencensus.io/examples/http/helloworld_client/main.go
23```
24
25You will see traces and stats exported on the stdout. You can use one of the
26[exporters](https://godoc.org/go.opencensus.io/exporter)
27to upload collected data to the backend of your choice.
28
29You can also see the z-pages provided from the server:
30* Traces: http://localhost:8081/debug/tracez
31* RPCs: http://localhost:8081/debug/rpcz
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