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 `http` package
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-The `http` package contains test objects useful for testing code that relies on the `net/http` package.  Check out the [API documentation for the `http` package](http://godoc.org/github.com/stretchr/testify/http).
+The `http` package contains test objects useful for testing code that relies on the `net/http` package.  Check out the [(deprecated) API documentation for the `http` package](http://godoc.org/github.com/stretchr/testify/http). 
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+We reccomend you use [httptest](http://golang.org/pkg/net/http/httptest) instead.
 
 `mock` package
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