// connection to the server for a subsequent "keep-alive" request.
	if respBody != nil {
		// Drain any remaining Body and then close the connection.
		// Without this closing connection would disallow re-using
		// the same connection for future uses.
		//  - http://stackoverflow.com/a/17961593/4465767
		defer respBody.Close()
		xioutil.DiscardReader(respBody)
	}