Allow Request.Context to be nil

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 21a5c4f..6821ded 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package gemini
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"errors"
@@ -96,7 +97,12 @@ func (c *Client) do(req *Request, via []*Request) (*Response, error) {
 		},
 		ServerName: hostname,
 	}
-	netConn, err := (&net.Dialer{}).DialContext(req.Context, "tcp", req.Host)
+
+	ctx := req.Context
+	if ctx == nil {
+		ctx = context.Background()
+	}
+	netConn, err := (&net.Dialer{}).DialContext(ctx, "tcp", req.Host)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}