Request with already encoded URL

To keep explanation simple if you want to send a request to an already encoded URL use Opaque property of url.URL

// Sending a literal '%' in an HTTP request's Path
req := &http.Request{  
    Method: "GET",
    Host:   "example.com", // takes precendence over URL.Host
    URL: &url.URL{
        Opaque: "/%2f/",
    },
}

On the other hand you may not want your url to be encoded

req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.linkedin.com", nil)

req.URL.Opaque = "/v1/people/~:(id,first-name,last-name)"

resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)