diff --git a/go/README.md b/go/README.md
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+## Swagger
+
+The examples in this directory assume that the zipkin API client has been generated using
+[go-swagger](https://github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger) into the `client` directory.
+
+```bash
+swagger generate client -f ../zipkin-api/zipkin-api.yaml -A zipkin
+```
diff --git a/go/recent_traces_for_service.go b/go/recent_traces_for_service.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	httptransport "github.com/go-openapi/runtime/client"
+	"github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-api-example/go/client"
+	"github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-api-example/go/client/operations"
+	"github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var dev bool
+	flag.BoolVar(&dev, "d", false, "Use the dev zipkin configurations")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+	serviceName := flag.Arg(0)
+
+	// http://goswagger.io/generate/client/
+	apiHost := "prod-host.example.com"
+	if dev {
+		apiHost = "dev-host.example.com"
+	}
+	transport := httptransport.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s", apiHost), "/api/v1", []string{"https"})
+	zipkin := client.New(transport, strfmt.Default)
+
+	limit := int64(10)
+	now := int64(time.Now().UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond))
+	lookback := int64(36000000)
+	resp, err := zipkin.Operations.GetTraces(operations.NewGetTracesParams().
+		WithServiceName(&serviceName).
+		WithLimit(&limit).
+		WithEndTs(&now).
+		WithLookback(&lookback))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	payload, _ := json.Marshal(resp.Payload)
+	fmt.Println(string(payload))
+}
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diff --git a/go/trace_by_id.go b/go/trace_by_id.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	httptransport "github.com/go-openapi/runtime/client"
+	strfmt "github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
+	"github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-api-example/go/client"
+	"github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-api-example/go/client/operations"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var dev bool
+	flag.BoolVar(&dev, "d", false, "Use the dev zipkin configurations")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+	traceID := flag.Arg(0)
+
+	// http://goswagger.io/generate/client/
+	apiHost := "prod-host.example.com"
+	if dev {
+		apiHost = "dev-host.example.com"
+	}
+	transport := httptransport.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s:9411", apiHost), "/api/v1", []string{"http"})
+	zipkin := client.New(transport, strfmt.Default)
+
+	resp, err := zipkin.Operations.GetTraceTraceID(operations.NewGetTraceTraceIDParams().WithTraceID(traceID))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	payload, _ := json.Marshal(resp.Payload)
+	fmt.Println(string(payload))
+}