emanuelelongo / goembed

Embed static resources in a Go program

goembed

Embed static resources in a Go program

Install

go get github.com/emanuelelongo/goembed

Usage

goembed [options] file|directory

Options

• -name
  The variable name to assign the resource (file mode only)
• -noheader
  Don't output headers (useful to append to existing file
• -package
  The package to output in headers (default "main")
• -prefix
  A prefix for variables (ignored if name is set) (default "resource")

Example

# given the following "myIcons" directory:
# ├── green.png
# ├── orange.png
# └── red.png
$ goembed --prefix statusIcon myIcons > myFile.go

Will write into myFile.go:

// auto-generated

package mypackage


var statusIconRedPng = []byte{0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0xd, ...
var statusIconOrangePng = []byte{0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0xd, ...
var statusIconGreenPng = []byte{0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0xd, ...