sdvdxl / 2goarray

A simple utility to encode a file (or any other data) into a Go byte array.

2goarray

A simple utility to encode a file (or any other data) into a Go byte slice.

Having set up your Go environment, simply run

go get github.com/cratonica/2goarray

Then use by piping a file into the utility and capturing the output. You must provide a name for the generated slice symbol and package name. For example:

$GOPATH/bin/2gorray MyArray mypackage < myimage.png > myimage.go

This will output something like:

package mypackage

var MyArray []byte = []byte {
  0x49, 0x20, 0x63, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x27, 0x74, 0x20, 0x62, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x69,
  0x65, 0x76, 0x65, 0x20, 0x79, 0x6f, 0x75, 0x20, 0x61, 0x63, 0x74, 0x75,
  0x61, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x79, 0x20, 0x64, 0x65, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x64,
  0x20, 0x74, 0x68, 0x69, 0x73, 0x2e, 0x20, 0x4b, 0x75, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x73,
  0x20, 0x66, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x20, 0x62, 0x65, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x67, 0x20, 0x74,
  0x68, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x75, 0x67, 0x68, 0x2e, 0x0a,
}

Contributors

• Clint Caywood
• Paul Vollmer