alba/backend/main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"text/template"
	"time"

	"gogs.carduccidante.edu.it/karmen/core/util/pandoc"
	tplutil "gogs.carduccidante.edu.it/karmen/core/util/template"
)

var funcmap = template.FuncMap{
	"date": func() string {
		now := time.Now()

		return now.Format("2006-02-01")
	},
}

func convertPDFToPNG(filename string) error {
	out, err := exec.Command("pandoc", pandoc_args...).CombinedOutput()
	if string(out) != "" {
		return fmt.Errorf("pandoc: %s", string(out))
	}
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func serveScreen(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
	tpl, err := tplutil.LoadTextTemplate("screen.tpl.md", funcmap)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	f, err := os.Create("./data/screen.md")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	log.Println("Generating markdown file from template.")
	if err := tpl.Execute(f, nil); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	log.Println("Converting markdown to pdf.")
	err = pandoc.Convert("./data/screen.md", "./data/screen.pdf", "-V", "geometry:papersize={3.8in,6.4in}", "-V", "pagestyle:empty")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	log.Println("Serving screen.png...")
	http.ServeFile(res, req, "./data/screen.png")
}

func main() {
	http.HandleFunc("/", serveScreen)

	log.Println("Start alba backend...")
	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}