package frontend import ( "embed" "html/template" "io/fs" "regexp" "strings" "github.com/gin-gonic/gin" ) // The version of gin I used when writting this, did not support using embeded files as html // so I found this solution on good old https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26537299/golang-gin-framework-status-code-without-message-body // LoadHTMLFromEmbedFS loads all files from the embeded file system that match the pattern func LoadHTMLFromEmbedFS(engine *gin.Engine, embedFS embed.FS, pattern string) { root := template.New("") tmpl := template.Must(root, LoadAndAddToRoot(engine.FuncMap, root, embedFS, pattern)) engine.SetHTMLTemplate(tmpl) } // LoadAndAddToRoot loads all files from the embeded file system that match the pattern and adds them to the root template // // Usage: // // func (engine *gin.Engine) LoadHTMLFromFS(embedFS embed.FS, pattern string) { // root := template.New("") // tmpl := template.Must(root, LoadAndAddToRoot(engine.FuncMap, root, embedFS, pattern)) // engine.SetHTMLTemplate(tmpl) // } func LoadAndAddToRoot(funcMap template.FuncMap, rootTemplate *template.Template, embedFS embed.FS, pattern string) error { pattern = strings.ReplaceAll(pattern, ".", "\\.") pattern = strings.ReplaceAll(pattern, "*", ".*") err := fs.WalkDir(embedFS, ".", func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, walkErr error) error { if walkErr != nil { return walkErr } if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(pattern, path); !d.IsDir() && matched { data, readErr := embedFS.ReadFile(path) if readErr != nil { return readErr } t := rootTemplate.New(path).Funcs(funcMap) if _, parseErr := t.Parse(string(data)); parseErr != nil { return parseErr } } return nil }) return err }