Pkger
github.com/markbates/pkger
is a tool for embedding static files into Go binaries. It will, hopefully, be a replacement for github.com/gobuffalo/packr/v2
.
Requirements
How it Works (Module Aware Pathing)
Pkger is powered by the dark magic of Go Modules, so they're like, totally required.
With Go Modules pkger can resolve packages with accuracy. No more guessing and trying to
figure out build paths, GOPATHS, etc... for this tired old lad.
With the module's path correctly resolved, it can serve as the "root" directory for that
module, and all files in that module's directory are available.
Paths:
- Paths should use UNIX style paths:
/cmd/pkger/main.go
- If unspecified the path's package is assumed to be the current module.
- Packages can specified in at the beginning of a path with a
:
seperator.
github.com/markbates/pkger:/cmd/pkger/main.go
- There are no relative paths. All paths are absolute to the modules root.
- Fully-qualified paths are embedded into the metadata of your static assets. If this behavior is undesirable, a preference is to build in a containerized environ, like docker, where the path strings are not ex-filtrating data about your development environment.
"github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo:/go.mod" => /go/pkg/mod/github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo@v0.14.7/go.mod
CLI
Installation
$ go get github.com/markbates/pkger/cmd/pkger
$ pkger -h
Usage
$ pkger
The result will be a pkged.go
file in the root of the module with the embedded information and the package name of the module.
// ./pkged.go
package <.>
// Pkger stuff here
The -o
flag can be used to specify the directory of the pkged.go
file.
$ pkger -o cmd/reader
The result will be a pkged.go
file in the cmd/reader folder with the embedded information and the package name of that folder.
// cmd/reader/pkged.go
package <reader>
// Pkger stuff here
Including Files at Package Time
There may be reasons where you don't reference a particular file, or folder, that you want embedded in your application, such as a build artifact.
To do this you may use either the github.com/markbates/pkger#Include
function to set a no-op parser directive to include the specified path.
Alternatively, you may use the -include
flag with the pkger
and pkger list
commands.
$ pkger list -include /actions -include github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo:/app.go
app
> app:/actions
> app:/actions/actions.go
> app:/assets
> app:/assets/css
> app:/assets/css/_buffalo.scss
> app:/assets/css/application.scss
> app:/assets/images
> app:/assets/images/favicon.ico
> app:/assets/images/logo.svg
> app:/assets/js
> app:/assets/js/application.js
> app:/go.mod
> app:/locales/all.en-us.yaml
> app:/public
> app:/public/assets
> app:/public/assets/.keep
> app:/public/assets/app.css
> app:/public/images
> app:/public/images/img1.png
> app:/public/index.html
> app:/public/robots.txt
> app:/templates
> app:/templates/_flash.plush.html
> app:/templates/application.plush.html
> app:/templates/index.plush.html
> app:/web
> app:/web/web.go
> github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo:/app.go
> github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo:/logo.svg
Reference Application
The reference application for the README
examples, as well as all testing, can be found at https://github.com/markbates/pkger/tree/master/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref.
├── actions
│ └── actions.go
├── assets
│ ├── css
│ │ ├── _buffalo.scss
│ │ └── application.scss
│ ├── images
│ │ ├── favicon.ico
│ │ └── logo.svg
│ └── js
│ └── application.js
├── go.mod
├── go.sum
├── locales
│ └── all.en-us.yaml
├── main.go
├── mod
│ └── mod.go
├── models
│ └── models.go
├── public
│ ├── assets
│ │ └── app.css
│ ├── images
│ │ └── img1.png
│ ├── index.html
│ └── robots.txt
├── templates
│ ├── _flash.plush.html
│ ├── application.plush.html
│ └── index.plush.html
└── web
└── web.go
13 directories, 20 files
API Usage
Pkger's API is modeled on that of the os
package in Go's standard library. This makes Pkger usage familiar to Go developers.
The two most important interfaces are github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging#Pkger
and github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging#File
.
type Pkger interface {
Parse(p string) (Path, error)
Current() (here.Info, error)
Info(p string) (here.Info, error)
Create(name string) (File, error)
MkdirAll(p string, perm os.FileMode) error
Open(name string) (File, error)
Stat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error)
Walk(p string, wf filepath.WalkFunc) error
Remove(name string) error
RemoveAll(path string) error
}
type File interface {
Close() error
Info() here.Info
Name() string
Open(name string) (http.File, error)
Path() Path
Read(p []byte) (int, error)
Readdir(count int) ([]os.FileInfo, error)
Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error)
Stat() (os.FileInfo, error)
Write(b []byte) (int, error)
}
These two interfaces, along with the os#FileInfo
, provide the bulk of the API surface area.
Open
func run() error {
f, err := pkger.Open("/public/index.html")
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer f.Close()
info, err := f.Stat()
if err != nil {
return err
}
fmt.Println("Name: ", info.Name())
fmt.Println("Size: ", info.Size())
fmt.Println("Mode: ", info.Mode())
fmt.Println("ModTime: ", info.ModTime())
if _, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, f); err != nil {
return err
}
return nil
}
Stat
func run() error {
info, err := pkger.Stat("/public/index.html")
if err != nil {
return err
}
fmt.Println("Name: ", info.Name())
fmt.Println("Size: ", info.Size())
fmt.Println("Mode: ", info.Mode())
fmt.Println("ModTime: ", info.ModTime())
return nil
}
Walk
func run() error {
w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 0, ' ', tabwriter.Debug)
defer w.Flush()
return pkger.Walk("/public", func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
if err != nil {
return err
}
fmt.Fprintf(w,
"%s \t %d \t %s \t %s \t\n",
info.Name(),
info.Size(),
info.Mode(),
info.ModTime().Format(time.RFC3339),
)
return nil
})
}
Understanding the Parser
The github.com/markbates/pkger/parser#Parser
works by statically analyzing the source code of your module using the go/parser
to find a selection of declarations.
The following declarations in your source code will tell the parser to embed files or folders.
pkger.Dir("<path>")
- Embeds all files under the specified path.
pkger.Open("<path>")
- Embeds the file, or folder, of the specified path.
pkger.Stat("<path>")
- Embeds the file, or folder, of the specified path.
pkger.Walk("<path>", filepath.WalkFunc)
- Embeds all files under the specified path.
pkger.Include("<path>")
- Include
is a no-op that directs the pkger tool to include the desired file or folder.
CLI Usage
To see what declarations the parser has found, you can use the pkger parse
command to get a JSON
list of the declarations.
$ pkger parse
{
".": [
{
"file": {
"Abs": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/foo/bar/baz",
"Path": {
"Pkg": "app",
"Name": "/foo/bar/baz"
},
"Here": {
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref",
"ImportPath": "app",
"Module": {
"Path": "app",
"Main": true,
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref",
"GoMod": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/go.mod",
"GoVersion": "1.13"
},
"Name": "main"
}
},
"pos": {
"Filename": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/main.go",
"Offset": 629,
"Line": 47,
"Column": 27
},
"type": "pkger.MkdirAll",
"value": "/foo/bar/baz"
},
{
"file": {
"Abs": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/foo/bar/baz/biz.txt",
"Path": {
"Pkg": "app",
"Name": "/foo/bar/baz/biz.txt"
},
"Here": {
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref",
"ImportPath": "app",
"Module": {
"Path": "app",
"Main": true,
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref",
"GoMod": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/go.mod",
"GoVersion": "1.13"
},
"Name": "main"
}
},
"pos": {
"Filename": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/main.go",
"Offset": 706,
"Line": 51,
"Column": 25
},
"type": "pkger.Create",
"value": "/foo/bar/baz/biz.txt"
},
...
]
}
For a module aware list use the pkger list
command.
$ pkger list
app
> app:/assets
> app:/assets/css
> app:/assets/css/_buffalo.scss
> app:/assets/css/application.scss
> app:/assets/images
> app:/assets/images/favicon.ico
> app:/assets/images/logo.svg
> app:/assets/js
> app:/assets/js/application.js
> app:/go.mod
> app:/locales/all.en-us.yaml
> app:/public
> app:/public/assets
> app:/public/assets/.keep
> app:/public/assets/app.css
> app:/public/images
> app:/public/images/img1.png
> app:/public/index.html
> app:/public/robots.txt
> app:/templates
> app:/templates/_flash.plush.html
> app:/templates/application.plush.html
> app:/templates/index.plush.html
> app:/web
> app:/web/web.go
> github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo:/logo.svg
The -json
flag can be used to get a more detailed list in JSON.
$ pkger list -json
{
"ImportPath": "app",
"Files": [
{
"Abs": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/assets",
"Path": {
"Pkg": "app",
"Name": "/assets"
},
"Here": {
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/assets",
"ImportPath": "",
"Module": {
"Path": "app",
"Main": true,
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref",
"GoMod": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/go.mod",
"GoVersion": "1.13"
},
"Name": "assets"
}
},
{
"Abs": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/assets/css",
"Path": {
"Pkg": "app",
"Name": "/assets/css"
},
"Here": {
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/assets",
"ImportPath": "",
"Module": {
"Path": "app",
"Main": true,
"Dir": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref",
"GoMod": "/go/src/github.com/markbates/pkger/pkging/pkgtest/testdata/ref/go.mod",
"GoVersion": "1.13"
},
"Name": "assets"
}
},
...
}