goplaceholder

README

goplaceholder

a small golang lib to generate placeholder images.

Usage

get it

$ go get github.com/michiwend/goplaceholder

simple example

placeholder, err := goplaceholder.Placeholder(
    "Lorem ipsum!",
    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf",
    color.RGBA{150, 150, 150, 255},
    color.RGBA{204, 204, 204, 255},
    400, 200)

results in

Webservice

You can try it as a web service at placeholder.michiwend.com.

The following requests are allowed:

• /800x600.png
• /800x600.png?text=foo
• /500.png
• /500.png?text=foo

Documentation

Overview

package goplaceholder implements a simple library to generate placeholder images using freetype-go.

Index

• func Placeholder(text, ttfPath string, foreground, background color.RGBA, width, height int) (image.Image, error)

Functions

func Placeholder

func Placeholder(text, ttfPath string, foreground, background color.RGBA, width, height int) (image.Image, error)

Placeholder returns a placeholder image with the given text or, if text was an empty string, with the image bounds in the form "800x600".