countdown-generator

README

countdown-generator

Public Go Library that allows you to create and serve countdown-gif images which can be used to embed into e-mails. It generates up-to-date new gif for every request so when a user opens the email, the correct remaining time is shown.

Prerequisites

You need to have go installed in your environment.

Installation,

Go to your go directory ($GOPATH),if you don't have a github.com directory, create github.com folder inside your go directory

cd $GOPATH/github.com

clone this project

git clone https://github.com/otsimo/countdown-generator

You need freetype to run countdown generator

go get github.com/golang/freetype

Run server

go run main.go

Your server will be available on http://localhost:8090

Usage

• countdownArial
• countdownOpenSans
• countdownPTM

Example url : http://localhost:8090/countdownArial?expires=2019-09-06T17:30:05&fg=000000&bg=ff2851&fontSize=88

Parameters:

• expires: Countdown time in GMT format Ex: 2019-09-06T17:30:05

• fg font color in hex format without # Ex: 000000

• bg background color in hex format without # Ex: ff2851