Binary file to Go source file

gendata.go

/*
 * Generate data
 *
 * Converts a file to a Go source file.
 * Go source file gets generated as data.go with an appData constant containing the file data as base64.
 *
 * Licensed under WTFPL.
 */

package main

import (
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	if len(os.Args) != 2 {
		fmt.Println("usage: gendata <input>")
		return
	}
	out, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(os.Args[1])
	data := fmt.Sprintf("package main\n\nconst appData = \"%v\"", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(out))
	ioutil.WriteFile("data.go", []byte(data), 0644)
}

gotob64.go

/*
 * Go to base64
 *
 * Converts a file into a base64 string.
 * Basically the same as base64, just made in Go to unsure compataiblity with Go applications.
 *
 * Licensed under WTFPL.
 */

package main

import (
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	if len(os.Args) != 2 {
		fmt.Println("usage: gotob64 <input>")
		return
	}
	out, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(os.Args[1])
	fmt.Printf(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(out))
}