Go: displaying blog posts on the home page.

blog_index_only.go

package main

import (
  "html/template"
  "net/http"
  "path/filepath"
  "strings"
  "io/ioutil"
  "github.com/russross/blackfriday"
)

type Post struct {
  Title string
  Date string
  Summary string
  Body string
  File string
}

func handlerequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
  posts := getPosts()
  t := template.New("index.html")
  t, _ = t.ParseFiles("index.html")
  t.Execute(w, posts)
}

func getPosts() []Post{
  a := []Post{}
  files, _ := filepath.Glob("posts/*")
  for _, f := range files {
    file := strings.Replace(f, "posts/", "", -1)
    file = strings.Replace(file, ".md", "", -1)
    fileread, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
    lines := strings.Split(string(fileread), "\n")
    title := string(lines[0])
    date := string(lines[1])
    summary := string(lines[2])
    body := strings.Join(lines[3:len(lines)], "\n")
    body = string(blackfriday.MarkdownCommon([]byte(body)))
    a = append(a, Post{title, date, summary, body, file})
  }
  return a
}

func main() {
  http.HandleFunc("/", handlerequest)
  http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil)
}