rendermarkdown.go

var (
  postContentType = "text/plain"
  articlesDir     = "articles"
  htmlExt         = ".html"
)

// renderMarkdown posts raw markdown texts to Github REST api service to render.
// It then writes a rendered HTML file with the same name as its coresponding article tile under articles directory.
func renderMarkdown(articlesDir, title string, body io.Reader) (err error) {
	resp, err := http.Post(url, postContentType, body)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("post markdown raw text to github: %v", err)
		return
	}

	file, err := os.Create(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s%s", articlesDir, title, htmlExt))
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	_, err = io.Copy(file, resp.Body)
	resp.Body.Close()
	return
}