Code for articles fs moved out to a separate articles.go file.

Implemented an init func that preload articles.
Implemented GetArticlesMetadata() that returns metadata for articles used on the Stuff page.

web/articles.go

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package web
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.arav.su/Arav/dwelling-home/pkg/article"
+	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown"
+)
+
+const (
+	articleFileExtension = ".md"
+	articleMetaExtension = ".meta"
+)
+
+//go:embed articles
+var articlesFS embed.FS
+var articles map[string]article.Article = make(map[string]article.Article)
+
+// ArticleMetadata holds date, title and URL of an article used in articles list
+// on the Stuff page.
+type ArticleMetadata struct {
+	ID    int64
+	Date  time.Time
+	Title string
+	URL   string
+}
+
+// GetArticlesMetadata returns a slice of metadata that is sorted by date
+func GetArticlesMetadata() (meta []ArticleMetadata) {
+	for urlid, article := range articles {
+
+		meta = append(meta,
+			ArticleMetadata{
+				ID:    article.ID,
+				Date:  article.Date,
+				Title: article.Title,
+				URL:   "stuff/article/" + urlid})
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(meta, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return meta[i].ID > meta[j].ID
+	})
+
+	return
+}
+
+func GetArticle(name string) (*article.Article, error) {
+	if artcl, ok := articles[name]; ok {
+		return &artcl, nil
+	} else {
+		meta, err := articlesFS.ReadFile("articles/" + name + articleMetaExtension)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		md, err := articlesFS.ReadFile("articles/" + name + articleFileExtension)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		artcl := article.Article{
+			Body: markdown.ToHTML(md, nil, nil)}
+
+		artcl.ParseMetadata(meta)
+
+		articles[name] = artcl
+
+		return &artcl, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	entries, _ := articlesFS.ReadDir("articles")
+
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(entry.Name(), articleFileExtension) {
+			GetArticle(strings.TrimSuffix(entry.Name(), articleFileExtension))
+		}
+	}
+}

web/web.go

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"embed"
 	"io/fs"
 	"net/http"
-
-	"git.arav.su/Arav/dwelling-home/pkg/article"
-	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown"
 )
 
 // To install a Jade compiler: go install github.com/Joker/jade/cmd/jade@latest
@@ -30,32 +27,3 @@ func Assets() http.FileSystem {
 func AssetsGetFile(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return assetsDir.ReadFile("assets/" + path)
 }
-
-//go:embed articles
-var articlesFS embed.FS
-var articles map[string]article.Article = make(map[string]article.Article)
-
-func GetArticle(name string) (*article.Article, error) {
-	if artcl, ok := articles[name]; ok {
-		return &artcl, nil
-	} else {
-		meta, err := articlesFS.ReadFile("articles/" + name + ".meta")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		md, err := articlesFS.ReadFile("articles/" + name + ".md")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		artcl := article.Article{
-			Body: markdown.ToHTML(md, nil, nil)}
-
-		artcl.ParseMetadata(meta)
-
-		articles[name] = artcl
-
-		return &artcl, nil
-	}
-}