Converting a text file to PDF in Go
Blog post from LogRocket
The article explores the use of the gofpdf package in Golang to convert text files into PDF format, highlighting its features such as support for text, drawing, images, and document protection, while requiring no dependencies beyond the Golang standard library. It provides a step-by-step guide on installing necessary packages, setting up a Golang project, and writing code to generate a PDF file from a text file, first by creating a simple "Hello world" PDF and then by converting the contents of a text file into a PDF document. The article concludes by mentioning Unipdf as an alternative for advanced page manipulation and encourages readers to explore the gofpdf GitHub repository for more features and information. Additionally, it briefly touches on LogRocket as a tool for error tracking and offers steps to set it up.