Page.Render takes an io.Writer

build.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -54,11 +53,12 @@ func build() error {
 			}
 		} else {
 			// fmt.Println("render", filepath.Join(siteConfig.SourceDir, page.Path), "->", destPath)
-			body, err := page.Render()
+			f, err := os.Create(destPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err = ioutil.WriteFile(destPath, body, 0644); err != nil {
+			defer f.Close()
+			if err := page.Render(f); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}

main.go

@@ -108,14 +108,12 @@ func main() {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 			break
 		}
-		body, err := page.Render()
-		if err != nil {
+		printPathSetting("Render:", filepath.Join(siteConfig.SourceDir, path))
+		printSetting("URL:", page.Permalink)
+		if err := page.Render(os.Stdout); err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 			break
 		}
-		printPathSetting("Render:", filepath.Join(siteConfig.SourceDir, path))
-		printSetting("URL:", page.Permalink)
-		fmt.Println(string(body))
 	default:
 		fmt.Println("A subcommand is required.")
 	}

page.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func readPage(path string, defaults map[interface{}]interface{}) (*Page, error)
 }
 
 // Render applies Liquid and Markdown, as appropriate.
-func (p Page) Render() ([]byte, error) {
+func (p Page) Render(w io.Writer) error {
 	var (
 		path = p.Path
 		ext  = filepath.Ext(path)
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func (p Page) Render() ([]byte, error) {
 	template, err := liquid.Parse(p.Content, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		err := &os.PathError{Op: "Liquid Error", Path: path, Err: err}
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 
 	writer := new(bytes.Buffer)
@@ -137,10 +138,11 @@ func (p Page) Render() ([]byte, error) {
 	body := writer.Bytes()
 
 	if ext == ".md" {
-		body = blackfriday.MarkdownBasic(body)
+		body = blackfriday.MarkdownCommon(body)
 	}
 
-	return body, nil
+	_, err = w.Write(body)
+	return err
 }
 
 func expandPermalinkPattern(pattern string, data map[interface{}]interface{}, path string) string {

server.go

@@ -28,12 +28,8 @@ func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	body, err := p.Render()
+	err := p.Render(w)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error rendering %s: %s", path, err)
-		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-	}
-	if _, err := w.Write(body); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Error writing %s: %s", path, err)
 	}
 }