This question is an exact duplicate of:
I can't seem to get the static templates served. Here's my code
Go Directory Structure
src
/github.com
/sam
/hello
auth.go
main.go
/templates
signup.html
auth.go
package main
//...
func homeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
renderTemplate(w, "signup", nil)
}
func renderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, tmpl string, user *data.User) {
t := template.Must(template.New("tele").ParseFiles("templates/" + tmpl + ".html"))
err := t.ExecuteTemplate(w, tmpl, user)
if err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
}
}
main.go
package main
func main() {
//...
http.Handle("/templates/", http.StripPrefix("/templates/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("templates"))))
//...
}
signup.html
{{ define "signup" }}
//html code
{{ end }}
Ran go install github.com/sam/auth
and opened localhost:3000
but I still get the panic error:
open templates/signup.html: no such file or directory
WHY???
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The path you use - templates/
- is relative to where the program is run. if you want it to work regardless of where you run the program, you should use an absolute path, like $GOPATH/src/github.com/sam/hello/templates/
But this is fragile too, since the directory can move, and your program will not run on another machine. I would suggest you look at bundling your assets (the templates) with the binary. A good way to do that is using go-bindata