a small golang lib to generate placeholder images.

get it

$ go get github.com/michiwend/goplaceholder 

simple example

placeholder, err:=goplaceholder.Placeholder( "Lorem ipsum!", "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf", color.RGBA{150, 150, 150, 255}, color.RGBA{204, 204, 204, 255}, 400, 200)

results in

You can try it as a web service at placeholder.michiwend.com.

The following requests are allowed:

• /800x600.png
• /800x600.png?text=foo
• /500.png
• /500.png?text=foo