Format and colorize Go console output

go.mod

module github.com/jomoespe/align-text

go 1.13

require github.com/logrusorgru/aurora v0.0.0-20191116043053-66b7ad493a23

main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"

	. "github.com/logrusorgru/aurora"
)

type status string

func (s status) Color() func(interface{}) Value {
	switch s {
	case "SUCCESS":
		return Red
	case "FAILED":
		return Green
	case "ABORTED":
		return Blue
	default:
		return White
	}
}

const dateFormat = "02/01/2006 15:04"

func main() {
	// https://www.dotnetperls.com/padding-go
	pipelines := map[string]struct {
		status    status
		startedAt time.Time
	}{
		"short":             {"SUCCESS", time.Now()},
		"loooooooooooooong": {"FAILED", time.Now()},
		"anohter":           {"ABORTED", time.Now()},
	}

	for name, state := range pipelines {
		fmt.Printf("%-20s\t%-10s\t%10s\n", name, state.status.Color()(state.status), state.startedAt.Format(dateFormat))
	}
}