eagleusb / nntp

NNTP package for go (golang)

nntp.go

An NNTP (news) Client package for go (golang). Forked from nntp-go to bring it up to date.

Quickstart

  // connect to news server
  conn, err := nntp.Dial("tcp", "news.example.com:119")
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("connection failed: %v", err)
  }

  // auth
  if err := conn.Authenticate("user", "pass"); err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Could not authenticate")
  }

  // connect to a news group
  grp := "alt.binaries.pictures"
  _, l, _, err := conn.Group(grp)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Could not connect to group %s: %v %d", grp, err, l)
  }

  // fetch an article
  id := "<4c1c18ec$0$8490$[e-mail]>"
  article, err := conn.Article(id)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Could not fetch article %s: %v", id, err)
  }

  // read the article contents
  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(article.Body)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("error reading reader: %v", err)
  }