chatto-send: Markdown output with tables (per Chatto markdown-it renderer)

cmd/cheapo/chatto.go

@@ -35,33 +35,47 @@ func chattoClientFromEnv() (*chatto.Client, error) {
 	return chatto.NewClient(base, token), nil
 }
 
-// formatGames renders games as a compact Chatto message body.
+// formatGames renders games as a Chatto Markdown message body.
 func formatGames(games []game.Game, upcoming bool) string {
 	if len(games) == 0 {
 		if upcoming {
-			return "No upcoming free games announced."
+			return "🗓 **Upcoming free games:** none announced."
 		}
-		return "No free games on offer right now."
+		return "🎮 **Current free games:** none on offer."
 	}
+
 	var b strings.Builder
 	if upcoming {
-		b.WriteString("🗓 *Upcoming free games (Epic):*\n")
+		b.WriteString("## 🗓 Upcoming free games\n\n")
 	} else {
-		b.WriteString("🎮 *Current free games:*\n")
+		b.WriteString("## 🎮 Current free games\n\n")
 	}
+
+	// One table per store keeps columns uniform (dates only for epic).
+	b.WriteString("| Game | Store | Period | Link |\n")
+	b.WriteString("|---|---|---|---|\n")
 	for _, g := range games {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "• [%s] %s", g.Store, g.Title)
-		if !g.EndDate.IsZero() {
-			if g.Kind == "upcoming" && !g.StartDate.IsZero() {
-				fmt.Fprintf(&b, " — from %s", g.StartDate.Local().Format("02.01."))
-			}
-			fmt.Fprintf(&b, " (until %s)", g.EndDate.Local().Format("02.01."))
+		period := "—"
+		if g.Kind == "upcoming" && !g.StartDate.IsZero() && !g.EndDate.IsZero() {
+			period = fmt.Sprintf("from %s, until %s",
+				g.StartDate.Local().Format("02.01."),
+				g.EndDate.Local().Format("02.01."))
+		} else if !g.EndDate.IsZero() {
+			period = "until " + g.EndDate.Local().Format("02.01.")
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n  %s\n", g.URL)
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| **%s** | %s | %s | [Store](%s) |\n",
+			escapePipe(g.Title), g.Store, period, g.URL)
 	}
+
+	b.WriteString("\n_As of now — free from/until 17:00 Europe/Berlin each._")
 	return b.String()
 }
 
+// escapePipe prevents table cell breakage via titles containing '|'.
+func escapePipe(s string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, "|", "\\|")
+}
+
 // chattoSendCmd posts the current free games to a Chatto room.
 func chattoSendCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var (

go.mod

@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ module gogs.netdome.biz/paul/cheapo
 
 go 1.27.1
 
+require (
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
+	golang.org/x/net v0.62.0
+)
+
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.62.0 // indirect
 )