copy langext & termext from ffsclient

dataext/lruMap_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package dataext
 
 import (
-	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
+	"gogs.mikescher.com/BlackForestBytes/goext/langext"
 	"math/rand"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
@@ -251,18 +251,21 @@ func randomKey() string {
 }
 
 func randomVal() LRUData {
-	v := primitive.NewObjectID()
+	v, err := langext.NewHexUUID()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	return &v
 }
 
 func eq(a LRUData, b LRUData) bool {
-	v1, ok1 := a.(*primitive.ObjectID)
+	v1, ok1 := a.(*string)
-	v2, ok2 := b.(*primitive.ObjectID)
+	v2, ok2 := b.(*string)
 	if ok1 && ok2 {
 		if v1 == nil || v2 == nil {
 			return false
 		}
-		return v1.Hex() == v2.Hex()
+		return v1 == v2
 	}
 
 	return false

go.mod

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 module gogs.mikescher.com/BlackForestBytes/goext
 
 go 1.19
+
+require (
+	golang.org/x/term v0.1.0
+)
+
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 h1:X2ev0eStA3AbceY54o37/0PQ/UWqKEiiO2dKL5OPaFM=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6/go.mod h1:/3/Vjq9QcHkK5uEr5lBEmyoZ1iFhe47etQ6QUkpK6sk=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
+github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.0.0-20171201202039-1bf9dbcd8cbe/go.mod h1:wL8QJuTMNUDYhXwkmfOly8iTdp5TEcJFWZD2D7SIkUc=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
+github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jrpuAogTd400dnrH08LKmI/xc1MbPOebTwRqcT5RDeI=
+github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.1/go.mod h1:RaEWvsqvNKKvBPvcKeFjrG2cJqOkHTiyTpzz23ni57g=
+github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.3/go.mod h1:W3f5j4i+9rC0kuIEJL0ky1VpHXQU3ocBgklLGvcBnW8=
+github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20181117223130-1be2e3e5546d/go.mod h1:rHwXgn7JulP+udvsHwJoVG1YGAP6VLg4y9I5dyZdqmA=
+go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.10.3 h1:XDQEvmh6z1EUsXuIkXE9TaVeqHw6SwS1uf93jFs0HBA=
+go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.10.3/go.mod h1:z4XpeoU6w+9Vht+jAFyLgVrD+jGSQQe0+CBWFHNiHt8=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1 h1:SrN+KX8Art/Sf4HNj6Zcz06G7VEz+7w9tdXTPOZ7+l4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/term v0.1.0 h1:g6Z6vPFA9dYBAF7DWcH6sCcOntplXsDKcliusYijMlw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.1.0/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

langext/bool.go

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package langext
+
+func FormatBool(v bool, strTrue string, strFalse string) string {
+	if v {
+		return strTrue
+	} else {
+		return strFalse
+	}
+}

langext/bytes.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package langext
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
 
 func FormatBytesToSI(b uint64) string {
 	const unit = 1000
@@ -14,3 +17,30 @@ func FormatBytesToSI(b uint64) string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %cB", float64(b)/float64(div), "kMGTPE"[exp])
 }
+
+func BytesXOR(a []byte, b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return nil, errors.New("length mismatch")
+	}
+
+	r := make([]byte, len(a))
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
+		r[i] = a[i] ^ b[i]
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func FormatBytes(b int64) string {
+	const unit = 1024
+	if b < unit {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d B", b)
+	}
+	div, exp := int64(unit), 0
+	for n := b / unit; n >= unit; n /= unit {
+		div *= unit
+		exp++
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %ciB", float64(b)/float64(div), "KMGTPE"[exp])
+}

langext/generics.go

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package langext
+
+type IntConstraint interface {
+	int | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64
+}

langext/json.go

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package langext
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type H map[string]any
+
+type A []any
+
+func TryPrettyPrintJson(str string) string {
+	var prettyJSON bytes.Buffer
+	if err := json.Indent(&prettyJSON, []byte(str), "", "    "); err != nil {
+		return str
+	}
+	return prettyJSON.String()
+}
+
+func PrettyPrintJson(str string) (string, bool) {
+	var prettyJSON bytes.Buffer
+	if err := json.Indent(&prettyJSON, []byte(str), "", "    "); err != nil {
+		return str, false
+	}
+	return prettyJSON.String(), true
+}
+
+func PatchJson[JV string | []byte](rawjson JV, key string, value any) (JV, error) {
+	var err error
+
+	var jsonpayload map[string]any
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawjson), &jsonpayload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return *new(JV), fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal payload: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	jsonpayload[key] = value
+
+	newjson, err := json.Marshal(jsonpayload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return *new(JV), fmt.Errorf("failed to re-marshal payload: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return JV(newjson), nil
+}
+
+func PatchRemJson[JV string | []byte](rawjson JV, key string) (JV, error) {
+	var err error
+
+	var jsonpayload map[string]any
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawjson), &jsonpayload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return *new(JV), fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal payload: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	delete(jsonpayload, key)
+
+	newjson, err := json.Marshal(jsonpayload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return *new(JV), fmt.Errorf("failed to re-marshal payload: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return JV(newjson), nil
+}

langext/maps.go

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package langext
+
+func MapKeyArr[T comparable, V any](v map[T]V) []T {
+	result := make([]T, 0, len(v))
+	for k := range v {
+		result = append(result, k)
+	}
+	return result
+}

langext/os.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package langext
+
+import "os"
+
+func FileExists(filename string) bool {
+	info, err := os.Stat(filename)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !info.IsDir()
+}

langext/rand.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package langext
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"math/big"
+)
+
+func RandBytes(size int) []byte {
+	b := make([]byte, size)
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, b)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func RandBase62(rlen int) string {
+	ecs := "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
+
+	bi52 := big.NewInt(int64(len(ecs)))
+
+	randMax := big.NewInt(math.MaxInt64)
+
+	r := ""
+
+	for i := 0; i < rlen; i++ {
+		v, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, randMax)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		r += string(ecs[v.Mod(v, bi52).Int64()])
+	}
+
+	return r
+}

langext/string.go

@@ -61,3 +61,49 @@ func ConvertStringerArray[T fmt.Stringer](inarr []T) []string {
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+func StrRunePadLeft(str string, pad string, padlen int) string {
+	if pad == "" {
+		pad = " "
+	}
+
+	if len([]rune(str)) >= padlen {
+		return str
+	}
+
+	return strings.Repeat(pad, padlen-len([]rune(str)))[0:(padlen-len([]rune(str)))] + str
+}
+
+func StrRunePadRight(str string, pad string, padlen int) string {
+	if pad == "" {
+		pad = " "
+	}
+
+	if len([]rune(str)) >= padlen {
+		return str
+	}
+
+	return str + strings.Repeat(pad, padlen-len([]rune(str)))[0:(padlen-len([]rune(str)))]
+}
+
+func Indent(str string, pad string) string {
+	eonl := strings.HasSuffix(str, "\n")
+	r := ""
+	for _, v := range strings.Split(str, "\n") {
+		r += pad + v + "\n"
+	}
+
+	if eonl {
+		r = r[0 : len(r)-1]
+	}
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func NumToStringOpt[V IntConstraint](v *V, fallback string) string {
+	if v == nil {
+		return fallback
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", v)
+	}
+}

langext/uuid.go

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+package langext
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func NewUUID() ([16]byte, error) {
+	var uuid [16]byte
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, uuid[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return [16]byte{}, err
+	}
+	uuid[6] = (uuid[6] & 0x0f) | 0x40 // Version 4
+	uuid[8] = (uuid[8] & 0x3f) | 0x80 // Variant is 10
+	return uuid, nil
+}
+
+func NewHexUUID() (string, error) {
+	uuid, err := NewUUID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Result: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+
+	var dst = make([]byte, 36)
+
+	hex.Encode(dst, uuid[:4])
+	dst[8] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[9:13], uuid[4:6])
+	dst[13] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[14:18], uuid[6:8])
+	dst[18] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[19:23], uuid[8:10])
+	dst[23] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[24:], uuid[10:])
+
+	return string(dst), nil
+}
+
+func NewUpperHexUUID() (string, error) {
+	uuid, err := NewUUID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Result: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
+
+	var dst = make([]byte, 36)
+
+	hex.Encode(dst, uuid[:4])
+	dst[8] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[9:13], uuid[4:6])
+	dst[13] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[14:18], uuid[6:8])
+	dst[18] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[19:23], uuid[8:10])
+	dst[23] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[24:], uuid[10:])
+
+	return strings.ToUpper(string(dst)), nil
+}
+
+func NewRawHexUUID() (string, error) {
+	uuid, err := NewUUID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Result: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+
+	var dst = make([]byte, 32)
+
+	hex.Encode(dst, uuid[:4])
+	hex.Encode(dst[8:12], uuid[4:6])
+	hex.Encode(dst[12:16], uuid[6:8])
+	hex.Encode(dst[16:20], uuid[8:10])
+	hex.Encode(dst[20:], uuid[10:])
+
+	return strings.ToUpper(string(dst)), nil
+}
+
+func NewBracesUUID() (string, error) {
+	uuid, err := NewUUID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Result: {XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}
+
+	var dst = make([]byte, 38)
+
+	dst[0] = '{'
+	hex.Encode(dst, uuid[:5])
+	dst[9] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[10:14], uuid[4:6])
+	dst[14] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[15:19], uuid[6:8])
+	dst[19] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[20:24], uuid[8:10])
+	dst[24] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[25:], uuid[10:])
+	dst[37] = '}'
+
+	return strings.ToUpper(string(dst)), nil
+}
+
+func NewParensUUID() (string, error) {
+	uuid, err := NewUUID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Result: (XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX)
+
+	var dst = make([]byte, 38)
+
+	dst[0] = '('
+	hex.Encode(dst, uuid[:5])
+	dst[9] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[10:14], uuid[4:6])
+	dst[14] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[15:19], uuid[6:8])
+	dst[19] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[20:24], uuid[8:10])
+	dst[24] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(dst[25:], uuid[10:])
+	dst[37] = ')'
+
+	return strings.ToUpper(string(dst)), nil
+}

termext/colors.go

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package termext
+
+const (
+	colorReset  = "\033[0m"
+	colorRed    = "\033[31m"
+	colorGreen  = "\033[32m"
+	colorYellow = "\033[33m"
+	colorBlue   = "\033[34m"
+	colorPurple = "\033[35m"
+	colorCyan   = "\033[36m"
+	colorGray   = "\033[37m"
+	colorWhite  = "\033[97m"
+)
+
+func Red(v string) string {
+	return colorRed + v + colorReset
+}
+
+func Green(v string) string {
+	return colorGreen + v + colorReset
+}
+
+func Yellow(v string) string {
+	return colorYellow + v + colorReset
+}
+
+func Blue(v string) string {
+	return colorBlue + v + colorReset
+}
+
+func Purple(v string) string {
+	return colorPurple + v + colorReset
+}
+
+func Cyan(v string) string {
+	return colorCyan + v + colorReset
+}
+
+func Gray(v string) string {
+	return colorGray + v + colorReset
+}
+
+func White(v string) string {
+	return colorWhite + v + colorReset
+}

termext/osutil.go

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package termext
+
+func enableColor() bool {
+	return true
+}

termext/osutil_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package termext
+
+func enableColor() bool {
+	handle, err := windows.GetStdHandle(windows.STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var mode uint32
+	err = windows.GetConsoleMode(handle, &mode)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if mode&windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING != windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING {
+		mode = mode | windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING
+		err = windows.SetConsoleMode(handle, mode)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}

termext/termcolor.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package termext
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/term"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// -> partly copied from [ https://github.com/jwalton/go-supportscolor/tree/master ]
+
+func SupportsColors() bool {
+
+	if isatty := term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())); !isatty {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	termenv := os.Getenv("TERM")
+
+	if termenv == "dumb" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if osColorEnabled := enableColor(); !osColorEnabled {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if _, ci := os.LookupEnv("CI"); ci {
+		var ciEnvNames = []string{"TRAVIS", "CIRCLECI", "APPVEYOR", "GITLAB_CI", "GITHUB_ACTIONS", "BUILDKITE", "DRONE"}
+		for _, ciEnvName := range ciEnvNames {
+			_, exists := os.LookupEnv(ciEnvName)
+			if exists {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+
+		if os.Getenv("CI_NAME") == "codeship" {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if teamCityVersion, isTeamCity := os.LookupEnv("TEAMCITY_VERSION"); isTeamCity {
+		versionRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`^(9\.(0*[1-9]\d*)\.|\d{2,}\.)`)
+		if versionRegex.MatchString(teamCityVersion) {
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if os.Getenv("COLORTERM") == "truecolor" {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if termProgram, termProgramPreset := os.LookupEnv("TERM_PROGRAM"); termProgramPreset {
+		switch termProgram {
+		case "iTerm.app":
+			termProgramVersion := strings.Split(os.Getenv("TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION"), ".")
+			version, err := strconv.ParseInt(termProgramVersion[0], 10, 64)
+			if err == nil && version >= 3 {
+				return true
+			}
+			return true
+		case "Apple_Terminal":
+			return true
+
+		default:
+			// No default
+		}
+	}
+
+	var term256Regex = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)-256(color)?$")
+	if term256Regex.MatchString(termenv) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	var termBasicRegex = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)^screen|^xterm|^vt100|^vt220|^rxvt|color|ansi|cygwin|linux")
+
+	if termBasicRegex.MatchString(termenv) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if _, colorTerm := os.LookupEnv("COLORTERM"); colorTerm {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}

timeext/duration.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package timeext
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
 
 func FromSeconds(v int) time.Duration {
 	return time.Duration(int64(v) * int64(time.Second))
@@ -53,3 +56,36 @@ func FromMilliseconds(v int) time.Duration {
 func FromMillisecondsFloat(v float64) time.Duration {
 	return time.Duration(int64(v * float64(time.Millisecond)))
 }
+
+func FormatNaturalDurationEnglish(iv time.Duration) string {
+	if sec := int64(iv.Seconds()); sec < 180 {
+		if sec == 1 {
+			return "1 second ago"
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds ago", sec)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if min := int64(iv.Minutes()); min < 180 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d minutes ago", min)
+	}
+
+	if hours := int64(iv.Hours()); hours < 72 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d hours ago", hours)
+	}
+
+	if days := int64(iv.Hours() / 24.0); days < 21 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d days ago", days)
+	}
+
+	if weeks := int64(iv.Hours() / 24.0 / 7.0); weeks < 12 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d weeks ago", weeks)
+	}
+
+	if months := int64(iv.Hours() / 24.0 / 7.0 / 30); months < 36 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d months ago", months)
+	}
+
+	years := int64(iv.Hours() / 24.0 / 7.0 / 365)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d years ago", years)
+}