initial posting real data over

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/internal/types/entry.go b/internal/types/entry.go
index ca2a742..695c786 100644
--- a/internal/types/entry.go
+++ b/internal/types/entry.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -63,6 +64,21 @@ func NewEntryFromCopy(other Entry) (Entry, error) {
 	return e.Update(other)
 }
 
+func NewEntryFromFile(filePath string) (Entry, error) {
+	var e Entry
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return e, err
+	}
+	e.Body = string(data)
+	if e.ID == "" {
+		e.ID = fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha256.Sum256([]byte(e.Body)))
+	}
+	e.initialize()
+	e.Checksum()
+	return e, nil
+}
+
 func (e *Entry) initialize() {
 	e.mu = &sync.Mutex{}
 	e.checksumDirty = true