func writeInputs()

in cobra/aid/render.go [46:141]
76 lines of code
29 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

func writeInputs() error {
	variables, err := os.Open("variables.tf")
	if err != nil {
		logrus.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer variables.Close()

	// create INPUTS.md
	inputs, err := os.OpenFile("INPUTS.md", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
	if err != nil {
		logrus.Println(err)
	}
	defer inputs.Close()

	if _, err := inputs.WriteString("| Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |\n|------|-------------|:----:|:-----:|:-----:|\n"); err != nil {
		logrus.Println(err)
	}

	var varName, varType, varDescription, varDefault string
	varRequired := "no"

	// startBlock := false
	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(variables)
	for scanner.Scan() {
		line := scanner.Text()

		// skip empty lines
		if len(line) > 0 {
			if strings.Contains(line, "variable") && strings.Contains(line, "{") {
				out, found := helper.GetStringBetweenDoubleQuotes(line)
				if found {
					varName = out
				}

			}

			if strings.Contains(line, "type") && strings.Contains(line, "=") {
				slc := helper.GetStringTrimmed(line, "=")
				if slc[0] == "type" {
					varType = slc[1]
					if strings.Contains(varType, "({") {
						slc = helper.GetStringTrimmed(varType, "({")
						varType = slc[0]
					}
				}
			}

			if strings.Contains(line, "description") && strings.Contains(line, "=") {
				slc := helper.GetStringTrimmed(line, "=")
				if slc[0] == "description" {
					out, found := helper.GetStringBetweenDoubleQuotes(slc[1])
					if found {
						varDescription = out
					}
				}
			}

			if strings.Contains(line, "default") && strings.Contains(line, "=") {
				slc := helper.GetStringTrimmed(line, "=")
				if slc[0] == "default" {
					varDefault = slc[1]
					if strings.Contains(varDefault, "{") {
						varDefault = "<map>"
					}
				}
			}

			// end of the variable declaration
			if strings.Contains(line, "}") && len(line) == 1 {
				if len(varName) > 0 && len(varType) > 0 && len(varDescription) > 0 {

					var result string
					if len(varDefault) == 0 {
						varRequired = "yes"
						result = fmt.Sprintf("| %s | %s | %s | %s | %s |\n", varName, varDescription, varType, varDefault, varRequired)
					} else {
						result = fmt.Sprintf("| %s | %s | %s | `%s` | %s |\n", varName, varDescription, varType, varDefault, varRequired)
					}

					if _, err := inputs.WriteString(result); err != nil {
						logrus.Println(err)
					}
					varName, varType, varDescription, varDefault, varRequired = "", "", "", "", "no"
				}
			}

		}

	}

	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
		logrus.Fatal(err)

	}
	return err
}