cnd-scaffold 3.2.1
Tools initiate a new project in git lab, based on a existing definition
Requires Python: >=3.7

# CndScaffold >=3.0.0

# Why use CndScaffold

CndScaffold is a python lib, designed to help management of GitOps process.
Now base on jinja2, it allow you to merge a dict of data into a list of file.

Connected with the right provider, you can directly push your result to a git server (gitlab / github /Azure DevOps)

# How it's works ? (with example)
- define in jinja format a list of template file (the file can be text, yaml or anything else)
- create a file of definition
- apply data on it

## What we want as result

### Data source
For example we got this data
```yaml
name: Denis
customers:
  - name: my_first_customer
    email: my_first_customer@sample-mail.com
    id: c6a240ac-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002
    token: ABC
  - name: my_second
    email: my_second_customer@sample-mail.com
    id: d174a3e4-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002
    token: DEF
  - name: my_last
    email: my_last_customer@sample-mail.com
    id: ebe22792-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002
    token: GHI

```

### Files result
And we want to generate multiple file for a gitops process, who look like this result:
> config.yml
> ```yaml
> name: Denis
> type: my_type_sample
> ```

> customers.yml
> ```yaml
> customers:
> - name: my_first_customer
>   email: my_first_customer@sample-mail.com
>   id: c6a240ac-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002
> - name: my_second
>   email: my_second_customer@sample-mail.com
>   id: d174a3e4-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002
> - name: my_last
>   email: my_last_customer@sample-mail.com
>   id: ebe22792-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002
> ```

> customers/c6a240ac-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002.yml
> ```yaml
> token: ABC
> ```

> customers/d174a3e4-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002.yml
> ```yaml
> token: DEF
> ```

> customers/ebe22792-587a-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002.yml
> ```yaml
> token: GHI
> ```

## How we do it 
### Definition of a list of file in jinja
A single simple file :
> definition/customers/file1.yml
> ```yaml
> name: {{ name }}
> type: my_type_sample
> ```

Now a file with a loop :
> definition/customers/loop.yml
> ```yaml
> {% if customers |length > 1 %}
> customers: 
> {%- for customer in customers %}
>   name: {{ customer.name -}}
>   email: {{ customer.email -}}
>   id: {{ customer.id -}}
> {% endfor %}
> {% endif %}
> ```

And finally to create multiple file with a loop (like one per customer):
> definition/customers/multiple.yml
> ```yaml
> token: {{ token }}
> ```

### Definition file
> definition/customers.yml
> ```yaml
> source_folder: customers
> files:
> - name: file1.yml
>   step: ['init']
>   target: config.yml
> - name: loop.yml
>   step: ['init', 'build', 'runtime']
> - name: multiple.yml
>   step: ['init', 'build', 'runtime']
>   repeat: customers 
>   target: customers/{{ id }}.yml 
> ```

### Build the code (localfile)

The first sample will generate the file into a results folder
> run.py (generate data in a local folder)
> ```python
> import cnd_scaffold
> import cndprint
> 
>
> data = my_data # .... load your data as you need
> cnd_scaffold = cnd_scaffold.Scaffold(_print)
> model = cnd_scaffold.load_model('definition', customers.yml')
> final_files = cnd_scaffold.apply('init', model, data)
> final_files = cnd_scaffold.push_files(final_files, 'results')
> ```

### Build the code (provider gitlab)

This second example will push the result into **git_lab_project_id**

> run.py (generate data in a local folder)
> ```python
> import cnd_scaffold
> import cndprint
> import cnd_provider
> 
>
> data = my_data # .... load your data as you need
> provider = cnd_provider.CndProviderGitlab({"private_token": 'replace-me', "host": "https://mygitlab"}
> cnd_scaffold = cnd_scaffold.Scaffold(_print)
> model = cnd_scaffold.load_model('definition', customers.yml')
> final_files = cnd_scaffold.apply('init', model, data)
> final_files = cnd_scaffold.push_files(final_files, "git_lab_project_id", provider=provider)
> ```

## That's all !
With this definition, each time you use cnd_scaffold you will generate this file structure/content from your own data.

# Tips
## Step
step, will allow you using different case, you can use it as you prefer, but I suggest you this:
- init: First time only, it's mean this file will never been update by the script
- build: Each time the process start, it will be update
- runtime: Perfect for Terraform secret for example, you can set this to never write result on git, but only on the current pipeline session