// Prompts for input and creates a new manifest record through the API
func manifestCreator(cli client.Client) (err error) {
defer func() {
if e := recover(); e != nil {
err = fmt.Errorf("manifestCreator() -> %v", e)
}
}()
var newmr mig.ManifestRecord
fmt.Println("Entering manifest creation mode.\nPlease provide the name" +
" of the new manifest")
newmr.Name, err = readline.String("name> ")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
if len(newmr.Name) < 3 {
panic("input name too short")
}
fmt.Printf("Name: '%s'\n", newmr.Name)
fmt.Println("Please provide loader targeting string for manifest.")
newmr.Target, err = readline.String("target> ")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("Target: '%s'\n", newmr.Target)
fmt.Println("Please enter path to new manifest archive content.")
arcpath, err := readline.String("contentpath> ")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// Load the content into the manifest record from the specified path,
// we assume the archive is a gzip compressed tar file; if not it will
// fail during validation later on.
err = newmr.ContentFromFile(arcpath)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
newmr.Status = "staged"
// Validate the new manifest record before sending it to the API
err = newmr.Validate()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
tmpmr := newmr
if len(tmpmr.Content) > 0 {
tmpmr.Content = "..."
} else {
tmpmr.Content = "None"
}
jsonmr, err := json.MarshalIndent(tmpmr, "", " ")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%s\n", jsonmr)
input, err := readline.String("create manifest? (y/n)> ")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
if input != "y" {
fmt.Println("abort")
return
}
err = cli.PostNewManifest(newmr)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println("Manifest successfully created")
return
}