Making a start on the YAML form builder

builder.go

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+package forms
+
+import (
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// The builder struct
+type Builder struct {
+	// The location of the YAML file
+	Filename string
+	// The extracted configuration settings
+	Config Config
+	// The form struct that will be populated from the yaml file
+	Form *Form
+}
+
+// The YAML config struct
+type Config struct {
+	Name        string `yaml:"Name"`
+	Description string `yaml:"Description"`
+	Action      string `yaml:"Action"`
+	Method      string `yaml:"Method"`
+}
+
+func NewBuilder(file string) *Builder {
+	path, _ := filepath.Abs(file)
+
+	b := &Builder{
+		Filename: path,
+	}
+	// Extract settings
+	b.extract()
+
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b *Builder) extract() {
+	data, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(b.Filename)
+
+	var c Config
+
+	yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &c)
+
+	b.Config = c
+}

builder_test.go

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+package forms
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseYamlFile(t *testing.T) {
+	b := NewBuilder("example.yml")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "Test", b.Config.Name)
+}

example.yml

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+Name: Test
+Description: Test
+Action: test
+Method: POST