The core code of the parse feature implementation on the Go Twitz CLI App.

parse.go

var parseCmd = &cobra.Command{
	Use:   "parse",
	Short: "This command will extract the Twitter Accounts form a text file.",
	Long: `This command will extract the Twitter Accounts and clean up or disregard other characters 
or text around the twitter accounts to create a simple, clean, Twitter Accounts only list.`,
	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
		completedTwittererList := buildTwitterList()
		fmt.Println(completedTwittererList)
		if viper.Get("fileExport") != nil {
			exportParsedTwitterList(viper.GetString("fileExport"), viper.GetString("fileFormat"), completedTwittererList)
		}
	},
}

func exportParsedTwitterList(exportFilename string, exportFormat string, twittererList []string) {
	if exportFormat == "txt" {
		exportTxt(exportFilename, twittererList, exportFormat)
	} else if exportFormat == "json" {
		exportJson(exportFilename, twittererList, exportFormat)
	} else if exportFormat == "xml" {
		exportXml(exportFilename, twittererList, exportFormat)
	} else if exportFormat == "csv" {
		exportCsv(exportFilename, twittererList, exportFormat)
	} else {
		fmt.Println("Export type unsupported.")
	}
}

func exportXml(exportFilename string, twittererList []string, exportFormat string) {
	fmt.Printf("Starting xml export to %s.", exportFilename)
	xmlContent, err := xml.Marshal(twittererList)
	check(err)
	header := xml.Header
	collectedContent := header + string(xmlContent)
	exportFile(collectedContent, exportFilename+"."+exportFormat)
}

func exportCsv(exportFilename string, twittererList []string, exportFormat string) {
	fmt.Printf("Starting txt export to %s.", exportFilename)
	collectedContent := rebuildForExport(twittererList, ",")
	exportFile(collectedContent, exportFilename+"."+exportFormat)
}

func exportTxt(exportFilename string, twittererList []string, exportFormat string) {
	fmt.Printf("Starting %s export to %s.", exportFormat, exportFilename)
	collectedContent := rebuildForExport(twittererList, "\n")
	exportFile(collectedContent, exportFilename+"."+exportFormat)
}

func exportJson(exportFilename string, twittererList []string, exportFormat string) {
	fmt.Printf("Starting %s export to %s.", exportFormat, exportFilename)
	collectedContent := collectContent(twittererList)
	exportFile(string(collectedContent), exportFilename+"."+exportFormat)
}

func collectContent(twittererList []string) []byte {
	collectedContent, err := json.Marshal(twittererList)
	check(err)
	return collectedContent
}

func rebuildForExport(twittererList []string, concat string) string {
	var collectedContent string
	for _, twitterAccount := range twittererList {
		collectedContent = collectedContent + concat + twitterAccount
	}
	if concat == "," {
		collectedContent = strings.TrimLeft(collectedContent, concat)
	}
	return collectedContent
}

func exportFile(collectedContent string, exportFile string) {
	contentBytes := []byte(collectedContent)
	err := ioutil.WriteFile(exportFile, contentBytes, 0644)
	check(err)
}