Go function that opens session to aws and returns it

openAwsSession.go

package main
import (
	"log"
	"fmt"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
	"github.com/logrusorgru/aurora"
)

// this is used for colorizing the output
var au  aurora.Aurora
func init(){
	au = aurora.NewAurora(true)
}

// The AWS ENV VARS should be set before CALLING this function
// Also REGION is Hard coded 
// DESC. Opens session for AWS s3 buckets 
// ARGS none
// RETURNS The opened session

func openConnectionToAws() *session.Session{
	fmt.Println(au.Bold(au.Cyan("INFO:")), "Setting up the session")
	sess, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
		Region: aws.String("us-west-1")},
	)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(au.Bold(au.Red("ERROR:\n")), "couldn't open connection", err)
	}
	fmt.Println(au.Bold(au.Green("DONE:")), "Setting up the session")
	return sess
}