remove part from core

.ci/generateIndex.py

-from natsort import natsorted
 from pathlib import Path
 from generator.library import *
 
 # loop through the entire internal tree
 localroot = os.getcwd()
 
-# retrieve ignore list
-ignore = get_ignore()
-
 # generate the index properly speaking
 cardDirs = ["internal", "external"]
-sections = []
-
-# determine first the directories
-for direct in cardDirs:
-    if path.isdir(direct) and has_subdirs(direct):
-        dirs = os.listdir(direct)
-        dirs = natsorted(dirs)
-
-        for d in dirs:
-            if d[0] != "." and d not in ignore and has_subdirs(direct + "/" + d):
-                sections.append(d)
 
-sections = list(set(sections))
-sections = natsorted(sections)
+sections, ignore = get_sections(cardDirs)
+localIndexArr, orderArr = get_indexArr(sections)
 
 # Index contains the generated content, init it with an empty container
 index = ''
 index += '\n<div class="index-box-container">\n'
 whiteList = ''
 
-localIndexArr = {k: [] for k in range(len(sections))}
-orderArr = {k: [] for k in range(len(sections))}
-
 for folder in cardDirs:
     # FolderFlag gets set to true at the first iteration
     folderFlag = True
@@ -54,66 +36,11 @@ for folder in cardDirs:
                 # walk through the folders with all the cards
                 for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder+"/"+d):
                     for file in files:
-                        if file.endswith(".md"):
-                            fileName = os.path.join(root, file)
-                            folderFlag, localIndexArr, whiteList = core(file, fileName, localroot, root, folder, localIndexArr, orderArr, indexS, whiteList, folderFlag, maxOrder)
-
-
-
-# ordering of cards
-for d in sections:
-    indexS = sections.index(d)
-
-    # join all subcategories to the index
-    # if all subcategories have a predefined order
-    if len(orderArr[indexS]) == len(localIndexArr[indexS])-1 and len(orderArr[indexS]) > 0:
-        print("")
-        X = localIndexArr[indexS][1:]
-        Y = orderArr[indexS]
-        localIndexArr[indexS] = [x for _, x in sorted(zip(Y, X))]
-    # natural sorting otherwise
-    else:
-        localIndexArr[indexS] = natsorted(localIndexArr[indexS])
-
-print(localIndexArr)
-
-# determine the index
-k = 0
-for s in sections:
-    index += build_section_start(s.replace("-", " ").capitalize(), s)
-    index += ''.join(localIndexArr[k])
-    index += build_section_end()
-    k += 1
-
-# close the container
-index += "\n</div>"
-
-## add link to return to main index
-index += """<br><center><a href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}">go back</a></center>"""
-index += """<br><center><a href="{{ '/cards' | relative_url }}">Overview of all HowTo cards</a></center>"""
-
-# output the index
-#print(index)
-# Read in the file
-indexFile = "cards.md"
-filedata = ""
-with open(indexFile, 'r') as file :
-    for line in file:
-        filedata += line
-
-        # stop reading once the index place holder has been reached
-        if re.search("<!-- index -->", line):
-            filedata += "[[ index ]]"
-            break
-
-# Replace the target string
-filedata = filedata.replace('[[ index ]]', index)
-
-# Write the file out again
-with open(indexFile, 'w') as file:
-  file.write(filedata)
+                        folderFlag, localIndexArr, whiteList = core(file, localroot, root, folder, localIndexArr, orderArr, indexS, whiteList, folderFlag, maxOrder)
 
-print("\n > New index generated and saved in " + indexFile)
+localIndexArr = sort_sections(sections, localIndexArr, orderArr)
+index = generate_index(index, sections, localIndexArr)
+save_index(index, "cards.md")
 
 # write link whitelist out
 whiteListFile = ".ci/whitelist.txt"