LimitDescription.py

"""
Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
"""
from cfnlint.rules import CloudFormationLintRule
from cfnlint.rules import RuleMatch
from cfnlint.helpers import LIMITS


class LimitDescription(CloudFormationLintRule):
    """Check if maximum Output description size limit is exceeded"""
    id = 'E6012'
    shortdesc = 'Output description limit not exceeded'
    description = 'Check the size of Output description in the template is less than the upper limit'
    source_url = 'https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/outputs-section-structure.html'
    tags = ['outputs', 'limits']

    def match(self, cfn):
        matches = []
        for output_name, output_value in cfn.template.get('Outputs', {}).items():
            description = output_value.get('Description')
            if description:
                path = ['Outputs', output_name, 'Description']
                if len(description) > LIMITS['Outputs']['description']:
                    message = 'The length of output description ({0}) exceeds the limit ({1})'
                    matches.append(RuleMatch(path, message.format(len(description), LIMITS['Outputs']['description'])))
        return matches