Add validate feature files JS to master

Author: aldefouw

validate_feature_files.js

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+// validate-feature-files.js
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const parser = require("gherkin-parse");
+const Glob = require('glob-fs');
+
+// Create a glob-fs instance
+const glob = Glob({ cwd: __dirname }); // Set the current working directory
+
+// Define your base directory for globbing
+const BASE_DIR = path.join(__dirname, 'redcap_rsvc'); // Base directory path
+const GLOB_PATTERN = '**/*.feature'; // Glob pattern for .feature files
+
+// Function to validate a single feature file
+function validateFeatureFile(filePath) {
+    try {
+        parser.convertFeatureFileToJSON(filePath)
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error(`${filePath} is invalid - contains PARSE ERRORS.`);
+    }
+}
+
+// Debugging: Log the start of glob search
+//console.log('Starting glob search with pattern:', GLOB_PATTERN);
+
+// Find all feature files matching the glob pattern
+const files = glob.readdirSync(`${GLOB_PATTERN}`, { cwd: BASE_DIR });
+
+// Debugging: Log the files found
+//console.log('Found feature files:', files);
+
+// Check if any files were found
+if (files.length === 0) {
+    console.log('No .feature files found matching the pattern.');
+} else {
+    // Validate each found feature file
+    files.forEach(file => {
+        const filePath = path.join(BASE_DIR, file); // Get full file path
+        validateFeatureFile(filePath);
+    });
+}