Draft: feat: Add scripts to read and write the cicd vars

DO NOT merge this yet.

It is a utility script that makes life easy while moving vars from one project to another.

This is open for feedback, so it might need some improvements but is ready for use.

scripts/gitlab-ci-vars-reader.py

+import requests
+import json
+import argparse
+
+# Load configuration from JSON file
+def load_config(file_path):
+    try:
+        with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
+            return json.load(file)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"Error: Configuration file '{file_path}' not found.")
+        exit(1)
+
+# Function to fetch all CI/CD variables from a GitLab project
+def fetch_variables(config):
+    gitlab_url = config["gitlab_url"]
+    project_id = config["src_project_id"]
+    private_token = config["private_token"]
+
+    headers = {
+        "PRIVATE-TOKEN": private_token,
+        "Content-Type": "application/json"
+    }
+
+    url = f"{gitlab_url}/api/v4/projects/{project_id}/variables?per_page=100"
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        variables = response.json()
+        return variables
+    else:
+        print(f"Failed to fetch variables. Status code: {response.status_code}")
+        return []
+
+# Function to format the fetched variables for input into the config file
+def format_variables_for_input(variables):
+    ci_variables = {var['key']: var['value'] for var in variables}
+    return ci_variables
+
+# Main function to load the config and fetch variables
+def main():
+    # Setup argument parser
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="GitLab CI/CD Variables Reader")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--auth_config",
+        type=str,
+        default="auth-config.json",
+        help="Path to the configuration file (default: config.json)"
+    )
+
+    # Parse the arguments
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Load the configuration file
+    config = load_config(args.auth_config)
+
+    # Fetch and print the variables
+    variables = fetch_variables(config)
+
+    if variables:
+        print("ci_variables:")
+        formatted_variables = format_variables_for_input(variables)
+        # Print the formatted variables dictionary in JSON format
+        print(json.dumps(formatted_variables, indent=4))
+    else:
+        print("No variables found.")
+
+# Run the main function
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+