Reuse a hash in YAML
Try reusing a full group by importing it: Defaults: &defaults Company: foo Item: 123 Computer: <<: *defaults Price: 3000 Documentation: http://yaml.org/type/merge.html
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How can I escape % characters in YAML?
Try %% it might work to escape.
How to insert key-value pair into dictionary at a specified position?
Had the same issue and solved this as described below without any additional imports being required and only a few lines of code. Tested with Python 3.6.9. Get position of key ‘Age’ because the new key value pair should get inserted before Get dictionary as list of key value pairs Insert new key value pair … Read more
If condition possible in yaml file?
As a supplement to Vaibhav’s response: although yml does not inherently support if statements, some applications that use yml files for instructions may be able to parse if statements included in the yml. GitLab is one notable example. In GitLab’s CI/CD, the .gitlab-ci.yml file can be configured to include if statements such as: job: script: … Read more
How can I reference a YAML “setting” from elsewhere in the same YAML file?
I don’t think it is possible. You can reuse “node” but not part of it. bill-to: &id001 given : Chris family : Dumars ship-to: *id001 This is perfectly valid YAML and fields given and family are reused in ship-to block. You can reuse a scalar node the same way but there’s no way you can … Read more
ConfigObj/ConfigParser vs. using YAML for Python settings file
It depends on what you want to store in your config files and how you use them If you do round tripping (yaml→code→yaml) and want comments preserved you cannot use PyYAML or ConfigParser. If you want to preserve the order of your keys (e.g. when you check in your config files), PyYAML doesn’t do that … Read more