1 | # YAML <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml"><img align="right" src="https://badge.fury.io/js/yaml.svg" title="npm package" /></a>
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3 | `yaml` is a JavaScript parser and stringifier for [YAML](http://yaml.org/), a human friendly data serialization standard. It supports both parsing and stringifying data using all versions of YAML, along with all common data schemas. As a particularly distinguishing feature, `yaml` fully supports reading and writing comments and blank lines in YAML documents.
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5 | The library is released under the ISC open source license, and the code is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/eemeli/yaml/). It has no external dependencies and runs on Node.js 6 and later, and in browsers from IE 11 upwards.
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7 | For the purposes of versioning, any changes that break any of the endpoints or APIs documented here will be considered semver-major breaking changes. Undocumented library internals may change between minor versions, and previous APIs may be deprecated (but not removed).
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9 | For more information, see the project's documentation site: [**eemeli.org/yaml/v1**](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/)
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11 | To install:
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12 |
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13 | ```sh
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14 | npm install yaml
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15 | ```
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17 | **Note:** This is `yaml@1`. You may also be interested in the next version, currently available as [`yaml@next`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml/v/next).
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18 |
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19 | ## API Overview
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20 |
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21 | The API provided by `yaml` has three layers, depending on how deep you need to go: [Parse & Stringify](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#parse-amp-stringify), [Documents](https://eemeli.org/yaml/#documents), and the [CST Parser](https://eemeli.org/yaml/#cst-parser). The first has the simplest API and "just works", the second gets you all the bells and whistles supported by the library along with a decent [AST](https://eemeli.org/yaml/#content-nodes), and the third is the closest to YAML source, making it fast, raw, and crude.
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23 | ```js
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24 | import YAML from 'yaml'
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25 | // or
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26 | const YAML = require('yaml')
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27 | ```
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28 |
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29 | ### Parse & Stringify
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30 |
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31 | - [`YAML.parse(str, options): value`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#yaml-parse)
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32 | - [`YAML.stringify(value, options): string`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#yaml-stringify)
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33 |
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34 | ### YAML Documents
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35 |
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36 | - [`YAML.createNode(value, wrapScalars, tag): Node`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#creating-nodes)
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37 | - [`YAML.defaultOptions`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#options)
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38 | - [`YAML.Document`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#yaml-documents)
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39 | - [`constructor(options)`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#creating-documents)
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40 | - [`defaults`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#options)
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41 | - [`#anchors`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#working-with-anchors)
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42 | - [`#contents`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#content-nodes)
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43 | - [`#errors`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#errors)
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44 | - [`YAML.parseAllDocuments(str, options): YAML.Document[]`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#parsing-documents)
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45 | - [`YAML.parseDocument(str, options): YAML.Document`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#parsing-documents)
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46 |
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47 | ```js
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48 | import { Pair, YAMLMap, YAMLSeq } from 'yaml/types'
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49 | ```
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50 |
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51 | - [`new Pair(key, value)`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#creating-nodes)
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52 | - [`new YAMLMap()`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#creating-nodes)
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53 | - [`new YAMLSeq()`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#creating-nodes)
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54 |
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55 | ### CST Parser
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56 |
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57 | ```js
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58 | import parseCST from 'yaml/parse-cst'
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59 | ```
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60 |
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61 | - [`parseCST(str): CSTDocument[]`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#parsecst)
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62 | - [`YAML.parseCST(str): CSTDocument[]`](https://eemeli.org/yaml/v1/#parsecst)
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63 |
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64 | ## YAML.parse
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65 |
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66 | ```yaml
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67 | # file.yml
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68 | YAML:
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69 | - A human-readable data serialization language
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70 | - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML
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71 | yaml:
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72 | - A complete JavaScript implementation
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73 | - https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml
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74 | ```
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75 |
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76 | ```js
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77 | import fs from 'fs'
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78 | import YAML from 'yaml'
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79 |
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80 | YAML.parse('3.14159')
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81 | // 3.14159
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82 |
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83 | YAML.parse('[ true, false, maybe, null ]\n')
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84 | // [ true, false, 'maybe', null ]
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85 |
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86 | const file = fs.readFileSync('./file.yml', 'utf8')
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87 | YAML.parse(file)
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88 | // { YAML:
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89 | // [ 'A human-readable data serialization language',
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90 | // 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML' ],
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91 | // yaml:
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92 | // [ 'A complete JavaScript implementation',
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93 | // 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml' ] }
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94 | ```
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95 |
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96 | ## YAML.stringify
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97 |
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98 | ```js
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99 | import YAML from 'yaml'
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100 |
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101 | YAML.stringify(3.14159)
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102 | // '3.14159\n'
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104 | YAML.stringify([true, false, 'maybe', null])
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105 | // `- true
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106 | // - false
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107 | // - maybe
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108 | // - null
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109 | // `
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110 |
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111 | YAML.stringify({ number: 3, plain: 'string', block: 'two\nlines\n' })
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112 | // `number: 3
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113 | // plain: string
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114 | // block: >
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115 | // two
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116 | //
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117 | // lines
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118 | // `
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119 | ```
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120 |
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121 | ---
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122 |
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123 | Browser testing provided by:
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124 |
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125 | <a href="https://www.browserstack.com/open-source">
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126 | <img width=200 src="https://eemeli.org/yaml/images/browserstack.svg" />
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127 | </a>
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