| JS-YAML - YAML 1.2 parser / writer for JavaScript | |
| ================================================= | |
| [](https://travis-ci.org/nodeca/js-yaml) | |
| [](https://www.npmjs.org/package/js-yaml) | |
| __[Online Demo](http://nodeca.github.com/js-yaml/)__ | |
| This is an implementation of [YAML](http://yaml.org/), a human-friendly data | |
| serialization language. Started as [PyYAML](http://pyyaml.org/) port, it was | |
| completely rewritten from scratch. Now it's very fast, and supports 1.2 spec. | |
| Installation | |
| ------------ | |
| ### YAML module for node.js | |
| ``` | |
| npm install js-yaml | |
| ``` | |
| ### CLI executable | |
| If you want to inspect your YAML files from CLI, install js-yaml globally: | |
| ``` | |
| npm install -g js-yaml | |
| ``` | |
| #### Usage | |
| ``` | |
| usage: js-yaml [-h] [-v] [-c] [-t] file | |
| Positional arguments: | |
| file File with YAML document(s) | |
| Optional arguments: | |
| -h, --help Show this help message and exit. | |
| -v, --version Show program's version number and exit. | |
| -c, --compact Display errors in compact mode | |
| -t, --trace Show stack trace on error | |
| ``` | |
| ### Bundled YAML library for browsers | |
| ``` html | |
| <!-- esprima required only for !!js/function --> | |
| <script src="esprima.js"></script> | |
| <script src="js-yaml.min.js"></script> | |
| <script type="text/javascript"> | |
| var doc = jsyaml.load('greeting: hello\nname: world'); | |
| </script> | |
| ``` | |
| Browser support was done mostly for the online demo. If you find any errors - feel | |
| free to send pull requests with fixes. Also note, that IE and other old browsers | |
| needs [es5-shims](https://github.com/kriskowal/es5-shim) to operate. | |
| Notes: | |
| 1. We have no resources to support browserified version. Don't expect it to be | |
| well tested. Don't expect fast fixes if something goes wrong there. | |
| 2. `!!js/function` in browser bundle will not work by default. If you really need | |
| it - load `esprima` parser first (via amd or directly). | |
| 3. `!!bin` in browser will return `Array`, because browsers do not support | |
| node.js `Buffer` and adding Buffer shims is completely useless on practice. | |
| API | |
| --- | |
| Here we cover the most 'useful' methods. If you need advanced details (creating | |
| your own tags), see [wiki](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/wiki) and | |
| [examples](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/tree/master/examples) for more | |
| info. | |
| ``` javascript | |
| yaml = require('js-yaml'); | |
| fs = require('fs'); | |
| // Get document, or throw exception on error | |
| try { | |
| var doc = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync('/home/ixti/example.yml', 'utf8')); | |
| console.log(doc); | |
| } catch (e) { | |
| console.log(e); | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| ### safeLoad (string [ , options ]) | |
| **Recommended loading way.** Parses `string` as single YAML document. Returns a JavaScript | |
| object or throws `YAMLException` on error. By default, does not support regexps, | |
| functions and undefined. This method is safe for untrusted data. | |
| options: | |
| - `filename` _(default: null)_ - string to be used as a file path in | |
| error/warning messages. | |
| - `onWarning` _(default: null)_ - function to call on warning messages. | |
| Loader will call this function with an instance of `YAMLException` for each warning. | |
| - `schema` _(default: `DEFAULT_SAFE_SCHEMA`)_ - specifies a schema to use. | |
| - `FAILSAFE_SCHEMA` - only strings, arrays and plain objects: | |
| http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2802346 | |
| - `JSON_SCHEMA` - all JSON-supported types: | |
| http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2803231 | |
| - `CORE_SCHEMA` - same as `JSON_SCHEMA`: | |
| http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2804923 | |
| - `DEFAULT_SAFE_SCHEMA` - all supported YAML types, without unsafe ones | |
| (`!!js/undefined`, `!!js/regexp` and `!!js/function`): | |
| http://yaml.org/type/ | |
| - `DEFAULT_FULL_SCHEMA` - all supported YAML types. | |
| - `json` _(default: false)_ - compatibility with JSON.parse behaviour. If true, then duplicate keys in a mapping will override values rather than throwing an error. | |
| NOTE: This function **does not** understand multi-document sources, it throws | |
| exception on those. | |
| NOTE: JS-YAML **does not** support schema-specific tag resolution restrictions. | |
| So, the JSON schema is not as strictly defined in the YAML specification. | |
| It allows numbers in any notation, use `Null` and `NULL` as `null`, etc. | |
| The core schema also has no such restrictions. It allows binary notation for integers. | |
| ### load (string [ , options ]) | |
| **Use with care with untrusted sources**. The same as `safeLoad()` but uses | |
| `DEFAULT_FULL_SCHEMA` by default - adds some JavaScript-specific types: | |
| `!!js/function`, `!!js/regexp` and `!!js/undefined`. For untrusted sources, you | |
| must additionally validate object structure to avoid injections: | |
| ``` javascript | |
| var untrusted_code = '"toString": !<tag:yaml.org,2002:js/function> "function (){very_evil_thing();}"'; | |
| // I'm just converting that string, what could possibly go wrong? | |
| require('js-yaml').load(untrusted_code) + '' | |
| ``` | |
| ### safeLoadAll (string [, iterator] [, options ]) | |
| Same as `safeLoad()`, but understands multi-document sources. Applies | |
| `iterator` to each document if specified, or returns array of documents. | |
| ``` javascript | |
| var yaml = require('js-yaml'); | |
| yaml.safeLoadAll(data, function (doc) { | |
| console.log(doc); | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| ### loadAll (string [, iterator] [ , options ]) | |
| Same as `safeLoadAll()` but uses `DEFAULT_FULL_SCHEMA` by default. | |
| ### safeDump (object [ , options ]) | |
| Serializes `object` as a YAML document. Uses `DEFAULT_SAFE_SCHEMA`, so it will | |
| throw an exception if you try to dump regexps or functions. However, you can | |
| disable exceptions by setting the `skipInvalid` option to `true`. | |
| options: | |
| - `indent` _(default: 2)_ - indentation width to use (in spaces). | |
| - `noArrayIndent` _(default: false)_ - when true, will not add an indentation level to array elements | |
| - `skipInvalid` _(default: false)_ - do not throw on invalid types (like function | |
| in the safe schema) and skip pairs and single values with such types. | |
| - `flowLevel` (default: -1) - specifies level of nesting, when to switch from | |
| block to flow style for collections. -1 means block style everwhere | |
| - `styles` - "tag" => "style" map. Each tag may have own set of styles. | |
| - `schema` _(default: `DEFAULT_SAFE_SCHEMA`)_ specifies a schema to use. | |
| - `sortKeys` _(default: `false`)_ - if `true`, sort keys when dumping YAML. If a | |
| function, use the function to sort the keys. | |
| - `lineWidth` _(default: `80`)_ - set max line width. | |
| - `noRefs` _(default: `false`)_ - if `true`, don't convert duplicate objects into references | |
| - `noCompatMode` _(default: `false`)_ - if `true` don't try to be compatible with older | |
| yaml versions. Currently: don't quote "yes", "no" and so on, as required for YAML 1.1 | |
| - `condenseFlow` _(default: `false`)_ - if `true` flow sequences will be condensed, omitting the space between `a, b`. Eg. `'[a,b]'`, and omitting the space between `key: value` and quoting the key. Eg. `'{"a":b}'` Can be useful when using yaml for pretty URL query params as spaces are %-encoded. | |
| The following table show availlable styles (e.g. "canonical", | |
| "binary"...) available for each tag (.e.g. !!null, !!int ...). Yaml | |
| output is shown on the right side after `=>` (default setting) or `->`: | |
| ``` none | |
| !!null | |
| "canonical" -> "~" | |
| "lowercase" => "null" | |
| "uppercase" -> "NULL" | |
| "camelcase" -> "Null" | |
| !!int | |
| "binary" -> "0b1", "0b101010", "0b1110001111010" | |
| "octal" -> "01", "052", "016172" | |
| "decimal" => "1", "42", "7290" | |
| "hexadecimal" -> "0x1", "0x2A", "0x1C7A" | |
| !!bool | |
| "lowercase" => "true", "false" | |
| "uppercase" -> "TRUE", "FALSE" | |
| "camelcase" -> "True", "False" | |
| !!float | |
| "lowercase" => ".nan", '.inf' | |
| "uppercase" -> ".NAN", '.INF' | |
| "camelcase" -> ".NaN", '.Inf' | |
| ``` | |
| Example: | |
| ``` javascript | |
| safeDump (object, { | |
| 'styles': { | |
| '!!null': 'canonical' // dump null as ~ | |
| }, | |
| 'sortKeys': true // sort object keys | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| ### dump (object [ , options ]) | |
| Same as `safeDump()` but without limits (uses `DEFAULT_FULL_SCHEMA` by default). | |
| Supported YAML types | |
| -------------------- | |
| The list of standard YAML tags and corresponding JavaScipt types. See also | |
| [YAML tag discussion](http://pyyaml.org/wiki/YAMLTagDiscussion) and | |
| [YAML types repository](http://yaml.org/type/). | |
| ``` | |
| !!null '' # null | |
| !!bool 'yes' # bool | |
| !!int '3...' # number | |
| !!float '3.14...' # number | |
| !!binary '...base64...' # buffer | |
| !!timestamp 'YYYY-...' # date | |
| !!omap [ ... ] # array of key-value pairs | |
| !!pairs [ ... ] # array or array pairs | |
| !!set { ... } # array of objects with given keys and null values | |
| !!str '...' # string | |
| !!seq [ ... ] # array | |
| !!map { ... } # object | |
| ``` | |
| **JavaScript-specific tags** | |
| ``` | |
| !!js/regexp /pattern/gim # RegExp | |
| !!js/undefined '' # Undefined | |
| !!js/function 'function () {...}' # Function | |
| ``` | |
| Caveats | |
| ------- | |
| Note, that you use arrays or objects as key in JS-YAML. JS does not allow objects | |
| or arrays as keys, and stringifies (by calling `toString()` method) them at the | |
| moment of adding them. | |
| ``` yaml | |
| --- | |
| ? [ foo, bar ] | |
| : - baz | |
| ? { foo: bar } | |
| : - baz | |
| - baz | |
| ``` | |
| ``` javascript | |
| { "foo,bar": ["baz"], "[object Object]": ["baz", "baz"] } | |
| ``` | |
| Also, reading of properties on implicit block mapping keys is not supported yet. | |
| So, the following YAML document cannot be loaded. | |
| ``` yaml | |
| &anchor foo: | |
| foo: bar | |
| *anchor: duplicate key | |
| baz: bat | |
| *anchor: duplicate key | |
| ``` | |
| Breaking changes in 2.x.x -> 3.x.x | |
| ---------------------------------- | |
| If you have not used __custom__ tags or loader classes and not loaded yaml | |
| files via `require()`, no changes are needed. Just upgrade the library. | |
| Otherwise, you should: | |
| 1. Replace all occurrences of `require('xxxx.yml')` by `fs.readFileSync()` + | |
| `yaml.safeLoad()`. | |
| 2. rewrite your custom tags constructors and custom loader | |
| classes, to conform the new API. See | |
| [examples](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/tree/master/examples) and | |
| [wiki](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/wiki) for details. | |
| License | |
| ------- | |
| View the [LICENSE](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/blob/master/LICENSE) file | |
| (MIT). |