yaml-files

yaml-include

Adds a custom tag for a YAML document that facilitate inclusion and merging of external .yaml files.

Installation

  $ npm install yaml-files

CLI Usage

$ npm install -g yaml-files
$ yaml-files -h
Usage: yaml-files <input_filename> <output_filename> [options]
  input_filename:       path to yml file being parsed
  output_filename:      path to save the yml file
    --help, -h            show help

Library Usage

Merge

Merge multiple yaml files with lodash merge.

file1.yml

key1: my key in file1
array:
  - array1

file2.yml

key2: my key in file2
array:
  - array2

main.yml

myDocument:
  key1: myKey
  key2: !!files_merge ['file1.yml', 'file2.yml']

Merge with Append

Merge multiple yaml files with lodash merge with arrays appended

file1.yml

key1: my key in file1
array:
  - array1

file2.yml

key2: my key in file2
array:
  - array2

main.yml

myDocument:
  key1: myKey
  key2: !!files_merge_append ['file1.yml', 'file2.yml']

index.js

const yaml = require('js-yaml');
const yamlfiles = require('yaml-files');
const fs = require('fs');
 
const src = fs.readFileSync('main.yml', 'utf8');
 
const obj = yaml.load(src, { schema: yamlfiles.YAML_FILES_SCHEMA });

Based On

• yaml-include