yaml-tag
Template literal tag function for YAML in JS – Because yaml is human-friendly and pretty awesome
How to use
npm install yaml-tag --save
yarn add yaml-tag
Use as a tag for template literals containing yaml. It’s parsed using load from js-yaml.
const yaml = require('yaml-tag');
const cats = yaml`
- name: Alice
age: 7
favorite food: ice cream
- name: Tom
age: 3
favorite food: potato chips
`;
console.log(cats[0].name); // "Alice"
console.log(cats[1]['favorite food']); // "potato chips"Use js expressions where you don’t want to (or can) use plain yaml.
const yaml = require('yaml-tag');
const breakingNews = yaml`
title: This Just In
date: ${new Date()}
`;
console.log(breakingNews.date instanceof Date); // trueWrap yaml in yaml for extra superpowers!
const yaml = require('yaml-tag');
const { times } = require('lodash');
const blog = yaml`
posts: ${times(3, (n) => yaml`
title: Lorem ipsum ${n + 1}
body: |
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Iusto numquam, tempore culpa ipsam, voluptatibus aliquid laudantium, nostrum quam aspernatur esse inventore qui laboriosam eos voluptatum eligendi quas nihil laborum blanditiis.
`)}
`;
/*
{
posts: [
{
title: 'Lorem ipsum 1'
body: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Iusto numquam, tempore culpa ipsam, voluptatibus aliquid laudantium, nostrum quam aspernatur esse inventore qui laboriosam eos voluptatum eligendi quas nihil laborum blanditiis.'
},
{
title: 'Lorem ipsum 2'
body: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Iusto numquam, tempore culpa ipsam, voluptatibus aliquid laudantium, nostrum quam aspernatur esse inventore qui laboriosam eos voluptatum eligendi quas nihil laborum blanditiis.'
},
{
title: 'Lorem ipsum 3'
body: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Iusto numquam, tempore culpa ipsam, voluptatibus aliquid laudantium, nostrum quam aspernatur esse inventore qui laboriosam eos voluptatum eligendi quas nihil laborum blanditiis.'
}
]
}
*/