How can I parse a YAML file in Python?

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#1

How can I parse a YAML file in Python?

#2

Hi Shielagaa,

You can use PyYAML library. Here is the code below:

import yaml

with open('file.yaml', 'r') as file:
    data = yaml.safe_load(file)

print(data)
#3

You can use ruamel.yaml library (a YAML parser that preserves comments by default):

from ruamel.yaml import YAML

yaml = YAML()
with open('file.yaml', 'r') as file:
    data = yaml.load(file)

print(data)
#4

Hey, using the yaml module from the standard library (deprecated in Python 3.9 and removed in Python 3.10, so not recommended for new code).

import yaml

with open('file.yaml', 'r') as file:
    data = yaml.load(file, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)

print(data)