Psych

Overview¶ ↑

Psych is a YAML parser and emitter. Psych leverages libyaml for it's YAML parsing and emitting capabilities. In addition to wrapping libyaml, Psych also knows how to serialize and de-serialize most Ruby objects to and from the YAML format.

I NEED TO PARSE OR EMIT YAML RIGHT NOW!¶ ↑

# Parse some YAML
Psych.load("--- foo") # => "foo"

# Emit some YAML
Psych.dump("foo")     # => "--- foo\n...\n"
{ :a => 'b'}.to_yaml  # => "---\n:a: b\n"

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YAML Parsing¶ ↑

Psych provides a range of interfaces for parsing a YAML document ranging from low level to high level, depending on your parsing needs. At the lowest level, is an event based parser. Mid level is access to the raw YAML AST, and at the highest level is the ability to unmarshal YAML to ruby objects.

Low level parsing¶ ↑

The lowest level parser should be used when the YAML input is already known, and the developer does not want to pay the price of building an AST or automatic detection and conversion to ruby objects. See Psych::Parser for more information on using the event based parser.

Mid level parsing¶ ↑

Psych provides access to an AST produced from parsing a YAML document. This tree is built using the Psych::Parser and Psych::TreeBuilder. The AST can be examined and manipulated freely. Please see ::parse_stream, Psych::Nodes, and Psych::Nodes::Node for more information on dealing with YAML syntax trees.

High level parsing¶ ↑

The high level YAML parser provided by Psych simply takes YAML as input and returns a Ruby data structure. For information on using the high level parser see ::load

YAML Emitting¶ ↑

Psych provides a range of interfaces ranging from low to high level for producing YAML documents. Very similar to the YAML parsing interfaces, Psych provides at the lowest level, an event based system, mid-level is building a YAML AST, and the highest level is converting a Ruby object straight to a YAML document.

Low level emitting¶ ↑

The lowest level emitter is an event based system. Events are sent to a Psych::Emitter object. That object knows how to convert the events to a YAML document. This interface should be used when document format is known in advance or speed is a concern. See Psych::Emitter for more information.

Mid level emitting¶ ↑

At the mid level is building an AST. This AST is exactly the same as the AST used when parsing a YAML document. Users can build an AST by hand and the AST knows how to emit itself as a YAML document. See Psych::Nodes, Psych::Nodes::Node, and Psych::TreeBuilder for more information on building a YAML AST.

High level emitting¶ ↑

The high level emitter has the easiest interface. Psych simply takes a Ruby data structure and converts it to a YAML document. See ::dump for more information on dumping a Ruby data structure.

Constants

LIBYAML_VERSION: The version of libyaml Psych is using
VERSION: The version is Psych you’re using

Public Class Methods

add_private_type(type_tag, &block) click to toggle source

 
               # File psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb, line 47
def self.add_private_type type_tag, &block
  warn "#{caller[0]}: add_private_type is deprecated, use add_domain_type" if $VERBOSE
  domain = 'x-private'
  key = [domain, type_tag].join ':'
  @domain_types[key] = [key, block]
end

add_ruby_type(type_tag, &block) click to toggle source

 
               # File psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb, line 40
def self.add_ruby_type type_tag, &block
  warn "#{caller[0]}: add_ruby_type is deprecated, use add_domain_type" if $VERBOSE
  domain = 'ruby.yaml.org,2002'
  key = ['tag', domain, type_tag].join ':'
  @domain_types[key] = [key, block]
end

detect_implicit(thing) click to toggle source

 
               # File psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb, line 33
def self.detect_implicit thing
  warn "#{caller[0]}: detect_implicit is deprecated" if $VERBOSE
  return '' unless String === thing
  return 'null' if '' == thing
  ScalarScanner.new.tokenize(thing).class.name.downcase
end

dump(o) → string of yaml click to toggle source

dump(o, options) → string of yaml

dump(o, io) → io object passed in

dump(o, io, options) → io object passed in

Dump Ruby object o to a YAML string. Optional options may be passed in to control the output format. If an IO object is passed in, the YAML will be dumped to that IO object.

Example:

# Dump an array, get back a YAML string
Psych.dump(['a', 'b'])  # => "---\n- a\n- b\n"

# Dump an array to an IO object
Psych.dump(['a', 'b'], StringIO.new)  # => #<StringIO:0x000001009d0890>

# Dump an array with indentation set
Psych.dump(['a', ['b']], :indentation => 3) # => "---\n- a\n-  - b\n"

# Dump an array to an IO with indentation set
Psych.dump(['a', ['b']], StringIO.new, :indentation => 3)

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 235
def self.dump o, io = nil, options = {}
  if Hash === io
    options = io
    io      = nil
  end

  visitor = Psych::Visitors::YAMLTree.new options
  visitor << o
  visitor.tree.yaml io, options
end

dump_stream(*objects) click to toggle source

Dump a list of objects as separate documents to a document stream.

Example:

Psych.dump_stream("foo\n  ", {}) # => "--- ! \"foo\\n  \"\n--- {}\n"

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 252
def self.dump_stream *objects
  visitor = Psych::Visitors::YAMLTree.new {}
  objects.each do |o|
    visitor << o
  end
  visitor.tree.yaml
end

libyaml_version click to toggle source

Returns the version of libyaml being used

 
               static VALUE libyaml_version(VALUE module)
{
    int major, minor, patch;
    VALUE list[3];

    yaml_get_version(&major, &minor, &patch);

    list[0] = INT2NUM((long)major);
    list[1] = INT2NUM((long)minor);
    list[2] = INT2NUM((long)patch);

    return rb_ary_new4((long)3, list);
}

load(yaml, filename = nil) click to toggle source

Load yaml in to a Ruby data structure. If multiple documents are provided, the object contained in the first document will be returned. filename will be used in the exception message if any exception is raised while parsing.

Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.

Example:

Psych.load("--- a")             # => 'a'
Psych.load("---\n - a\n - b")   # => ['a', 'b']

begin
  Psych.load("--- `", "file.txt")
rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex
  ex.file    # => 'file.txt'
  ex.message # => "(foo.txt): found character that cannot start any token"
end

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 126
def self.load yaml, filename = nil
  result = parse(yaml, filename)
  result ? result.to_ruby : result
end

load_documents(yaml, &block) click to toggle source

 
               # File psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb, line 24
def self.load_documents yaml, &block
  if $VERBOSE
    warn "#{caller[0]}: load_documents is deprecated, use load_stream"
  end
  list = load_stream yaml
  return list unless block_given?
  list.each(&block)
end

load_file(filename) click to toggle source

Load the document contained in filename. Returns the yaml contained in filename as a ruby object

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 296
def self.load_file filename
  File.open(filename, 'r:bom|utf-8') { |f| self.load f, filename }
end

load_stream(yaml, filename = nil) click to toggle source

Load multiple documents given in yaml. Returns the parsed documents as a list. If a block is given, each document will be converted to ruby and passed to the block during parsing

Example:

Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") # => ['foo', 'bar']

list = []
Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") do |ruby|
  list << ruby
end
list # => ['foo', 'bar']

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 283
def self.load_stream yaml, filename = nil
  if block_given?
    parse_stream(yaml, filename) do |node|
      yield node.to_ruby
    end
  else
    parse_stream(yaml, filename).children.map { |child| child.to_ruby }
  end
end

object_maker(klass, hash) click to toggle source

 
               # File psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb, line 70
def self.object_maker klass, hash
  warn "#{caller[0]}: object_maker is deprecated" if $VERBOSE
  klass.allocate.tap do |obj|
    hash.each { |k,v| obj.instance_variable_set(:"@#{k}", v) }
  end
end

parse(yaml, filename = nil) click to toggle source

Parse a YAML string in yaml. Returns the first object of a YAML AST. filename is used in the exception message if a Psych::SyntaxError is raised.

Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.

Example:

Psych.parse("---\n - a\n - b") # => #<Psych::Nodes::Sequence:0x00>

begin
  Psych.parse("--- `", "file.txt")
rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex
  ex.file    # => 'file.txt'
  ex.message # => "(foo.txt): found character that cannot start any token"
end

See Psych::Nodes for more information about YAML AST.

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 150
def self.parse yaml, filename = nil
  parse_stream(yaml, filename) do |node|
    return node
  end
  false
end

parse_file(filename) click to toggle source

Parse a file at filename. Returns the YAML AST.

Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 161
def self.parse_file filename
  File.open filename, 'r:bom|utf-8' do |f|
    parse f, filename
  end
end

parse_stream(yaml, filename = nil, &block) click to toggle source

Parse a YAML string in yaml. Returns the full AST for the YAML document. This method can handle multiple YAML documents contained in yaml. filename is used in the exception message if a Psych::SyntaxError is raised.

If a block is given, a Psych::Nodes::Document node will be yielded to the block as it’s being parsed.

Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.

Example:

Psych.parse_stream("---\n - a\n - b") # => #<Psych::Nodes::Stream:0x00>

Psych.parse_stream("--- a\n--- b") do |node|
  node # => #<Psych::Nodes::Document:0x00>
end

begin
  Psych.parse_stream("--- `", "file.txt")
rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex
  ex.file    # => 'file.txt'
  ex.message # => "(foo.txt): found character that cannot start any token"
end

See Psych::Nodes for more information about YAML AST.

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 200
def self.parse_stream yaml, filename = nil, &block
  if block_given?
    parser = Psych::Parser.new(Handlers::DocumentStream.new(&block))
    parser.parse yaml, filename
  else
    parser = self.parser
    parser.parse yaml, filename
    parser.handler.root
  end
end

parser() click to toggle source

Returns a default parser

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 169
def self.parser
  Psych::Parser.new(TreeBuilder.new)
end

read_type_class(type, reference) click to toggle source

 
               # File psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb, line 60
def self.read_type_class type, reference
  warn "#{caller[0]}: read_type_class is deprecated" if $VERBOSE
  _, _, type, name = type.split ':', 4

  reference = name.split('::').inject(reference) do |k,n|
    k.const_get(n.to_sym)
  end if name
  [type, reference]
end

tagurize(thing) click to toggle source

 
               # File psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb, line 54
def self.tagurize thing
  warn "#{caller[0]}: add_private_type is deprecated, use add_domain_type" if $VERBOSE
  return thing unless String === thing
  "tag:yaml.org,2002:#{thing}"
end

to_json(o) click to toggle source

Dump Ruby object o to a JSON string.

 
               # File psych/lib/psych.rb, line 262
def self.to_json o
  visitor = Psych::Visitors::JSONTree.new
  visitor << o
  visitor.tree.yaml
end

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Psych

Overview¶ ↑

I NEED TO PARSE OR EMIT YAML RIGHT NOW!¶ ↑

YAML Parsing¶ ↑

Low level parsing¶ ↑

Mid level parsing¶ ↑

High level parsing¶ ↑

YAML Emitting¶ ↑

Low level emitting¶ ↑

Mid level emitting¶ ↑

High level emitting¶ ↑

Constants

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