The next generation YAML parser and emitter for Python.

python setup.py install

By default, the setup.py script checks whether LibYAML is installed and if so, builds and installs LibYAML bindings.

• Skip the check and force installation of LibYAML bindings:

  python setup.py --with-libyaml install

• Disable the check and skip building and installing LibYAML bindings:

  python setup.py --without-libyaml install

When LibYAML bindings are installed, you may use fast LibYAML-based parser and emitter as follows:

data = yaml.load(stream, Loader=yaml.CLoader)
yaml.dump(data, Dumper=yaml.CDumper)

If you don't trust the input stream, you should use:

data = yaml.safe_load(stream)

PyYAML includes a comprehensive test suite. To run the tests, type python setup.py test.

• Homepage: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml
• Tutorial and reference: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAMLDocumentation
• Discuss PyYAML with the maintainers: #pyyaml in irc://irc.freenode.net
• YAML-Core mailing list: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/yaml-core
• Bugs and feature requests: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues

The PyYAML module was written by Kirill Simonov <[email protected]>. It is currently maintained by the YAML and Python communities.

PyYAML is released under the MIT license. See the file LICENSE for more details.