powershell-yaml
This powershell module is a thin wrapper on top of YamlDotNet that serializes and un-serializes simple powershell objects to and from YAML. It was tested on powershell versions 4 and 5 and supports [Nano Server](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126167.aspx Nano).
The lib folder contains the YamlDotNet assemblies. They are not really required, just a fall-back in case your system does not already have them installed and loaded. Feel free to remove the lib folder if you prefer to add the required assemblies yourself.
ConvertTo-Yaml
Import-Module powershell-yaml
PS C:\> $yaml = ConvertTo-Yaml @{"hello"="world"; "anArray"=@(1,2,3); "nested"=@{"array"=@("this", "is", "an", "array")}}
PS C:\> $yaml
anArray:
- 1
- 2
- 3
nested:
array:
- this
- is
- an
- array
hello: worldConvertFrom-Yaml
Single YAML document
Import-Module powershell-yaml
PS C:\> $yaml = @"
anArray:
- 1
- 2
- 3
nested:
array:
- this
- is
- an
- array
hello: world
"@
PS C:\> $obj = ConvertFrom-Yaml $yaml
PS C:\> $obj
Name Value
---- -----
anArray {1, 2, 3}
nested {array}
hello world
PS C:\> $obj.GetType()
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True Hashtable System.ObjectMultiple YAML documents
Unserializing multiple documents results in an array representing the contents of each document. The result of this does not translate back to the same documents if you pass it back through ConvertTo-Yaml.
Import-Module powershell-yaml
PS C:\> $yaml = @"
---
anArray:
- 1
- 2
- 3
nested:
array:
- this
- is
- an
- array
hello: world
---
second: document
goodbye: world
"@
PS C:\> $obj = ConvertFrom-Yaml $yaml -AllDocuments
PS C:\> $obj
Name Value
---- -----
anArray {1, 2, 3}
nested {array}
hello world
goodbye world
second document
PS C:\> $obj.GetType()
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True Object[] System.Array
PS C:\> $obj[0]
Name Value
---- -----
anArray {1, 2, 3}
nested {array}
hello world
PS C:\> $obj[1]
Name Value
---- -----
goodbye world
second documentRunning the tests.
Before running the associated unit tests; please make sure you have Pester installed, as it is the testing framework of choice.
After Pester is up and running, the tests may be ran by simply entering the
tests directory and running Invoke-Pester:
PS C:\> git clone https://github.com/cloudbase/powershell-yaml.git $HOME\powershell-yaml
PS C:\> cd $HOME\powershell-yaml
PS C:\Users\Guest\powershell-yaml> powershell.exe -NonInteractive -Command {Invoke-Pester}
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