Yglu ᕄ !?

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Yglu is YAML augmented with an advanced expression language. Unlike usual text templating, Yglu relies on the YAML structure and leverages its tag system combined with the YAQL query language.

This association enables templating and functional processing a bit like if YAML nodes were spreadsheet cells.

Yglu input documents are pure and valid YAML using tags for computed nodes.

a: 1
b: !? .a + 1
!if .b = 2:
  c: 3  

a: 1
b: 2
c: 3
 

names: !-
  - 'nginx:1.16'
  - 'node:13.6'
  - 'couchbase:9.3'
image: !()
  !? $.split(':')[0]:
    version: !? $.split(':')[1]
images: !?
  $_.names
    .select(($_.image)($))
    .aggregate($1.mergeWith($2), {})

images:
  nginx:
    version: '1.16'
  node:
    version: '13.6'
  couchbase:
    version: '9.3'
     
     
     
       

In the example above, the names sequence is hidden, image is a function (like a template block) and images is an expression which iterates through all names, applies the image function to each one and aggregates the individual results by merging them together as a mapping.

As such an operation is often needed, Yglu provides a !for tag for merging a sequence iterated over a function:

names: !-
  - 'nginx:1.16'
  - 'node:13.6'
  - 'couchbase:9.3'
images:
  !for .names: !()
    !? $.split(':')[0]:
      version: !? $.split(':')[1]

images:
  nginx:
    version: '1.16'
  node:
    version: '13.6'
  couchbase:
    version: '9.3'
     

See the test samples for more examples.

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Install

pip3 install yglu

Run

Usage: yglu [options] [<filename>]
Options:   -v - -version          Print version and exit.   -h - -help             Print help and exit.

Tags

Tags specify an alteration of the document structure.

| Tag   | Description | |-----------|-----------------| | !? | Evaluate an expression. The result can be a scalar, mapping or sequence. Can also be used in mapping keys. | | !- | Hide the node in the output but keep it accessible from expressions. Can be an expression. | | !() | Make the node reusable in expressions as a function. | | !if | Conditional merge. See if.yml. | | !for | Merge the results of a function applied to all items of a sequence . See for.yml. | | !apply | Apply a function or function block to a block. See function.yml. |

Expressions

Expressions are written in YAQL.

They are evaluated in a context with the following variables defined:

| Variable| Description | |-------------|-----------------| | $_ | Refers to the current document root. Can be omitted at the beginning of the expression if it starts with a dot. | | $ | Implicit argument of functions. | | $env | Gives access to environment variables. Disabled by default. Set the $YGLUENABLEENV environment variable to enable this feature. | | $this | Refers to the current function block node in order to access its children nodes. See function.yml |

Built-in Functions

In addition to the standard YAQL library, Yglu defines the following functions:

| Function | Description | |----------------------|-----------------| | $import(filename) | Imports another document in the current node. By default, it is only permitted to import files from within the directory hierarchy of the input file. Set $YGLUIMPORTALLOW to a list of permitted directories. |

Vaguely related projects

• YAMLScript