package main import ( "fmt" "github.com/codegangsta/cli" "gopkg.in/yaml.v2" "io/ioutil" "log" "os" "strconv" "strings" ) func main() { app := cli.NewApp() app.Name = "yaml" app.Usage = "command line tool for reading and writing yaml" app.Commands = []cli.Command{ { Name: "read", Aliases: []string{"r"}, Usage: "read \n\te.g.: yaml read sample.json a.b.c\n\t(default) reads a property from a given yaml file", Action: readProperty, }, } app.Action = readProperty app.Run(os.Args) } func readProperty(c *cli.Context) { var parsedData map[interface{}]interface{} readYaml(c, &parsedData) var path = c.Args()[1] var paths = strings.Split(path, ".") fmt.Println(readMap(parsedData, paths[0], paths[1:len(paths)])) } func readYaml(c *cli.Context, parsedData *map[interface{}]interface{}) { if len(c.Args()) == 0 { log.Fatalf("Must provide filename") } var rawData = readFile(c.Args()[0]) if len(c.Args()) == 1 { fmt.Println(string(rawData[:])) os.Exit(0) } err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(rawData), &parsedData) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("error: %v", err) } } func readFile(filename string) []byte { var rawData, readError = ioutil.ReadFile(filename) if readError != nil { log.Fatalf("error: %v", readError) } return rawData } func readMap(context map[interface{}]interface{}, head string, tail []string) interface{} { value := context[head] if len(tail) > 0 { return recurse(value, tail[0], tail[1:len(tail)]) } return value } func recurse(value interface{}, head string, tail []string) interface{} { switch value.(type) { case []interface{}: index, err := strconv.ParseInt(head, 10, 64) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Error accessing array: %v", err) } return readArray(value.([]interface{}), index, tail) default: return readMap(value.(map[interface{}]interface{}), head, tail) } } func readArray(array []interface{}, head int64, tail []string) interface{} { value := array[head] if len(tail) > 0 { return recurse(value, tail[0], tail[1:len(tail)]) } return value }