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\n", Action: readProperty, }, { Name: "write", Aliases: []string{"w"}, Usage: "write \n\te.g.: yaml write sample.json a.b.c 5\n\tupdates a property from a given yaml file, outputs to stdout\n", Action: writeProperty, }, } app.Action = readProperty app.Flags = []cli.Flag{ cli.StringFlag{ Name: "trim, t", Value: "true", Usage: "trim output", }, } app.Run(os.Args) } func readProperty(c *cli.Context) { var parsedData map[interface{}]interface{} readYaml(c, &parsedData) if len(c.Args()) == 1 { printYaml(parsedData, c.Bool("trim")) os.Exit(0) } var paths = parsePath(c.Args()[1]) printYaml(readMap(parsedData, paths[0], paths[1:len(paths)]), c.Bool("trim")) } func writeProperty(c *cli.Context) { var parsedData map[interface{}]interface{} readYaml(c, &parsedData) if len(c.Args()) < 3 { log.Fatalf("Must provide ") } var forceString bool var argumentLength = len(c.Args()) if argumentLength >= 4 && c.Args()[argumentLength-1] == "forceString" { forceString = true } var paths = parsePath(c.Args()[1]) write(parsedData, paths[0], paths[1:len(paths)], getValue(c.Args()[2], forceString)) printYaml(parsedData, c.Bool("trim")) } func getValue(argument string, forceString bool) interface{} { var value, err interface{} if !forceString { value, err = strconv.ParseFloat(argument, 64) if err == nil { return value } value, err = strconv.ParseBool(argument) if err == nil { return value } } return argument } func printYaml(context interface{}, trim bool) { out, err := yaml.Marshal(context) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("error printing yaml: %v", err) } outStr := string(out) if trim { outStr = strings.Trim(outStr, "\n ") } fmt.Println(outStr) } 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]) 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 }