Re: unmarshalling using yaml.dump doesn't maintain proper format (PyYAML)

On 10/29/2012 06:31 PM, Zippy Zeppoli wrote:
> I'm trying to only print the following:
>     grains:
>         roles:
>           - webserver
>           - php
>         environment: X
>
> Not the entire document.
>

Well, it doesn't print the entire document, it prints

environment: X
roles: [webserver, php]

which is an exact representation of the value of 
configDict['__instance']['grains'].  To get an output like above, try 
dumping a dictionary:

   {"grains": configDict[webserver, php]}

> I still haven't figured out how to print a part of the document only.

Thanks,
Kirill

>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Kirill Simonov <xi-RCSp1WnSyaseIZ0/[email protected]
> <mailto:xi-RCSp1WnSyaseIZ0/[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     The output looks correct to me.  What output do you expect?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Kirill
>
>
>     On 10/23/2012 03:45 PM, Zippy Zeppoli wrote:
>
>         Hi list,
>         I am using the PyYAML implementation for yaml (They don't have
>         their own
>         mailing list, so I'm bringing this question here. I hope some
>         folks are
>         familiar with it and can assist.
>
>         I have the following yaml doc:
>         ---
>         instance:
>                id: i-1234567
>                saltId: APPSRV-X
>                grains:
>                  roles:
>                    - webserver
>                    - php
>                  environment: X
>
>         I then try to dump it from one file to another, there are
>         multiple yaml
>         docs in this file, and I am picking one doc and copying it to
>         another
>         file basically.
>
>         Here is the code I used to do it:
>         https://gist.github.com/__3941410 <https://gist.github.com/3941410>
>
>         This is the resulting output:
>
>         id: APPSRV-X
>         environment: X
>         roles: [webserver, php]
>
>         For some reason it doesn't maintain it's structure, and I cannot
>         figure
>         out how to keep it.
>
>         I tried changing the line with
>                       yaml.dump(configDict['__instance']['grains'],
>         TEST_CONFIG_FILE)
>
>
>         to
>                       yaml.dump(configDict['__instance']['id'],
>         TEST_CONFIG_FILE)
>
>
>         and the output get's even stranger:
>         id: APPSRV-X
>         i-1234567
>         ...
>
>         any help is appreciated.
>
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