y2jc

YAML to JSON compiler

This library does one thing: It copies files from a given source to a target. If YAML files are found, it converts them to JSON format.

After installing the library and creating a configuration file named json.compiler.yaml, fill in a source and destination directory pair. With the command npx yaml the executable is launched and synchronizes the sources and destinations.

Configuration

The executable needs a configuration file to work. The configuration file must be called json.compiler.yaml and must be located in the root of the project (at the same level as the node_modules folder).

List of the different keys of the configuration file

Required keys

• files (object array) represents an array where each element will be an object with the source and target keys corresponding to the directories to synchronize.

Optional keys

• watch (boolean - false by default) If the watch key is set to true, the executable will monitor every change in the source directories and reflect them to the target directories. If the option is set to false, it will synchronize the directories only once before exiting the program.

• pretty (boolean - false by default) If this option is set to true the compiled json file will be prettified.

• indent (number - 2 by default) If this option is set, defines the number of indent spaces in the prettified json file.

Example of a configuration file

files: 
  - 
    source: "./configuration/src"
    target: "./configuration/json"
#-
  #source: "./another/source/directory"
  #target: "./another/target/directory"

pretty: true

indent: 2

watch: true

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