four-letter-config 0.2.0

Handling of JSON and YAML configuraton files

Four letter config

“conf is just a four letter word”

Tiny package providing a module to handle four letter (JSON, YAML) files for configuration, and a CLI to convert between these two file formats.

Requirements

PyYAML

Installation

pip install four-letter-config

Installation in a virtual environment or with the --user oprtion is recommended.

Usage

Compare two files

python -m four_letter_config compare [ --diff ] <file_1> <file_2>

Each file may be a JSON or YAML file. The contents are sorted and compared.

Use the --diff option to get an output similar to that of the diff program.

Translate JSON to YAML or vice versa

python -m four_letter_config compare [ --overwrite ] <file_1> <file_2>

Writes the contents from file_1 to file_2.

Use the --overwrite option to overwrite an existing file.

Module Usage

Please refer to the reference documentation in this repository or on GitLab Pages.

Issues, feature requests

Please open an issue here if you found a bug or have a feature suggestion.