PyYAML

YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages.

PyYAML is up to date and can parse any data supported by the official YAML specification.

Features:

• Complete YAML 1.1 parser.
• Unicode support including UTF-8/UTF-16 input/output and \u escape sequences.
• Low-level event-based parser and emitter API (like SAX).
• High-level API for serializing and deserializing native Python objects (like DOM or pickle).
• Support for all types from the YAML types repository.
• A simple extension API is provided.
• Both pure-Python and fast LibYAML-based parsers and emitters.
• Relatively sensible error messages.

What is new in this release:

• Source and binary distributions are rebuilt against the latest versions of Cython and LibYAML.

What is new in version 3.10:

• Do not try to build LibYAML bindings on platforms other than CPython; this fixed installation under Jython (Thank to olt(at)bogosoft(dot)com).
• Clear cyclic references in the parser and the emitter (Thank to kristjan(at)ccpgames(dot)com).
• LibYAML bindings are rebuilt with the latest version of Cython.
• Dropped support for Python 2.3 and 2.4; currently supported versions are 2.5 to 3.2.

Requirements:

• Python 2.5 or higher