read-file-yaml/readme.md

Reads YAML 1.2 from a file. Returns null if file does not exist (or is a directory) instead of throwing an Error.

# read-file-yaml


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**Reads YAML 1.2 from a file. Returns null if file does not exist (or is a directory) instead of throwing an Error.**





## Installation

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```bash
npm install --save read-file-yaml@^2.0.0
```

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```bash
yarn add read-file-yaml@^2.0.0
```

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(if [configured properly](https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-packages-with-github-packages/configuring-npm-for-use-with-github-packages))

```bash
npm install --save @jaid/read-file-yaml@^2.0.0
```



## Example


```javascript
import readFileYaml from "read-file-yaml"

readFileYaml("./exists.yml").then(result => {

})

readFileYaml("./doesNotExist.yml").then(result2 => {

})
```

Variable `result` will be:

```javascript
["a", "b", "c"]
```
Variable `result2` will be:

```javascript
null
```

















## Development



Setting up:
```bash
git clone git@github.com:jaid/read-file-yaml.git
cd read-file-yaml
npm install
```
Testing:
```bash
npm run test:dev
```
Testing in production environment:
```bash
npm run test
```


## License
[MIT License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaid/read-file-yaml/master/license.txt)  
Copyright © 2020, Jaid \<jaid.jsx@gmail.com> (https://github.com/jaid)