Data YAML format for JSON

[inwardmovement]

I have data/allies/count.yml:

- people: "46"
  organizations: "6"

Which I successfully extract to JSON with

{
  "people": "{{ index .Site.Data.allies.count 0 "people" }}",
  "organizations": "{{ index .Site.Data.allies.count 0 "organizations" }}"
}

or

{
  {{ range .Site.Data.allies.count }}
    "people": "{{ .people }}",
  {{ end }}
  {{ range .Site.Data.allies.count }}
    "organizations": "{{ .organizations }}"
  {{ end }}
}

My questions are:

• Can I get rid of the "- " in data/allies/count.yml *? Then how must I adapt the index or range calls to acomodate the absence of "- "?
• Can I simplify the index or range calls, am I doing it the right way?

*I’d rather have:

people: "46"
organizations: "6"

[alexandros]

If memory serves me right -as usually I do not work with YAML- hyphens indicate list items.

The answer to your question depends on the nature of the YAML. Does it contain multiple key-value pairs?

If no, then sure remove the hyphen.
If yes, then you need to keep it.

[inwardmovement]

@inwardmovement

people: "46"

There are two key-value pairs, people: "46" and organizations: "6", so I would need to keep the hyphen I guess. Thanks @alexandros !

[inwardmovement]

I just noticed I can do:

{{ .Site.Data.allies.count.people }}
{{ .Site.Data.allies.count.organizations }}

with data/allies/count.yml:

people: "46"
organizations: "6"

That’s what I wanted So simple…