Experiments with YAML and JSON5

example.yaml

document:
  key1: "value1"
  key2: "value2"
  list1:
    - "item1"
    - "item2"
    - dictionary1:
        key3: "value3"
        key4: "value4"
        list2:
          - "item3"
          - "item4"
        list3:
          - "item5"
    - "item6"
  key5: "value5"

document2: 1

example_delimiters.yaml

document: {
  key1: "value1",
  key2: "value2",
  list1: [
    "item1",
    "item2",
    {
      dictionary1: {
        key3: "value3",
        key4: "value4",
        list2: [
          "item3",
          "item4"
        ],
        list3: [
          "item5"
        ]
      }
    },
    "item6"
  ],
  key5: "value5"
}

document2: 1

example_json5.yaml

{
  document: {
    key1: "value1",
    key2: "value2",
    list1: [
      "item1",
      "item2",
      {
        dictionary1: {
          key3: "value3",
          key4: "value4",
          list2: [
            "item3",
            "item4"
          ],
          list3: [
            "item5"
          ]
        }
      },
      "item6"
    ],
    key5: "value5"
  },
  document2: 1
}

parse.py

import json5
from ruamel.yaml import YAML

yaml = YAML()

with open("example.yaml") as fh:
    content = yaml.load(fh.read())
with open("example_clean.yaml") as fh:
    content_clean = yaml.load(fh.read())
with open("example_json5.yaml") as fh:
    content_json5_w_yaml = yaml.load(fh.read())

with open("example_json5.yaml") as fh:
    content_json5 = json5.load(fh)

assert content == content_clean == content_json5_w_yaml == content_json5