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Load

The load operators allows you to load in content from another file.
Note that you can use string operators like + and sub to modify the value in the yaml file to a path that exists in your system.
You can load files of the following supported types:
Format
Load Operator
Yaml
load
XML
load_xml
Properties
load_props
Plain String
load_str
Base64
load_base64
Note that load_base64 only works for base64 encoded utf-8 strings.

Samples files for tests:

yaml

../../examples/thing.yml:
a: apple is included
b: cool

xml

small.xml:
<this>is some xml</this>

properties

small.properties:
this.is = a properties file

base64

base64.txt:
bXkgc2VjcmV0IGNoaWxsaSByZWNpcGUgaXMuLi4u

Simple example

Given a sample.yml file of:
myFile: ../../examples/thing.yml
then
yq 'load(.myFile)' sample.yml
will output
a: apple is included
b: cool.

Replace node with referenced file

Note that you can modify the filename in the load operator if needed.
Given a sample.yml file of:
something:
file: thing.yml
then
yq '.something |= load("../../examples/" + .file)' sample.yml
will output
something:
a: apple is included
b: cool.

Replace all nodes with referenced file

Recursively match all the nodes (..) and then filter the ones that have a 'file' attribute.
Given a sample.yml file of:
something:
file: thing.yml
over:
here:
- file: thing.yml
then
yq '(.. | select(has("file"))) |= load("../../examples/" + .file)' sample.yml
will output
something:
a: apple is included
b: cool.
over:
here:
- a: apple is included
b: cool.

Replace node with referenced file as string

This will work for any text based file
Given a sample.yml file of:
something:
file: thing.yml
then
yq '.something |= load_str("../../examples/" + .file)' sample.yml
will output
something: |-
a: apple is included
b: cool.

Load from XML

Given a sample.yml file of:
cool: things
then
yq '.more_stuff = load_xml("../../examples/small.xml")' sample.yml
will output
cool: things
more_stuff:
this: is some xml

Load from Properties

Given a sample.yml file of:
cool: things
then
yq '.more_stuff = load_props("../../examples/small.properties")' sample.yml
will output
cool: things
more_stuff:
this:
is: a properties file

Merge from properties

This can be used as a convenient way to update a yaml document
Given a sample.yml file of:
this:
is: from yaml
cool: ay
then
yq '. *= load_props("../../examples/small.properties")' sample.yml
will output
this:
is: a properties file
cool: ay

Load from base64 encoded file

Given a sample.yml file of:
cool: things
then
yq '.more_stuff = load_base64("../../examples/base64.txt")' sample.yml
will output
cool: things
more_stuff: my secret chilli recipe is....
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