extract-yaml-comments

Extract comments from YAML files and map them to the nearest following YAML node.

This tool parses YAML documents and extracts all comments, providing structured metadata about where each comment appears and which YAML node it precedes. Comments inside block scalars are automatically excluded.

CLI Usage

Example: Extracting Comments from YAML

Input file (config.yml):

# Application configuration
name: MyApp
# Database connection
database:
  # Host address
  host: localhost
  # Port number
  port: 5432

Bun:

bunx @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments config.yml

Node.js:

npx @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments config.yml

Deno:

deno run --allow-read=. --allow-env jsr:@jlarky/extract-yaml-comments/cli config.yml

Output:

// original comment from line 1 (before document): "Application configuration"

// original comment from line 3 (before database): "Database connection"

// original comment from line 5 (before database): "Host address"

// original comment from line 7 (before database.port): "Port number"

CLI Options

extract-yaml-comments [file]

Required:
  file                            YAML file to extract comments from

Optional:
  --help                          Show help

Installation

If you want to use the CLI tool:

If using Bun:

bunx @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments config.yml

Or install locally:

bun add @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments

If using Node.js:

npx @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments config.yml

Or install via npm:

npm install @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments

Or via jsr:

npx jsr add @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments

If using Deno:

deno run --allow-read=. --allow-env jsr:@jlarky/extract-yaml-comments/cli config.yml

Or add to your project:

deno add jsr:@jlarky/extract-yaml-comments

If using nypm (multi-runtime):

nypm add @jlarky/extract-yaml-comments

Library Usage

import { extractYamlComments } from "@jlarky/extract-yaml-comments";

const yaml = `
# Configuration file
database:
  # Database host
  host: localhost
`;

const { comments } = extractYamlComments(yaml);
console.log(comments);
// [
//   { line: 2, path: "document", text: "Configuration file" },
//   { line: 4, path: "database", text: "Database host" }
// ]

API

extractYamlComments(src: string): ExtractYamlCommentsResult

Extracts comments from a YAML document.

Parameters:

• src - The YAML document source code as a string

Returns:

• An object with a comments array containing YamlComment objects

YamlComment Interface

interface YamlComment {
  line: number; // Line number where comment appears (1-indexed)
  path: string; // Path to nearest following YAML node
  text: string; // Comment text without '#' prefix
}

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, testing, and publishing guidelines.

License

MIT