I *think* you want the following:
{% for key, value in yamlVars.iteritems() %}
# BEGIN BLOCK {{ key }}
{{ key }}:
{{ value | to_nice_yaml | indent }}
# END BLOCK {{ key }}
{% endfor %}
http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/dev/templates/#indent
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 8:54 AM, ishan jain <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a large number of YAML files prepared manually which have a fixed
> structure - list of dictionaries. But within different files, sequence of
> these keys and their values differ. I need to manage them automatically, so
> i am writing a kind of converter to add marker blocks. But i am stuck at
> this point:
>
>
> example input YAML file
> #something
>
> keyA:
> A1:
> - bla
> - bla
> A2: bla bla
> A3:
> A3.1: bla
> A3.2: bla
>
> keyA:
> C1:
> - bla
> C2: bla bla
> C3:
> C3.1: bla
>
> keyB:
> B1:
> - bla
> - bla
> B2: bla bla
> B3:
> B3.1: bla
> B3.2: bla
> B3.3: bla
> B4:
> - bla
> - bla
>
>
> playbook to load one of the YAML, and try to write the same variables
> again with markers appended
> - include_vars:
> file: "path to one of the YAML file"
> name: yamlVars
>
> - template:
> src: updated.yaml.j2
> dest: "path to that same file"
>
>
> the template
> {% for key, value in yamlVars.iteritems() %}
>
> # BEGIN BLOCK {{ key }}
> {{ value | to_nice_yaml }}
> # END BLOCK {{ key }}
>
> {% endfor %}
>
>
> Poblem is, always the contents of each key is printed:
> (manually prepared output to hide my variables)
>
>
> actual output
>
> # BEGIN BLOCK keyA
> A1:
> - bla
> - bla
> A2: bla bla
> A3:
> A3.1: bla
> A3.2: bla
> # END BLOCK keyA
>
>
> # BEGIN BLOCK keyC
> C1:
> - bla
> C2: bla bla
> C3:
> C3.1: bla
> # END BLOCK keyC
>
>
> # BEGIN BLOCK keyB
> B1:
> - bla
> - bla
> B2: bla bla
> B3:
> B3.1: bla
> B3.2: bla
> B3.3: bla
> B4:
> - bla
> - bla
> # END BLOCK keyB
>
>
>
>
> expected output
>
> # BEGIN BLOCK keyA
> keyA:
> A1:
> - bla
> - bla
> A2: bla bla
> A3:
> A3.1: bla
> A3.2: bla
> # END BLOCK keyA
>
>
> # BEGIN BLOCK keyC
> keyC:
> C1:
> - bla
> C2: bla bla
> C3:
> C3.1: bla
> # END BLOCK keyC
>
>
> # BEGIN BLOCK keyB
> keyB:
> B1:
> - bla
> - bla
> B2: bla bla
> B3:
> B3.1: bla
> B3.2: bla
> B3.3: bla
> B4:
> - bla
> - bla
> # END BLOCK keyB
>
>
>
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