Error while parsing yaml in golang - go

Question

I’ve a yaml like following which I need to parse using go.
When I tried to run the code with the parse I got an error.
Below is the code:
var runContent= []byte(`
- runners:
- name: function1
type: func1
- command: spawn child process
- command: build
- command: gulp
- name: function1
type: func2
- command: run function 1
- name: function3
type: func3
- command: ruby build
- name: function4
type: func4
- command: go build
`)
These are the types:
type Runners struct {
runners string `yaml:"runners"`
name string `yaml:”name”`
Type: string `yaml: ”type”`
command [] Command
}
type Command struct {
command string `yaml: ”command”`
}
runners := Runners{}
err = yaml.Unmarshal(runContent, &runners)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error : %v", err)
}
When I try to parse it I got an error invalid map , what could be missing here ?

Answer 1

The code you have posted contains multiple errors including the struct field Type. The yaml provided in your code is not valid. This will lead to err when unmarshalling the yaml into struct.
On unmarshalling yaml in go, It is required that:
The type of the decoded values should be compatible with the
respective values in out. If one or more values cannot be decoded due
to a type mismatches, decoding continues partially until the end of
the YAML content, and a *yaml.TypeError is returned with details for
all missed values.
Along with that:
Struct fields are only unmarshalled if they are exported (have an
upper case first letter), and are unmarshalled using the field name
lowercased as the default key.
Also there is an error in defining the yaml tags, which contains space. Custom keys may be defined via the "yaml" name in the field tag: the content preceding the first comma is used as the key.
type Runners struct {
runners string `yaml:"runners"` // fields should be exportable
name string `yaml:”name”`
Type: string `yaml: ”type”` // tags name should not have space in them.
command [] Command
}
To make the struct exportable convert the struct and fields into uppercase starting letter and remove space in yaml tag names:
type Runners struct {
Runners string `yaml:"runners"`
Name string `yaml:"name"`
Type string `yaml:"type"`
Command []Command
}
type Command struct {
Command string `yaml:"command"`
}
Modify the code as below to make it work.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
)
var runContent = []byte(`
- runners:
- name: function1
type:
- command: spawn child process
- command: build
- command: gulp
- name: function1
type:
- command: run function 1
- name: function3
type:
- command: ruby build
- name: function4
type:
- command: go build
`)
type Runners []struct {
Runners []struct {
Type []struct {
Command string `yaml:"command"`
} `yaml:"type"`
Name string `yaml:"name"`
} `yaml:"runners"`
}
func main() {
runners := Runners{}
// parse mta yaml
err := yaml.Unmarshal(runContent, &runners)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error : %v", err)
}
fmt.Println(runners)
}
Playground example
Validate your yaml online here https://codebeautify.org/yaml-validator/cb92c85b