Free YAML to JSON API - Convert via REST

Parameters

name	in	type	required	description
`yaml`	body	string	required	YAML Content
`pretty`	body	boolean	optional	Pretty Print

Request

Send your key in the X-API-Key header. More languages and patterns live on the code examples page.

curl -s -X POST "https://apixies.io/api/v1/yaml-to-json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"yaml":"apiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n  name: my-service\n  labels:\n    app: web\nspec:\n  selector:\n    app: web\n  ports:\n    - port: 80\n      targetPort: 8080"}'

const res = await fetch("https://apixies.io/api/v1/yaml-to-json", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "yaml": "apiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n  name: my-service\n  labels:\n    app: web\nspec:\n  selector:\n    app: web\n  ports:\n    - port: 80\n      targetPort: 8080"
  })
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

$ch = curl_init("https://apixies.io/api/v1/yaml-to-json");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"yaml":"apiVersion: v1\\nkind: Service\\nmetadata:\\n  name: my-service\\n  labels:\\n    app: web\\nspec:\\n  selector:\\n    app: web\\n  ports:\\n    - port: 80\\n      targetPort: 8080"}',
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($data);

import requests

res = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://apixies.io/api/v1/yaml-to-json",
    json={
        "yaml": "apiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n  name: my-service\n  labels:\n    app: web\nspec:\n  selector:\n    app: web\n  ports:\n    - port: 80\n      targetPort: 8080"
    },
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json())

Response

The result sits under data in the standard envelope. See the response format guide for errors and status codes.

returns

data.json: The converted JSON, as a string.
data.document_count: Number of YAML documents in the input.
data.keys: Count of keys across the parsed data.

example response 200

{
    "status": "success",
    "http_code": 200,
    "code": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "YAML converted to JSON successfully",
    "data": {
        "json": "{\n    \"apiVersion\": \"v1\",\n    \"kind\": \"Service\",\n    \"metadata\": {\n        \"name\": \"my-service\",\n        \"labels\": {\n            \"app\": \"web\"\n        }\n    },\n    \"spec\": {\n        \"selector\": {\n            \"app\": \"web\"\n        },\n        \"ports\": [\n            {\n                \"port\": 80,\n                \"targetPort\": 8080\n            }\n        ]\n    }\n}",
        "is_valid_yaml": true,
        "document_count": 1,
        "keys": 12
    }
}

Authentication and limits

This endpoint needs an API key. Use the sandbox ("try it" above) to test it without registering. See the authentication guide for details.

Standard rate limits apply to this endpoint.

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