from ruamel.yaml import YAML yaml_text = """ Rootkey: - ListEntry AnotherRootKey: some-string ListRoot: - float-value: '1.0' int-value: 10234 NestedList: - 1 - 2 - another-float: '1.1' another-int: 1111 OneMoreRootKey: 9.99 """ # Tests the pure python based implementation yaml = YAML(typ='safe', pure=True) parsed = yaml.load(yaml_text) assert parsed['OneMoreRootKey'] == 9.99 assert parsed['ListRoot'][1]['another-int'] == 1111