yaddle

Yet Another Data format Description LanguagE

@role: admin | author | collaborator | "role with space"

user:
  name: str{3,20}
  age: int{10,200}
  gender: male | female
  roles: [@role]
  description?: str{,200}

translated to json-schema

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "definitions": {
    "role": {
      "enum": [
        "admin",
        "author",
        "collaborator",
        "role with space"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "user"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "user": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "name",
        "age",
        "gender",
        "roles"
      ],
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "gender": {
          "enum": [
            "male",
            "female"
          ]
        },
        "age": {
          "minimum": 10,
          "type": "integer",
          "maximum": 200
        },
        "name": {
          "minLength": 3,
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 20
        },
        "roles": {
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/role"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 200
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

api

use load/loads to translate yaddle into json-schema

from yaddle import load, loads
load(open("some.ydl"))
loads("""[str]{,3}""")

cli

cat schema.ydl | python -m yaddle.tool

more details

number

int{100,200}

{
    "type": "integer",
    "minimum": 100,
    "maximum": 200
}

num{,,0.1}

{
    "type": "number",
    "multipleOf": 0.1
}

string

str{1,2} /pattern/

{
    "type": "string",
    "minLength": 1,
    "maxLength": 20,
    "pattern": "pattern"
}

/pattern/

{
    "type": "string",
    "pattern": "pattern"
}

format date-time, email, hostname, ipv4, ipv6, uri

%email

{
    "format": "email"
}

array

[str]{1,10}

{
    "type": "array",
    "minItems": 1,
    "maxItems": 10,
    "items": {
        "type": "string"
    }
}

[str|num]

{
    "type": "array",
    "items": {
        oneOf: [
            {"type": "string"},
            {"type": "number"}
        ]
    }
}

[str, num]

{
    "type": "array",
    "items": [
        {"type": "string"},
        {"type": "number"}
    }
}

! for uniqueItems

[num]!

{
    "type": "array",
    "items": {
        {type: "number"}
    },
    "uniqueItems": true
}

object

• all properties are required, except those one with a ? suffix
• ... to allow additionalProperties

key: str
size?: number
...

{
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "key": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "size": {
            "type": "number"
        },
        "required": ["key"]
    }
    "additionalProperties": true
}

oneOf, anyOf, allOf

• | for oneOf like @ref | @ref2
• / for anyOf
• & for allOf

reference

local reference

@address:
    street_address: str
    city: str
    state: str

billing_address: @address
shipping_address: @address

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "definitions": {
    "address": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "street_address",
        "city",
        "state"
      ],
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "city": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "state": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "street_address": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "billing_address",
    "shipping_address"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "billing_address": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/address"
    },
    "shipping_address": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/address"
    }
  }
}

referece remote schema(TBD)

@"http://example.com/schema"

@product:
    price: num{0,}
    title: str{,200}

referece it in another schema

@example: "http://example.com/schema"

products: [@example:product]

examples

example from http://json-schema.org/example2.html translated to yaddle

@diskDevice:
    type: disk
    divice: /^/dev/[^/]+(/[^/]+)*$/
@diskUUID:
    type: disk
    label: /^[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}$/
@nfs:
    type: nfs
    remotePath: /^(/[^/]+)+$/
    server: %host-name | %ipv4 | %ipv6
@tmpfs:
    type: tmpfs
    sizeInMB: int{16,512}

storage: @diskDevice | @diskUUID | @nfs | @tmpfs
fstype?: ext3 | ext4 | btrfs
options?: [str]{1,}!
readonly?: bool