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+validate-yaml
+===========
+
+validate yaml
+
+----
+
+Jeff Hammel
+
+
+

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+"""
+setup packaging script for validate-yaml
+"""
+
+import os
+
+version = "0.0"
+dependencies = ['PyYAML']
+
+# allow use of setuptools/distribute or distutils
+kw = {}
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+    kw['entry_points'] = """
+      [console_scripts]
+      validate-yaml = validateyaml.main:main
+"""
+    kw['install_requires'] = dependencies
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
+    kw['requires'] = dependencies
+
+try:
+    here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    description = file(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt')).read()
+except IOError:
+    description = ''
+
+
+setup(name='validate-yaml',
+      version=version,
+      description="validate yaml",
+      long_description=description,
+      classifiers=[], # Get strings from http://www.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
+      author='Jeff Hammel',
+      author_email='k0scist@gmail.com',
+      url='',
+      license='',
+      packages=['validateyaml'],
+      include_package_data=True,
+      zip_safe=False,
+      **kw
+      )

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+++ b/validateyaml/__init__.py	Tue Nov 01 16:06:13 2016 -0700
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+#
+

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+validate yaml
+"""
+
+# imports
+import argparse
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+class ValidateYAMLParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
+    """CLI option parser"""
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault('formatter_class', argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
+        kwargs.setdefault('description', __doc__)
+        argparse.ArgumentParser.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+        self.add_argument('yaml_file', type=argparse.filetype('r'))
+        self.options = None
+
+    def parse_args(self, *args, **kw):
+        options = argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_args(self, *args, **kw)
+        self.validate(options)
+        self.options = options
+        return options
+
+    def validate(self, options):
+        """validate options"""
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+    """CLI"""
+
+    # parse command line options
+    parser = ValidateYAMLParser()
+    options = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    yaml.load(options.yaml_file)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
+