Variable Substitution in YAML

In the YAML config, one can reference environment variables with $ENV, or using {path.variable} to reference the variable defined inside the YAML. For example,

components:
  - with:
      index_filename: metaproto
    metas:
      name: test_meta
      good_var:
        - 1
        - 2
      bad_var: ${{root.metas.name}}
  - with:
      index_filename: npidx
    metas:
      name: test_numpy
      bad_var: ${{root.components[0].metas.good_var[1]}}
      float_var: ${{root.float.val}}
      mixed: ${{root.float.val}}-${{root.components[0].metas.good_var[1]}}-${{root.metas.name}}
      mixed_env: ${{root.float.val}}-${{ ENV.ENV1 }}
      name_shortcut: ${{this.name}}
      random_id: ${{ context_var }}
      config_str: ${{ context_var2 }}
metas:
  name: real-compound
rootvar: 123
float:
  val: 0.232

${{ var }}

The variable will be evaluated when calling Flow.load_config(), BaseExecutor.load_config(), BaseDriver.load_config(), JAML.load(). For example,

!Flow
with:
    name: ${{ context_var2 }}
    timeout_ready: ${{ context_var }}

obj = Flow.load_config('my.yml',
                        context={'context_var': 50,
                                'context_var2': 'hello-world'})

${{ root.var }}

Referring to the top-level variable defined in the root named var.

${{ this.var }}

Referring to the same-level variable named var.

${{ ENV.var }}

Referring to the OS environment variable.

Note

One must quote the string when using referenced values, i.e. '${{root.metas.name}}' but not {root.metas.name}.