Paste your Python dictionary literal and instantly get clean, formatted YAML output. Supports single/double-quoted strings, None/True/False, nested dicts, lists, and tuples. Includes key sorting and customizable indentation options.
Paste your Python dictionary literal and instantly get clean, formatted YAML output. Supports single/double-quoted strings, None/True/False, nested dicts, lists, and tuples. Includes key sorting and customizable indentation options.
Common questions and answers about this topic.
A Python dictionary is a data structure defined using curly braces with key-value pairs (e.g., {'key': 'value'}), supporting Python-specific types like None and tuples. YAML is a human-readable serialization format that uses indentation to represent structure, commonly used for configuration files in tools like Ansible, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes.
The converter supports standard Python dictionary literals including single-quoted and double-quoted strings, numeric keys and values, None, True, False, nested dictionaries, lists, and tuples. It parses the Python literal syntax directly, so your input should be a valid Python dict expression.
Yes, the sort keys dropdown lets you arrange all YAML mapping keys alphabetically (A to Z) or keep the original key order from your Python dictionary. Sorting is applied recursively through all nested mappings.
No, the Python dict to YAML conversion runs entirely in your browser. Your Python dictionary data is processed locally with JavaScript and never sent to any server.