Development =========== yamllint provides both a script and a Python module. The latter can be used to write your own linting tools. Basic example of running the linter from Python: .. code-block:: python import yamllint yaml_config = yamllint.config.YamlLintConfig("extends: default") for p in yamllint.linter.run(open("example.yaml", "r"), yaml_config): print(p.desc, p.line, p.rule) .. automodule:: yamllint.linter :members: