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KyleMit
KyleMit

Reputation: 29889

Yaml Syntax - can not read a block mapping entry; a multiline key may not be an implicit key

I have a .yaml file like this:

title: 'We'll do cool stuff'
draft: true

However, I get the following error:

Error parsing YAML: YAMLException: can not read a block mapping entry; 
a multiline key may not be an implicit key at line 2, column 6:

  draft: true
       ^

How can I fix it?

Note: this setup seems different than the other questions where this same error was raised, including the following posts:

Upvotes: 3

Views: 24315

Answers (3)

Parthiv Shah
Parthiv Shah

Reputation: 11

I have solved this issue by adding space between ":" and my variable value.

previous code -->

file_path:src/app.py

After change --->

file_path: src/app.py

It solved my issue.

Upvotes: 1

Code_Warrior
Code_Warrior

Reputation: 336

title: "We'll do cool stuff"
draft: true

I have got the exact same issue, The problem with it is, we are using a single quote' in between the string and also wrapping the string with a single quote. I resolved it by wrapping the string with a double quote.

You can also trace the issue more by reading this

Upvotes: 2

KyleMit
KyleMit

Reputation: 29889

You can use a site like YAML Formatter to format and validate your yaml:

yaml formatter example

In this case, the error message and location is a bit of red-herring.

The error is actually caused by a string that was accidentally terminated because of an unescaped quote symbol within the string. A hint for this is the syntax highlighting of 'We'll do cool stuff'.

To fix, in this case, you can just skip wrapping the string quotes and rewrite like this:

title: We'll do cool stuff
draft: true

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Upvotes: 7

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