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yamllint plugin example
=======================
This is a yamllint plugin example as a reference, contains the following rules.
- ``forbid-comments`` to forbid comments
- ``random-failure`` to fail randomly
To enable thes rules in yamllint, you must add them to your `yamllint config
file <https://yamllint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuration.html>`_:
.. code-block:: yaml
extends: default
rules:
forbid-comments: enable
random-failure: enable
How to develop rule plugins
---------------------------
yamllint rule plugins must satisfy the followings.
#. It must be a Python package installable using pip and distributed under
GPLv3+ same as yamllint.
How to make a Python package is beyond the scope of this README file. Please
refer to the official guide (`Python Packaging User Guide
<https://packaging.python.org/>`_ ) and related documents.
#. It must contains the entry point configuration in ``setup.cfg`` or something
similar packaging configuration files, to make it installed and working as a
yamllint plugin like below. (``<plugin_name>`` is that plugin name and
``<plugin_src_dir>`` is a dir where the rule modules exist.)
::
[options.entry_points]
yamllint.plugins.rules =
<plugin_name> = <plugin_src_dir>
#. It must contain custom yamllint rule modules:
- Each rule module must define a couple of global variables, ``ID`` and
``TYPE``. ``ID`` must not conflicts with other rules' IDs.
- Each rule module must define a function named 'check' to test input data
complies with the rule.
- Each rule module may have other global variables.
- ``CONF`` to define its configuration parameters and those types.
- ``DEFAULT`` to provide default values for each configuration parameters.
#. It must define a global variable ``RULES`` to provide an iterable object, a
tuple or a list for example, of tuples of rule ID and rule modules to
yamllint like this.
::
RULES = (
# (rule module ID, rule module)
(a_custom_rule_module.ID, a_custom_rule_module),
(other_custom_rule_module.ID, other_custom_rule_module),
)