package altsrc
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"os"
"runtime"
"strings"
"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
)
type yamlSourceContext struct {
FilePath string
}
// NewYamlSourceFromFile creates a new Yaml InputSourceContext from a filepath.
func NewYamlSourceFromFile(file string) (InputSourceContext, error) {
ysc := &yamlSourceContext{FilePath: file}
var results map[interface{}]interface{}
err := readCommandYaml(ysc.FilePath, &results)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to load Yaml file '%s': inner error: \n'%v'", ysc.FilePath, err.Error())
return &MapInputSource{file: file, valueMap: results}, nil
// NewYamlSourceFromFlagFunc creates a new Yaml InputSourceContext from a provided flag name and source context.
func NewYamlSourceFromFlagFunc(flagFileName string) func(cCtx *cli.Context) (InputSourceContext, error) {
return func(cCtx *cli.Context) (InputSourceContext, error) {
if cCtx.IsSet(flagFileName) {
filePath := cCtx.String(flagFileName)
return NewYamlSourceFromFile(filePath)
return defaultInputSource()
func readCommandYaml(filePath string, container interface{}) (err error) {
b, err := loadDataFrom(filePath)
return err
err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, container)
err = nil
return
func loadDataFrom(filePath string) ([]byte, error) {
u, err := url.Parse(filePath)
return nil, err
if u.Host != "" { // i have a host, now do i support the scheme?
switch u.Scheme {
case "http", "https":
res, err := http.Get(filePath)
return ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
default:
return nil, fmt.Errorf("scheme of %s is unsupported", filePath)
} else if u.Path != "" { // i dont have a host, but I have a path. I am a local file.
if _, notFoundFileErr := os.Stat(filePath); notFoundFileErr != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot read from file: '%s' because it does not exist.", filePath)
return ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
} else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && strings.Contains(u.String(), "\\") {
// on Windows systems u.Path is always empty, so we need to check the string directly.
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to determine how to load from path %s", filePath)