[writer]Surround string by double quote instead of simple

[AlaricCalmette]

I would like to be able to take a json object like this :

{
    translation:
        { 
            key: 'this_is_a_key',
            value: 'this is a value'
        }
}

and output a yml file like this :

- translation :
    key: "this_is_a_key"
    value: "this is a value"

I've tried several method but was only able to achieve either

- translation :
    key: this_is_a_key
    value: this is a value

or

- translation :
    key: '"this_is_a_key"'
    value: '"this is a value"'

note that in the latter this is not three quotes but a single quote followed by a double quote

Is there any way to do this with this module?

[dervus]

There's no settings for this at the moment. The dumper tries to choose "minimal" possible scalar style to represent each particular string.

Ability to specify preferred scalar styles would be nice addition though. Contributions on this matter are welcomed.

[AlaricCalmette]

Okay thanks for the answer, will see if i can contribute.

[xavier630]

Any news on this feature?

[ratacat]

I'd appreciate this too!

[rlidwka]

Fixed by 7b256d7 in dev branch, gonna be released later.

console.log(require('js-yaml').dump({ key: "this_is_a_key" }, { quotingType: '"', forceQuotes: true }))
// outputs:
// key: "this_is_a_key"