# Nintendo BYML (binary YAML) library in Rust
[](https://crates.io/crates/byml)
[](https://docs.rs/byml/)
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A simple to use library for reading, writing, and converting Nintendo binary YAML (BYML) files in
Rust. Supports BYML versions 2-4, (v2 used in *The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*). Can
convert from BYML to readable, editable YAML and back.
Sample usage:
```rust
// First grab the file bytes. Yaz0 compressed files are automatically decompressed.
let bytes: Vec<u8> = std::fs::read("ActorInfo.product.byml").unwrap();
// Parse the data as a Byml document
let actor_info: Byml = Byml::from_binary(&bytes).unwrap();
// Index BYML hashes and arrays naturally
let actor_list: &Vec<Byml> = actor_info["Actors"].as_array().unwrap();
// 7934 actors, egads!
assert_eq!(actor_list.len(), 7934);
// Hmm, we'll iterate the actors listed in this file:
for actor in actor_list.iter() {
// Print each actor's name
println!("{}", actor["name"].as_string().unwrap());
}
// Dump to YAML
std::fs::write("ActorInfo.product.yml", actor_info.to_text().unwrap()).unwrap();
```
## License Notice
This software contains heavily edited code from [`yaml-rust`](https://crates.io/crates/yaml-rust),
mostly to simplify parsing and emitting BYML text representation. The original MIT/Apache license
and code are available on the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust).