New functionality for snaps-oo application.

[snaps.git] / snaps / file_utils.py

diff --git a/snaps/file_utils.py b/snaps/file_utils.py
index 58ec55c..284ae15 100644 (file)
--- a/snaps/file_utils.py
+++ b/snaps/file_utils.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def read_yaml(config_file_path):
     logger.debug('Attempting to load configuration file - ' + config_file_path)
     config_file = None
     try:
-        with open(config_file_path) as config_file:
+        with open(config_file_path, 'r') as config_file:
             config = yaml.safe_load(config_file)
             logger.info('Loaded configuration')
         return config
@@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ def read_yaml(config_file_path):
             config_file.close()
 
 
+def persist_dict_to_yaml(the_dict, file_name):
+    """
+    Creates a YAML file from a dict
+    :param the_dict: the dictionary to store
+    :param conf_dir: the directory used to store the config file
+    :return: the file object
+    """
+    logger.info('Persisting %s to [%s]', the_dict, file_name)
+    file_path = os.path.expanduser(file_name)
+    yaml_from_dict = yaml.dump(
+        the_dict, default_flow_style=False, default_style='')
+    return save_string_to_file(yaml_from_dict, file_path)
+
+
 def read_os_env_file(os_env_filename):
     """
     Reads the OS environment source file and returns a map of each key/value