Knife plugin to create data bags from YAML files

data_bag_from_yaml.rb

#
# Author:: Maciej Pasternacki (<maciej@pasternacki.net>)
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2010 Maciej Pasternacki
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require 'chef/knife'

class Chef
  class Knife
    class DataBagFromYaml < Knife
      deps do
        require 'chef/knife/data_bag_from_file'
        Chef::Knife::DataBagFromFile.load_deps
        require 'yaml'
        require 'tempfile'
      end

      banner "knife data bag from yaml BAG FILE (options)"
      category "data bag"

      def run
        databag_from_file = Chef::Knife::DataBagFromFile.new
        data_bag, item_path = name_args[0], name_args[1]
        data = YAML::load_file(
          databag_from_file.loader.find_file("data_bags", data_bag, item_path))
        tmpf = Tempfile.new([data_bag, '.json'])
        tmpf.puts Chef::JSONCompat.to_json(data)
        tmpf.close
        databag_from_file.config = config
        databag_from_file.name_args = [ data_bag, tmpf.path ]
        databag_from_file.run
      end
    end
  end
end

Thanks for writing this! it's beautifully simple and will work nicely with https://github.com/cbitlabs/knife-bs

@mpasternacki where do you need to add this file? and do you have some examples of how we can use it?

i wanted to have an ability so i could have my databags created as one yaml file that can map onto all the individual item json files instead of having a file per item, but also to have it so it can also have encrypted values in the yaml.

also i get:
NoMethodError: undefined method deps' for #<Class:0x007fb3f41d23d8>::Chef::Knife::DataBagFromYaml ~/chef-nolio/.chef/knife.rb:18:inclass:DataBagFromYaml'
~/chef-nolio/.chef/knife.rb:17:in <class:Knife>' ~f/chef-nolio/.chef/knife.rb:16:inclass:Chef'
~/chef-nolio/.chef/knife.rb:15:in `from_string'
Relevant file content:
17: class DataBagFromYaml < Knife
18: deps do
19: require 'chef/knife/data_bag_from_file'

Not sure if you figured this out yet @developerinlondon but do you have this file in the correct spot?

yes this should be a Gem, or a Knife Plugin package rather than a file.

https://docs.chef.io/plugin_knife_custom.html