An example of marshling and unmarshling YAML in GO

marshal_unmarshal_ymal_go.go

package main

import (
  "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
)

var data = `
- name: 'Thomas'
- age: 25
`
type Person struct {
  Name string `yaml:"name"`
  Age int `yaml:"age"`
}

func main() {
  person := Person{}
  
  // Read the YAML data into a struct instance called person
  err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &person)
  
  // Covert the person struct variable into a json variable called personJSON
  personJSON, err := yaml.Marshal(&person)
}