Package: ymlthis 1.0.0.9000

Malcolm Barrett

ymlthis: Write 'YAML' for 'R Markdown', 'bookdown', 'blogdown', and More

Write 'YAML' front matter for R Markdown and related documents. Work with 'YAML' objects more naturally and write the resulting 'YAML' to your clipboard or to 'YAML' files related to your project.

Authors:Malcolm Barrett [aut, cre], Richard Iannone [aut], RStudio [cph, fnd]

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NEWS

# Install 'ymlthis' in R:
install.packages('ymlthis', repos = c('https://r-lib.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/r-lib/ymlthis/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://ymlthis.r-lib.org

On CRAN:

Conda:

9.88 score 168 stars 13 packages 193 scripts 950 downloads 115 exports 52 dependencies

Last updated from:f2fa11ba0f. Checks:9 OK. Indexed: yes.

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Exports:%>%as_ymlasis_yaml_outputbib2ymlblogdown_archetypesblogdown_templatecode_chunkdistill_collectiondistill_listingdistill_resourcesdraw_yml_treeget_rmd_defaultsget_yml_defaultsgitbook_confighas_fieldincludes2is_ymlis_yml_blanklast_ymlnavbar_pagenavbar_separatorpagedown_business_card_templatepagedown_personpandoc_highlight_stylespandoc_template_typespkgdown_articlepkgdown_refpkgdown_templatepkgdown_tutorialread_jsonread_tomlreferencerticles_addressrticles_authorrticles_corr_authorsetup_chunkshiny_checkboxshiny_dateshiny_fileshiny_numericshiny_paramsshiny_passwordshiny_radioshiny_selectshiny_slidershiny_textuse_bookdown_ymluse_index_rmduse_navbar_ymluse_output_ymluse_pandoc_highlight_styleuse_pandoc_templateuse_pkgdown_ymluse_rmarkdownuse_rmd_defaultsuse_site_ymluse_ymluse_yml_defaultsuse_yml_filewrite_as_jsonwrite_as_tomlymlyml_abstractyml_authoryml_blankyml_blogdown_optsyml_bookdown_optsyml_bookdown_siteyml_categoryyml_chuckyml_citationsyml_cleanyml_codeyml_dateyml_descriptionyml_discardyml_distill_authoryml_distill_optsyml_emptyyml_handlersyml_keywordsyml_langyml_latex_optsyml_loadyml_navbaryml_outputyml_output_metadatayml_pagedown_optsyml_paramsyml_params_codeyml_pkgdownyml_pkgdown_articlesyml_pkgdown_developmentyml_pkgdown_docsearchyml_pkgdown_figuresyml_pkgdown_newsyml_pkgdown_optsyml_pkgdown_referenceyml_pkgdown_templateyml_pkgdown_tutorialyml_pluckyml_referenceyml_replaceyml_resource_filesyml_rsconnect_emailyml_rticles_optsyml_runtimeyml_site_optsyml_subjectyml_subtitleyml_titleyml_tocyml_toplevelyml_verbatimyml_vignette

Dependencies:askpassbase64encbslibcachemclicliprcrayoncredentialscurldescdigestevaluatefastmapfontawesomefsgertghgitcredsgluehighrhtmltoolshttrhttr2inijquerylibjsonliteknitrlifecyclemagrittrmemoisemimeopensslpurrrR6rappdirsrlangrmarkdownrprojrootrstudioapisassstringistringrsystinytexusethisvctrswhiskerwhoamiwithrxfunyamlzip

An Introduction to ymlthis

Rendered fromintroduction-to-ymlthis.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 18 2026.

Last update: 2026-02-16
Started: 2019-06-16

The YAML Fieldguide

Rendered fromyaml-fieldguide.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 18 2026.

Last update: 2022-04-13
Started: 2019-07-20

YAML: an Overview

Rendered fromyaml-overview.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 18 2026.

Last update: 2022-04-13
Started: 2019-07-29

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Convert to yml objectas_yml
Export yml object as a YAML knitr code chunkasis_yaml_output
Convert bib files to YAMLbib2yml
Create YAML based on blogdown theme archetypesblogdown_archetypes blogdown_template
Write code chunks programmaticallycode_chunk setup_chunk
Draw an tree of YAML hierarchydraw_yml_tree
Configure 'bookdown::gitbook()' outputgitbook_config
Check if field exists in YAMLhas_field
Include content within outputincludes2
Is object a yml object?is_yml
Return the most recently printed YAMLlast_yml
Generate a full YAML template for your pagedown business cardpagedown_business_card_template pagedown_person
Use pandoc templates and custom highlight themespandoc_highlight_styles pandoc_template_types use_pandoc_highlight_style use_pandoc_template
Generate a full YAML template for your pkgdown sitepkgdown_template
Read and write to JSON and TOMLread_json read_toml write_as_json write_as_toml
Copy YAML code to your clipboard or write to a new R Markdown fileuse_index_rmd use_rmarkdown use_yml
Set up default YAMLget_rmd_defaults get_yml_defaults use_rmd_defaults use_yml_defaults
Write YAML to fileuse_bookdown_yml use_navbar_yml use_output_yml use_pkgdown_yml use_site_yml use_yml_file
Create a new yml objectyml yml_empty
Set Top-level R Markdown YAML Fieldsyml_abstract yml_author yml_category yml_date yml_description yml_keywords yml_lang yml_subject yml_subtitle yml_title yml_toplevel
Return a blank object to be discarded from YAMLis_yml_blank yml_blank
Set Top-level YAML options for blogdownyml_blogdown_opts
Set Top-level YAML options for bookdownyml_bookdown_opts yml_bookdown_site
Set citation-related YAML optionsyml_citations
Remove intermediate rendering filesyml_clean
Take code and write it as valid YAMLyml_code yml_params_code
Set Top-level YAML options for distilldistill_collection distill_listing distill_resources yml_distill_author yml_distill_opts
Set handlers to process the way YAML is printedyml_handlers
Set LaTeX YAML options for PDF outputyml_latex_opts
Load YAML from stringyml_load
Capture, validate, and write output YAMLyml_output
Top-level YAML options for pagedownyml_pagedown_opts
Parameterize an R Markdown report using Shiny componentsshiny_checkbox shiny_date shiny_file shiny_numeric shiny_params shiny_password shiny_radio shiny_select shiny_slider shiny_text yml_params
Set Top-level YAML options for pkgdownpkgdown_article pkgdown_ref pkgdown_tutorial yml_pkgdown yml_pkgdown_articles yml_pkgdown_development yml_pkgdown_docsearch yml_pkgdown_figures yml_pkgdown_news yml_pkgdown_opts yml_pkgdown_reference yml_pkgdown_template yml_pkgdown_tutorial
Write references as YAML fieldsreference yml_reference
Replace, pluck, or discard top-level YAML fieldsyml_chuck yml_discard yml_pluck yml_replace
Add external resource files to R Markdown documentyml_resource_files
Set YAML for Scheduled Emails in RStudio Connectyml_output_metadata yml_rsconnect_email
Set YAML related to rticles output formatsrticles_address rticles_author rticles_corr_author yml_rticles_opts
Activate Shiny in R Markdownyml_runtime
Add site options for _site.yml and navbars for R Markdown websitesnavbar_page navbar_separator yml_navbar yml_site_opts
Specify Table of Contents optionsyml_toc
Write YAML field or content verbatimyml_verbatim
Set up a package vignetteyml_vignette