Can a YML file access another YML file?

Question

We have a site wide config.yml file which contacts api keys etc...

Can another one of my YML files access a value in the config.yml?

config.yml:

development:
    thing: 123123123123

plugin_config.yml:

development:
    thing: config.yml.development.thing

is this possible?

possible duplicate of [How to include a YAML file inside a YAML file?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2278241/how-to-include-a-yaml-file-inside-a-yaml-file) — Dave Newton, Dec 19 '11 at 23:25

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '11 at 23:07

You can always parse it with ERB:

development:
    thing: 123123123123

development:
    thing: <%= YAML.load(ERB.new(File.read(Rails.root.join('config','config.yml'))).result)['development'] %>

Then load the first one and also parse it with ERB (in an initializer or something):

CONFIG = YAML.load(ERB.new(File.read(Rails.root.join('config','plugin_config.yml'))).result)

Can a YML file access another YML file?

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