Работа с YAML файлами настрек

test_yaml.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import yaml
import io

configFile = 'test_yaml.yaml'


# Define data
data = {
    'a list': [
        1, 
        42, 
        3.141, 
        1337, 
        'help', 
        u'€'
    ],
    'a string': 'bla',
    'another dict': {
        'foo': 'bar',
        'key': 'value',
        'the answer': 42
    }
}

# Write YAML file
with io.open(configFile, 'w', encoding='utf8') as outfile:
    yaml.dump(data, outfile, default_flow_style=False, allow_unicode=True)

# Read YAML file
with open(configFile, 'r', encoding='utf8') as stream:
    data_loaded = yaml.safe_load(stream)

print("Данные идентичны" if data == data_loaded else "Данные разнятся")