YAML: add link / reference to external document

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How can I add a link to a YAML file that points to, e.g. another web site? The description field would be fine.

I read the YAML documentation but could not find a reference to "external references".

What's the code you have a the moment? – Ulf Gjerdingen Jun 22 '16 at 07:55 — Ulf Gjerdingen, Jun 22 '16 at 07:55
I just added an html referece like – Ulrich Scholz Jun 22 '16 at 07:59 — Ulrich Scholz, Jun 22 '16 at 07:59

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '16 at 06:37

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Easy solution: descriptions use format Markdown, which allows links with the format

[I'm an inline-style link](https://www.google.com)

answered Jun 24 '16 at 06:37

Ulrich Scholz

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Tried this as a value for property of an action in GitHub Actions workflow. Returns "can not read an implicit mapping pair; a colon is missing". – Aleksandar Ivanov Nov 30 '20 at 07:44
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For my yaml parameter I had to put everything in quotation marks: `"[I'm an inline-style link](https://www.google.com)"` – BeCurious Aug 25 '21 at 07:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '22 at 09:48

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I was looking for the same, this may help too.

 <a href="https://..." target="_blank">click to open the extarnal tab</a>

answered Jan 23 '22 at 09:48

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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YAML does not include any kind of "import" or "include" statement.
BUT what you can do is to use PyYAML (documentation here).
Also, read this previous post, there are some solutions you may want to use to your case.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jun 22 '16 at 13:06

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I would be fine to have a clickable link to another file. No need to import one – Ulrich Scholz Jun 22 '16 at 20:22

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 04 '22 at 14:34

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This works title: Test Release and Updates name: Developed and maintained by Testing Team description: Testing Landing Page theme: jekyll-theme-cayman github: is_project_page: false

answered Mar 04 '22 at 14:34

Sisi

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The link to the website is broken – Abhishek Dutt Mar 05 '22 at 03:14

YAML: add link / reference to external document

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