def write_yaml(filename:str, dictionary:dict):
""" Function to convert a dictionary into a YAML file
"""
yml = YAML()
yml.explicit_start = True
yml.default_flow_style = False
yml.encoding = "utf-8" # default when using YAML() or YAML(typ="rt")
yml.allow_unicode = True # always default in the new API
yml.errors = "strict"
yml.indent(sequence=4, offset=2)
yml.explicit_end = True
if isinstance(dictionary,dict):
with open(filename, 'w') as outfile:
print(filename)
yml.dump(dictionary, outfile)
else:
raise Exception('its not a dictionary')
