replacements={}):

""" example

filename = config_file("/cloudmesh.yaml")

replacements = {

"cloudmesh.profile.phone": "hallo",

}

yaml_attribute_replace(filename,replacements)

"""

result = ""

max_indent = 10

with open(filename, 'r') as f:

content = f.read()

for replacement in replacements:

attributes = replacement.split('.')

found = [''] * max_indent # just a high number

for line in content.split('\n'):

# find the indentation level

indent = (len(line) - len(line.lstrip(' '))) / 2

# set all previously higher found indent to ''

for x in range(indent,max_indent):

found[x] = ''

# get the attribute name

attribute = line.split(":")[0].strip()

# set the attribute name for the indentation level

found[indent] = attribute

# create the attribute name from teh indentation levels and remove the traiing .

name = '.'.join(found).split('..')[0]

if name == replacement:

result += "{0}{1}: {2}".format(' ' * indent * 2, attribute, replacements[replacement])

else:

result += line

#for _old, _new in replacements.iteritems():

# content = content.replace(_old, _new)

outfile = open(filename, 'w')

outfile.write(content)