Rails load YAML to hash and reference by symbol

Question

I am loading a YAML file in Rails 3.0.9 like this:

APP_CONFIG = YAML.load(File.read(File.expand_path(\'../app.yml\', __FILE__)))

It loads the a

Answer 1

Just use appropriate option in your YAML parser. For instance, symbolize_names in Psych:

APP_CONFIG = YAML.load(File.read(File.expand_path('../app.yml', __FILE__)), symbolize_names: true)

See RDoc: https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.6.1/libdoc/psych/rdoc/Psych.html#method-c-load.