How do I parse a YAML file in Ruby?

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I would like to know how to parse a YAML file with the following contents:

--- 
javascripts: 
- fo_global:
  - lazyload-min
  - holla-min

Currently I am trying to parse it this way:

@custom_asset_packages_yml = (File.exists?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/asset_packages.yml") ? YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/asset_packages.yml") : nil)
    if !@custom_asset_packages_yml.nil?
      @custom_asset_packages_yml['javascripts'].each{ |js|
        js['fo_global'].each{ |script|
         script
        }
      }
    end

But it doesn't seem to work and gives me an error that the value is nil.

You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.each

If I try this, it puts out the entire string (fo_globallazyload-minholla-min):

if !@custom_asset_packages_yml.nil?
          @custom_asset_packages_yml['javascripts'].each{ |js|
            js['fo_global']
          }
        end
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3 Answers

Here is the one liner i use, from terminal, to test the content of yml file(s):

$ ruby  -r yaml -r pp  -e 'pp YAML.load_file("/Users/za/project/application.yml")'
{"logging"=>
  {"path"=>"/var/logs/",
   "file"=>"TacoCloud.log",
   "level"=>
    {"root"=>"WARN", "org"=>{"springframework"=>{"security"=>"DEBUG"}}}}}
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