Added support for YAML configuration files

homeassistant/bootstrap.py

@@ -110,12 +110,15 @@ def from_config_file(config_path, hass=None):
         # Set config dir to directory holding config file
         hass.config_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(config_path))
 
+    # check config file type
+    if(os.path.splitext(config_path)[1] == '.yaml'):
+        # Read yaml
+        config_dict = yaml.load(io.open(config_path, 'r'))
+    else:
         # Read config
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         config.read(config_path)
 
-    config_dict = {}
-
         for section in config.sections():
             config_dict[section] = {}
 

requirements.txt

@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ pushbullet.py>=0.7.1
 
 # thermostat.nest
 python-nest>=2.1
+
+# pyyaml
+pyyaml