# kumo.serde.yaml_parse ```lua kumo.serde.yaml_parse(STRING) ``` {{since('2024.09.02-c5476b89')}} Parses STRING as YAML, returning a lua representation of the parsed YAML. This is logically the opposite of [kumo.serde.yaml_encode](yaml_encode.md). See also [kumo.serde.yaml_load](yaml_load.md) and [kumo.serde.yaml_encode](yaml_encode.md)