Suggested Changes

kyaml/yaml/types.go

@@ -722,6 +722,24 @@ func (rn *RNode) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ConvertJSONToYamlNode parses input json string and returns equivalent yaml node
+func ConvertJSONToYamlNode(jsonStr string) (*RNode, error) {
+	var body map[string]interface{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	yml, err := yaml.Marshal(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	node, err := Parse(string(yml))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return node, nil
+}
+
 // checkKey returns true if all elems have the key
 func checkKey(key string, elems []*Node) bool {
 	count := 0