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+"""
+
+Part of the bsie module.
+A copy of the license is provided with the project.
+Author: Matthias Baumgartner, 2022
+"""
+# standard imports
+import typing
+
+# external imports
+import yaml
+
+# bsie imports
+from bsie.extractor import ExtractorBuilder
+from bsie.lib import PipelineBuilder
+from bsie.lib.pipeline import Pipeline
+from bsie.reader import ReaderBuilder
+
+# constants
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = 'default_config.yaml'
+
+# exports
+__all__: typing.Sequence[str] = (
+    'load',
+    'DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE',
+    )
+
+
+## code ##
+
+def load_pipeline(path: str) -> Pipeline:
+    """Load a pipeline according to a config at *path*."""
+    # load config file
+    with open(path, 'rt') as ifile:
+        cfg = yaml.safe_load(ifile)
+
+    # reader builder
+    rbuild = ReaderBuilder(cfg['ReaderBuilder'])
+    # extractor builder
+    ebuild = ExtractorBuilder(cfg['ExtractorBuilder'])
+    # pipeline builder
+    pbuild = PipelineBuilder(
+        rbuild,
+        ebuild,
+        )
+    # build pipeline
+    pipeline = pbuild.build()
+
+    # return pipeline
+    return pipeline
+
+## EOF ##