README.md

TFVAR Parser

This module essentially converts tfvars file to json file.

Where possible, Terraform automatically converts values from one type to another in order to produce the expected type. If this isn't possible, Terraform will produce a type mismatch error and you must update the configuration with a more suitable expression. Terraform automatically converts number and bool values to strings when needed. It also converts strings to numbers or bools, as long as the string contains a valid representation of a number or bool value.

• true converts to "true", and vice-versa
• false converts to "false", and vice-versa
• 15 converts to "15", and vice-versa

The module doesn't handlke this type conversion, it spits out json with tfvar contents as is. the output json file is of same name as the input tfvar file.

Example

input -> test.tfvars

var = val

output -> test.json

{
    var = val
}

Note: The GO version already exists: alisdair/tfvars-json

Apparently there is a python library as well. amplify-education/python-hcl2
USAGE

import json
import hcl2

with open('foo.tf', 'r') as file:
    dict = hcl2.load(file)

with open("foo.json", "w") as file_out:
  file_out.write(json.dumps(dict, indent=4))