README.md

hcl2json.jq

Use this in tandem with json2hcl -reverse to extract info from tf files. (Keeping all your data in json as source of truth is better tbh)

I've been using json2hcl for slurping data out the hcl files, for reasons beyond my understanding. json2hcl reverse output is hard to follow for me. So I made this library to make it more intuitive.

Usage example.

• Given:
• • Install json2hcl
• • Put hcl2json.jq in your ~/.jq folder

  mkdir -p "$HOME/.jq"
  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nhtzr/hcl2json.jq/master/hcl2json.jq -O "$HOME/.jq/hcl2json.jq"
  

• • this script as get_name.jq

  include "hcl2json";
  tf_file.variable.my_map[] | select(.id==4) | "\(.greet) \(.name)"
  

• • And this tf file test.tf

  variable "my_map" {
      default = {
        "test" = {
          id = 4
          greet = "hello"
          name = "world"
        }
      }
  }
  

• Test:

  json2hcl -reverse < test.tf | jq -ref get_name.jq
  

• Result:

  hello world
  

Versions used:

• jq: jq-1.6
• json2hcl: v0.0.6
• tf 0.11.11