Convert .tfvars to .tfvars.json and vice versa

priya.shinde · January 12, 2021, 2:59pm

Hi Team,
I want to convert the .tfvars file to .tfvars.json and vice versa.
Is there any library available with Hashicorp to achieve this or any support for implementing this conversion using python or golang?

Thanks,
Priya

tbugfinder · January 12, 2021, 9:09pm

Not a complete converter but a helper.

github.com

terraform-docs/terraform-docs/blob/master/docs/formats/tfvars.md

## terraform-docs tfvars

Generate terraform.tfvars of inputs

### Synopsis

Generate terraform.tfvars of inputs

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for tfvars
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -c, --config string               config file name (default ".terraform-docs.yml")
      --header-from string          relative path of a file to read header from (default "main.tf")
      --hide strings                hide section [header, inputs, outputs, providers, requirements]

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You could also look into
python-hcl2 - GitHub - amplify-education/python-hcl2

priya.shinde · January 13, 2021, 12:04pm

Thank you for your help.
I will try this solution and will revert back to you if any further assistance needed.

Regards,
Priya Shinde

pacorreia · June 29, 2022, 2:14pm

Meanwhile I found this online tools and it works very well for me:

hcl2json

or if you want to get local tool:
gorpher/hcl2json: Convert HCL to JSON , and vice versa. Use newst hcl verison to build. (github.com)