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You need to do an apply for an output. Have you read <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/concepts/inputs-outputs/|https://www.pulumi.com/docs/concepts/inputs-outputs/>

I did try apply as well and that did nothing
```import pulumi        
ref = pulumi.stack_reference.StackReference(name="unused", stack_name="stack")
resp = ref.get_output("output1").apply(print)```

I suspect apply would only work if run via pulumi cli

oh, yes, they’re only available in the pulumi CLI

I am interested in this as well. Is there a way to execute pure Python script with Pulumi context so the values can be fetched? Something like this:

```pulumi run file.py```

<https://www.pulumi.com/docs/using-pulumi/automation-api/>

Thank you so much. What I needed was Automation API's Local Program :+1: