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<@UDEJ1F5SQ> <@UE1LN7A22> Would you guys be able to answer this?

Hi Naveen, this is covered at <https://pulumi.io/reference/programming-model.html#ouputs-and-strings>.

Depending on where you're needing to do this `.apply(x=&gt;x)` might be the best option or my favorite `pulumi.interpolate...`.

I want to convert an `Output&lt;string&gt;` to `Input&lt;string&gt;`

```export async function createAliasRecord(
  targetDomain: string,
  loadBalancername: Output&lt;string&gt;
): Promise&lt;aws.route53.Record&gt; {
  const domainParts = getDomainAndSubdomain(targetDomain);
  const hostedZone = await aws.route53.getZone({
    name: domainParts.parentDomain
  });

  return new aws.route53.Record(targetDomain, {
    name: domainParts.subdomain,
    zoneId: hostedZone.zoneId,
    type: "A",
    aliases: [
      {
        name: loadBalancername,
        zoneId: getHostedZoneId().then(s =&gt; s.id),
        evaluateTargetHealth: true
      }
    ]
  });
}```

In the above example I would like to pass `loadBalancername` to `aliases` `name`

the `name` requires `Input&lt;string&gt;`

Does that not run? IIRC, you can pass `Output&lt;string&gt;` into places requiring an `Input&lt;String&gt;`

I get an error
```
Diagnostics:
  aws:route53:Record (<http://xyz.xyz.io|xyz.xyz.io>):
    error: aws:route53/record:Record resource '<http://xyz.xyz.io|xyz.xyz.io>' has a problem: "alias.0.name": required field is not set
```

how are you calling the function `createAliasRecord(...)`?

Is <http://pulumi.io|pulumi.io> running in Azure?  :slightly_smiling_face:

I am calling `createAliasRecord(<http://config.xyz|config.xyz>, xyz);`

I cannot do a `get` because it errors
```
 error: Error: Cannot call '.get' during update or preview.
    To manipulate the value of this Output, use '.apply' instead.
```

what is `xyz` in `createAliasRecord(<http://config.xyz|config.xyz>, xyz);` ?

Sorry, I'm still learning myself. I see this in the library code: ```/**
 * Input is a property input for a resource.  It may be a promptly available T, a promise
 * for one, or the output from a existing Resource.
 */
export declare type Input&lt;T&gt; = T | Promise&lt;T&gt; | Output&lt;T&gt;;```

<@UD4701708> I'm pretty sure it's on AWS?

ok  - took a while to load and Azure is having issues.  Just wondering :slightly_smiling_face:

so something like `const xyz = loadbalancer.name;` is further up in your code?

My mistake i had the `ip` instead of `name` which was causing the issue.

The error message wasn’t clear. Thanks guys