I m writing a bunch of code that will go in a package that c

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I m writing a bunch of code that will go in a package that can be imported but also needs to be used there and then and i m having to jump through a lot of hoops with parameters like ``` dnsZone azure dns Zone | azure dns GetZoneResult amp azure dns GetZoneArgs | resourceGroupName pulumi Input lt string gt name pulumi Input lt string gt id pulumi Input lt string gt ```

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

i filed an issue in september about not being able to access input parameters on the output objects but i wonder if i m missing something fundamental

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

seems to me there should be a common type that exists as a super of GetXArgs GetXResult XArgs and XResult

white-balloon-205 · Answer

< better rainbow 14549> Not sure I follow exactly why did you need to write it this way Which issue was this

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

in this case resourceGroup Name

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

well say i have a library method installX dnsZone

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and i want to be able to use it e g ```s = new azure dnszone installX s ``` or ```s = azure getZone installX s ```

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

the issue i filed is here <https github com pulumi pulumi azure issues 120>

white-balloon-205 · Answer

Ahh I see Yes there is unfortunately no guarantee that `azure getZone` and `new azure dnszone ` will return related shapes and as a general rule it s going to be hard to write code that fully works in that mode An alternative is to use `azure dnszone get ` This is available on any resource and reads in an existing resource The shape it returns is exactly an `azure dnszone` so you won t have to convert or use union types Will this work for your case

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

oh i didnt realise that even existed

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

out of interest how come there s two get

white-balloon-205 · Answer

The ` get ` is a Pulumi concept that all resources have by default The ` getZone` functions are projections of the Terraform data sources for Pulumi providers which are built on top of upstream Terraform providers These are often slightly different and can be useful in some cases to get indirectly associated properties of resources

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

awesome i didnt know about these

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

this changes everything

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

thanks

better-rainbow-14549 · Answer

ah it needs the full object id

white-balloon-205 · Answer

Yes it is in many cases more limited in what can be used to lookup the resource which is another reason the `getZone` can be useful If that prevents it from working for your case then you may need to use the ` getZone` If you do I d suggest creating your own interface that has the properties you need each as a `pulumi Output lt string gt ` and then project the results of the two operations into that interface

white-balloon-205 · Answer

We should be able to address soon cc < stocky spoon 28903> but this is likely also a relatively pretty simple fix that someone could contribute if interested wink