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How can I get the underlying value of an `Output`?

You can not get at the raw value during a `pulumi update` because in some cases it may not be known (for example, during a preview).  You can, however, take any Output&lt;T&gt; and call .apply on it.  Apply takes a function which gets the underlying value and allows you to transform it and then wraps the result in an Output&lt;T&gt;.

If you are capturing an output in like a cloud function and need the underlying value, you can call .get() on it, which gives you the raw value

but .get() will throw if you call it during a pulumi update.

If you want to log some value, to help debugging you can do:

(&lt;some-output&gt;).apply(console.log);

To log the value, but, if the value is not known (again, during a preview, for example) the apply simply won't run.

Thanks, somehow I figured that out in the meanwhile. :slightly_smiling_face:

The actual raw value is only available in JS/TS, in Python it can only be an Input to another Pulumi resource.