Hi guys! I want to get the outputs for a stack from an HTTP API, not using the command line (running in serverless/node js app), is there any way supported?

Maybe you can pass it to your API and get it with any http get for node ? (like request or axios) ?

I can, but I don't see the point passing data around which is already stored on Pulumi's servers. Additionally, every stack is run as a job which means I don't 'wait' for it to return so I would have loved some way of just getting the outputs from an HTTP endpoint.

There is an endpoint which exposes this (which is what

StackReference

and friends use) - what I can’t tell you right now is whether the API endpoint is “public contract” API or an implementation detail subject to change.

I wasn't aware of the StackReference, thanks, this could have probably solved my problem, tho trying to use it and get the following error:

Error: Program run without the `pulumi` CLI; this may not be what you want (enable PULUMI_TEST_MODE to disable this error)

I tried to set the Environment Variable PULUMI_TEST_MODE to: false, False,1, true, True, 0. still doesn't work, haven't found any documentation.

Are you executing your program via

pulumi up

?

no, intentionally. I want to use the API without the command line.

Not via stack reference - that’s a resource that will only execute in the context of the engine