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Outputs are similar to promises/futures, it can be accepted as an Input or if you want a value inside, you’ll need to use the apply method.
<https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/programming-model/#apply>

```
let url = virtualmachine.dnsName.apply(dnsName =&gt; "https://" + dnsName)
```

Tnx, this did it:
`namespaceId: groups.safeimage.id.apply(s =&gt; +s)`

Side question: if you have an `Output&lt;string&gt;`, how can you get the `string`? Asking because the new `import` functionality does not accept an `Output&lt;string&gt;`

I’ll have to ask someone about that. You can do `.get()` to get the underlying value but it will throw an execption if run during deployment or preview. <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/pkg/nodejs/pulumi/pulumi/#OutputInstance-get>

How are you getting these Outputs whose values you want to use in the import?

Yeah, I'd love to understand the scenario better.

<@UGG3Q91DF> FYI that string example can use pulumi.interpolate`http://${virtualMachine.dnsname}` now

Yes. That’s further down in the documentation and my favorite.