ok one thing that s never clear What s the best way to get t

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ok one thing that s never clear What s the best way to get the current AWS region inside of a `ComponentResource`

white-balloon-205 · Answer

It s unfortunately not super simple if you want to handle both first class providers and default providers

white-balloon-205 · Answer

But there is some boilerplate that does work let me find it

white-balloon-205 · Answer

We do hope to generalize the helpers in `aws config region` to be able to look up the region associated with a given provider or resource to automate the process better those helpers were designed before we had first class providers

white-balloon-205 · Answer

See <https github com pulumi pulumi awsx blob 0d5a4ca7d77f68ad3e3f79876a2407b58326d987 nodejs awsx utils ts L122 L127>

high-translator-22614 · Answer

what sort of `Resource` defines `getProvider`

high-translator-22614 · Answer

ok looks like its defined on the top level `Resource`

white-balloon-205 · Answer

Yep that s right

high-translator-22614 · Answer

thanks i can work with that