hi cross posting here since this is probably specific to the

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hi cross posting here since this is probably specific to the golang sdk <https pulumi community slack com archives C84L4E3N1 p1593617389089700>

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Typically the answer here is to use ` Apply` to access the raw values Can you explain a little more about what you re trying to accomplish It might be worth reading through the programming model docs if you haven t already <https www pulumi com docs intro concepts programming model apply>

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

This example in the AWS docs might be a useful example <https www pulumi com docs reference pkg aws apigateway stage example usage> ``` err = apigateway NewMethodSettings ctx methodSettings amp apigateway MethodSettingsArgs MethodPath pulumi All testResource PathPart testMethod HttpMethod ApplyT func args interface string error pathPart = args 0 string httpMethod = args 1 string return fmt Sprintf v v v pathPart httpMethod nil pulumi StringOutput RestApi testRestApi ID Settings amp apigateway MethodSettingsSettingsArgs LoggingLevel pulumi String INFO MetricsEnabled pulumi Bool true StageName testStage StageName ```

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Notice the coordination of resources via All and then combining the result in Apply to create a formatted URL

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

yes I had a ApplyStringArray but that still results in StringArrayOutput out do you turn that into a core go string or a pulumi StringArray which is a type alias to string iirc

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

i m not sure how i can get the raw value with Apply since it never returns one or i m missing something in the api

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

all results seem to be output types

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Happy to help if you explain a little bit more about your use case or perhaps share some sample code that shows what you re trying to accomplish

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Given that all pulumi resources accept outputs as parameters typically you use apply to transform the value into the shape that you need for another resource Are you trying to use an output outside of the context of a pulumi program

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

i threw away the specific code but as simple as taking a list of strings from an output and then using them in a function one at a time is the answer here that i need to do those operations inside an Apply

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Typically yes

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

okay that wasn t super obvious but that makes sense i think

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

this seems challenging even within the pulumi ecosystem here s an example of what i d like to do in a component resosource <https gist github com travisgroth e9f173d137ced07d77f0aac4e9106aeb>

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

the next resource needs a unique name so i d like to use the name of a dependency to compose it but it s an Output that i can t get access to the raw string of

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

if i put that in an Apply i can t i think return the newly accumulated resources or propagate the error

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Ah overlap with component resources names I have found myself doing things like `component name + resource name` or `component name + arrayIndex`

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blue-computer-71271 · Answer

yeah you have to carry around a bare string it d be really nice to be able to get them out of the Outputs outside of an apply it makes it hard to break down the logic

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

or let NewXXXX names be StringInput so they could accept Outputs

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

that would also let you build a dependency tree naturally you can see in that snippet i wound up having to create my own resource array for dependencies that i could carry through the execution path

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Would be great to put some detail on this issue <https github com pulumi pulumi issues 1631>

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Some resources do accept a `name` property in their inputs but this does things like override autonaming So you have to worry about adding entropy yourself

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

right the Name fields in the corresponding arguments struct isn t so much what i m worrying about the internal name is where i have to add my own namespacing

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

and afaict those are always strings

blue-computer-71271 · Answer

i see how to make this work but it turns into some pretty long methods so you can keep all the requisite context around