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You may need something like `args.DatadogApiKey.Apply(v =&gt; (object)v)`

I need the string.  This is the best I can do, which is horrendous on the eyes:
```string datadogApiKey;
args.DatadogApiKey.Apply(x =&gt;
{
    datadogApiKey = x;
    return x;
});```

What is the problem with your original code? Does it fail at runtime?

Yes, because the value of ["apiKey"] is Input&lt;string&gt; and not string, I assume

The helm chart fails because of an invalid API key value

```Grpc.Core.RpcException: Status(StatusCode="Unknown", Detail="invocation of kubernetes:helm:template returned an error: failed to generate YAML for specified Helm chart: failed to create chart from template: template: datadog/templates/NOTES.txt:1:56: executing "datadog/templates/NOTES.txt" at &lt;eq .Values.datadog.apiKey "&lt;DATADOG_API_KEY&gt;"&gt;: error calling eq: uncomparable type map[string]interface {}: map[]", DebugException="Grpc.Core.Internal.CoreErrorDetailException: {"created":"@1632296140.606362300","description":"Error received from peer ipv4:127.0.0.1:38555","file":"/var/local/git/grpc/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc","file_line":1068,"grpc_message":"invocation of kubernetes:helm:template returned an error: failed to generate YAML for specified Helm chart: failed to create chart from template: template: datadog/templates/NOTES.txt:1:56: executing "datadog/templates/NOTES.txt" at &lt;eq .Values.datadog.apiKey "&lt;DATADOG_API_KEY&gt;"&gt;: error calling eq: uncomparable type map[string]interface {}: map[]","grpc_status":2}")```

I see. You can’t get string from Input&lt;string&gt;, so you may need an Apply like
```Values = args.DatadogApiKey.Apply(apiKey =&gt; new Dictionary&lt;string, object&gt;
                    {
                        ["datadog"] = new Dictionary&lt;string, object&gt;
                        {
                            ["apiKey"] = apiKey,
                            ["site"] = "<http://datadoghq.eu|datadoghq.eu>"
                        },
                    })```


Thanks.  I suppose Values will then be an `Output&lt;T&gt;`