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<@U03DVRNK7FT> the `.get` methods still need a resource name, you're invoking the function incorrectly, the first property should be its name

Thanks for answering, <@UCWG26BH7>. The created resource is:

```secret_resource: {
        create_time: "2022-06-03T14:38:41.088076Z"
        id         : "some_id"
        labels     : {
            env: "qa"
        }
        name       : "projects/xxx/secrets/secret"
        project    : "blabla"
        replication: {
            automatic   : false
            user_managed: {
                replicas: [
                    [0]: {
                        location: "europe-west1"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
        secret_id  : "secret"
        urn        : "blablabla"
    }```
I tried to use `secret.name`, but I have the same error constantly. I mean, if I pass to random string, I have a correct "resouce does not exist" error, my problem is how to extrapolate properties from the Output instance

have you defined a secret to create, or just using the `.get` method?

```existing_secret = gcp.secretmanager.Secret.get(
    secret_basic.name.apply(lambda name: name),
    secret_basic.secret_id.apply(lambda id: id))```

This is incorrect, it should be something like:

existing_secret = gcp.secretmanager.Secret.get('resourcename', {}`

```secret =  gcp.secretmanager.Secret("secret-basic",
    labels={
        "env": "qa",
    },
    replication=gcp.secretmanager.SecretReplicationArgs(
        user_managed=gcp.secretmanager.SecretReplicationUserManagedArgs(
            replicas=[
                gcp.secretmanager.SecretReplicationUserManagedReplicaArgs(
                    location="europe-west1",
                )
            ],
        ),
    ),
    secret_id="secret")```

and then trying to use the static `get` method

okay, why are you using the `.get` method then? its already in your state. Just pass `secret_id`

<https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/secretmanager/secret/#secret_id_python>

Good point. I am refactoring the script, and in a next execution I could "add" dynamically a resource object (for example if I inject variables from the outside). If this happens, I need to know if a given set of resources already exists. Does that any sens e?

thats am imperative operation, which kinda goes against Pulumi's model.

In any case, if you want to grab an existing secret you _have_ to know its name. and the resource name has to be a static value, it can't be an output

Ok, I got this. Your second statement pushes the fog away ... this is probably a wrong approach