Is there a way to convert

pulumi.StringOutput

to

string

? Its becoming weirdly difficult for me to get the tags right with all the custom types that don't seem to have a straight forward way to convert to string. The below does not work as

natgw

is a string and

publicSubnets[0].AvailabilityZone

is a StringOutput

natGatewayName := "natgw" + publicSubnets[0].AvailabilityZone

@fancy-spoon-7206 no, you can't convert an output to a string. you can only resolve the output and then use the string value. see here for an explanation as to why: https://leebriggs.co.uk/blog/2021/05/09/pulumi-apply

If I do that, then natGatewayName is of type StringOutput and I cannot give that as an input to any function as a string. For example,

ec2.NewNatGateway(ctx, natGatewayName, ... )

wont work

you cannot use an output as a resource name, unfortunately. it needs to be known at run time. if you want to do what you're trying to do, you'd have to do it inside an

ApplyT

but then your previews wouldn't be valid

Ahh that makes sense.