How to convert hcl tf file to json

Question

want to read TF files with an node app. Therefore I want to read and parse hcl variable declarations. Is there any way to convert a .tf file to a .tf.json file via terraform cli? I‘ve tried terraform show -json, but this outputs my state without variable declaration.

Answer 1

I think you should use a dedicated tool for this.

This one comes up in Google search for "nodejs hcl Terraform library":

• https://github.com/NewSpring/node-hcl

(I have never seen it before, to be honest)

A general comment - parsing a language like HCL is not a trivial thing.