Terraform Editor API
The Terraform Editor API provides a powerful HTTP service for programmatically modifying Terraform configuration files. It allows you to perform structured edits to your Terraform code without manual text manipulation, ensuring your changes are syntactically correct and properly formatted.
Key Features
- In-Place Updates: Preserves existing code structure, comments, and formatting while making changes
- Structured Editing: Make precise changes through a JSON-based API with support for complex operations
- Multiple Operation Types: Support for adding, updating, setting, and deleting Terraform blocks
- Block Targeting: Selectively modify specific resources using attributes or tags
- Nested Block Support: Handle complex configurations with deeply nested block structures
- Type Safety: Built-in validation ensures your edits maintain valid Terraform syntax
- Error Handling: Clear error messages and validation feedback for reliable automation
- Comment Preservation: Maintains existing comments and documentation in your code
- Format Preservation: Keeps your code's original formatting and style intact
- REST API: Simple HTTP interface for easy integration with any system
Use Cases
- Code Generation & Modification: Automate the creation of new Terraform code and safely modify existing configurations
- Custom Management Tools: Build specialized applications for managing Terraform infrastructure
- Safe AI Integration: Enable LLMs to modify infrastructure code with built-in guardrails
- Bulk Updates: Make consistent changes across multiple files and repositories
- Security & Compliance: Automatically enforce policies across your infrastructure code
- Version Migration: Systematically update code for new provider versions or APIs
Documentation Structure
- Quick Start Guide - Get up and running quickly
- API Reference - Detailed endpoint documentation
- Advanced Usage - Complex operations and best practices
Ready to get started? Check out our Quick Start Guide.