Add YAML support

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Description

I’ve been using terraform funtions (json and yaml decode/encode) To convert terraform json <> terraform yaml.

Would it be possible to have similar terraform validated yaml output from synth ?

{
  "//": {
    "metadata": {
      "version": "0.0.12",
      "stackName": "python-azure"
    }
  },
  "terraform": {
    "required_providers": {
      "azurerm": "~> 2.0"
    }
  },
  "provider": {
    "azurerm": [
      {
        "subscription_id": "<>",
        "tenant_id": "<>",
        "features": [
          {}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "resource": {
    "azurerm_resource_group": {
      "pythonazure_testrg_4EE2DCD8": {
        "location": "northeurope",
        "name": "test",
        "//": {
          "metadata": {
            "path": "python-azure/testrg",
            "uniqueId": "pythonazure_testrg_4EE2DCD8",
            "stackTrace": []
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

"//":
  "metadata":
    "stackName": "python-azure"
    "version": "0.0.12"
"provider":
  "azurerm":
  - "features":
    - {}
    "subscription_id": "<>"
    "tenant_id": "<>"
"resource":
  "azurerm_resource_group":
    "pythonazure_testrg_4EE2DCD8":
      "//":
        "metadata":
          "path": "python-azure/testrg"
          "stackTrace": []
          "uniqueId": "pythonazure_testrg_4EE2DCD8"
      "location": "northeurope"
      "name": "test"
"terraform":
  "required_providers":
    "azurerm": "~> 2.0"

References

[skorfmann]

Is YAML supported as input for Terraform?? Besides, what would be the use-case for you?

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