helper/schema: Add helper function JsonEnvDefaultFunc #602
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Currently, there are only two simple helper functions available for providing default values in Terraform plugin schema definitions. These read env variables and can only return a single string.
This PR adds a helper function
JsonEnvDefaultFunc
that can be used in more complex scenarios that require a map with arbitrary keys (to be used withTypeMap
). It expects the map to be encoded as an JSON object in a string.For example if you have a provider that needs support for arbitrary HTTP headers:
This helper function opens the door for passing HTTP headers using an env variable: