Terraform: [Errno 2] No such file or directory using External Data Source

[JasonOliverEmaze]

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.11.11 + provider.external v1.0.0

Terraform Configuration Files

data "external" "script" {
program = ["python", "${path.module}\secret.py -id SFTP-Key -keyname private-key"]
}

output "Private Key" {
value = "${data.external.script.result.program}"
}

Expected Behavior

I was hoping to recieve the output of the script in the same way stdout would after running python C:\Users\oliverj\Documents\Code\github\test\secret.py -id SFTP-Key -keyname private-key

Actual Behavior

Error: Error refreshing state: 1 error(s) occurred:

• data.external.script: 1 error(s) occurred:

• data.external.script: data.external.script: failed to execute "python": python: can't open file 'C:\Users\oliverj\Documents\Code\github\test\secret.py -id SFTP-Key -keyname private-key': [Errno 2] No such file or directory-->

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform init
2. terraform plan or terraform apply

Additional Context

I am able to runpython C:\Users\oliverj\Documents\Code\github\test\secret.py -id SFTP-Key -keyname private-key without issue

[apparentlymart]

Hi @JasonOliverEmaze,

The external data source expects each argument to be a separate element in the list, like this:

  program = ["python", "${path.module}\secret.py", "-id", "SFTP-Key", "-keyname", "private-key"]

I think with your current configuration, Python is trying to treat the entire string C:\Users\oliverj\Documents\Code\github\test\secret.py -id SFTP-Key -keyname private-key as the script to run, which therefore doesn't work.

[noahsuresh]

failed to execute "python": it finds the python file prints some of the values in it but still gives this error any idea about this

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