tfdc-provider-export

name	tfdc-provider-export
description	Bulk export all Terraform provider documentation for a specific version to local files using tfdc. Use when you need to download and persist all docs (resources, data sources, guides, etc.) for a provider to a local directory. Supports lockfile-based multi-provider export.

tfdc provider export

Export all docs for a provider version to local files.

Usage

Single provider (legacy mode)

tfdc provider export \
  -name aws \
  -version 6.31.0 \
  -out-dir ./docs

Required: -name, -version, -out-dir

Lockfile mode (multi-provider)

tfdc -chdir=./infra provider export -out-dir ./docs

Required: -chdir (global flag), -out-dir

Detects .terraform.lock.hcl and exports all listed providers. Filter with -name:

tfdc -chdir=./infra provider export -name aws -out-dir ./docs

Flags

Flag	Required	Default	Description
-name	Yes (legacy)		Provider name
-version	Yes (legacy)		Provider version (explicit semver)
-out-dir	Yes		Output directory
-namespace	No	hashicorp	Provider namespace
-format	No	markdown	Persist format: markdown or json
-categories	No	all	Categories to export (comma-separated)
-path-template	No	See below	Output path template
-clean	No	off	Remove previous export before writing

Output layout

Default path template: {out}/terraform/{namespace}/{provider}/{version}/docs/{category}/{slug}.{ext}

Example: docs/terraform/hashicorp/aws/6.31.0/docs/resources/instance.md

Manifest: docs/terraform/hashicorp/aws/6.31.0/docs/_manifest.json

Path template placeholders

{out}, {namespace}, {provider}, {version}, {category}, {slug}, {doc_id}, {ext}

Categories

-categories all expands to: resources, data-sources, ephemeral-resources, functions, guides, overview, actions, list-resources

# Export only resources and data sources
tfdc provider export -name aws -version 6.31.0 -out-dir ./docs -categories resources,data-sources

Examples

# Export AWS provider docs as markdown
tfdc provider export -name aws -version 6.31.0 -out-dir ./terraform-docs

# Export as JSON
tfdc provider export -name aws -version 6.31.0 -out-dir ./terraform-docs -format json

# Clean export (remove previous)
tfdc provider export -name aws -version 6.31.0 -out-dir ./terraform-docs -clean

# Export all providers from lockfile
tfdc -chdir=./my-project provider export -out-dir ./terraform-docs