tfdc-provider-search

name	tfdc-provider-search
description	Search Terraform provider documentation by service slug using tfdc. Use when you need to find provider_doc_id values for a specific resource, data source, or other provider doc type. Returns candidate doc IDs that can be passed to tfdc provider get.

tfdc provider search

Search candidate provider docs and return provider_doc_id list.

Usage

tfdc provider search \
  -name aws \
  -service ec2 \
  -type resources \
  [-namespace hashicorp] \
  [-version latest] \
  [-limit 20] \
  [-format text]

Flags

Flag	Required	Default	Description
-name	Yes		Provider name (e.g., aws, google, azurerm)
-service	Yes		Slug-like search token to match against doc slugs
-type	Yes		Doc category (see below)
-namespace	No	hashicorp	Provider namespace
-version	No	latest	Provider version (semver or latest)
-limit	No	20	Max results
-format	No	text	Output format: text, json, markdown

-type values

resources, data-sources, ephemeral-resources, functions, guides, overview, actions, list-resources

Output fields

Field	Description
provider_doc_id	Numeric ID for use with provider get
title	Document title
category	Document category
description	Document slug/description
provider	Provider name
namespace	Provider namespace
version	Resolved provider version

Examples

# Search AWS EC2 resources
tfdc provider search -name aws -service ec2 -type resources

# Search data sources with JSON output
tfdc provider search -name aws -service ami -type data-sources -format json

# Search specific version
tfdc provider search -name google -service compute -type resources -version 5.0.0

# Search guides
tfdc provider search -name aws -service ec2 -type guides

JSON output

{
  "items": [
    {
      "provider_doc_id": "10595066",
      "title": "aws_instance",
      "category": "resources",
      "description": "aws_instance",
      "provider": "aws",
      "namespace": "hashicorp",
      "version": "6.32.1"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1
}

Workflow

Use with tfdc provider get to fetch full doc content:

# Find doc IDs
tfdc provider search -name aws -service ec2 -type resources -format json | jq '.items[].provider_doc_id'

# Fetch content by ID
tfdc provider get -doc-id 10595066