functions

Powerpipe supports the following Terraform-compatible HCL functions:

Numeric Functions

Function	Description
abs	Returns the absolute value of a number.
ceil	Returns the smallest integer value greater than or equal to a given number.
floor	Returns the largest integer value less than or equal to a given number.
log	Returns the natural logarithm of a number.
max	Returns the maximum value from a list of numbers.
min	Returns the minimum value from a list of numbers.
parseint	Parses a string as an integer.
pow	Returns the result of raising a number to the power of another.
signum	Returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on the sign of a number.
sum	Returns the sum of a list of numbers.

String Functions

Function	Description
chomp	Removes trailing newline characters from a string.
endswith	Checks if a string ends with a specified suffix.
format	Formats a string using printf-style formatting.
formatlist	Formats a list of values into a string using printf-style formatting.
indent	Indents a string by a specified number of spaces.
join	Joins elements of a list into a string with a delimiter.
lower	Converts a string to lowercase.
regex	Searches a string using a regular expression.
regexall	Searches a string using a regular expression and returns all matches.
replace	Replaces occurrences of a substring with another string.
split	Splits a string into a list of substrings.
startswith	Checks if a string starts with a specified prefix.
strcontains	Checks if a string contains another substring.
strrev	Reverses a string.
substr	Returns a substring from a string.
title	Converts the first character of each word in a string to uppercase.
trim	Trim whitespace from a string
trimprefix	Trim a prefix from a string
trimspace	Trim leading and trailing whitespace
trimsuffix	Trim a suffix from a string
upper	Converts a string to uppercase.

Collection Functions

Function	Description
alltrue	Returns true if all elements in a list are true.
anytrue	Returns true if any element in a list is true.
chunklist	Splits a list into chunks of a specified size.
coalesce	Returns the first non-null value in a list.
coalescelist	Returns the first non-empty list in a list of lists.
compact	Removes null and empty string elements from a list.
concat	Concatenates multiple lists into one list.
contains	Checks if a value is in a list, set, or map.
distinct	Returns a new list with duplicate elements removed.
element	Returns the element at a specified index in a list.
flatten	Flattens a list of lists into a single list.
index	Returns the index of a value in a list.
keys	Returns the keys of a map as a list.
length	Returns the length of a string, list, or map.
list	Creates a list from the arguments.
lookup	Looks up a value in a map using a key.
map	Creates a map from a list of key-value pairs.
matchkeys	Returns a map with only the specified keys.
merge	Merges maps together.
one	Returns true if only one element in a list is true.
range	Generates a sequence of numbers.
reverse	Reverses the order of elements in a list.
setintersection	Returns the intersection of two sets.
setproduct	Returns the Cartesian product of two or more sets.
setsubtract	Returns the difference of two sets.
setunion	Returns the union of two or more sets.
slice	Extracts a subsequence from a list.
sort	Sorts a list of strings or numbers.
sum	Returns the sum of a list of numbers.
transpose	Transpose a list of lists
values	Returns the values of a map as a list.
zipmap	Creates a map from two lists.

Encoding Functions

Function	Description
base64decode	Decodes a base64-encoded string.
base64encode	Encodes a string to base64.
base64gzip	Compresses and then base64-encodes a string.
csvdecode	Decodes a CSV string into a list of maps.
jsondecode	Decodes a JSON string into a map or list.
jsonencode	Encodes a value as a JSON string.
textdecodebase64	Decodes a base64-encoded string.
textencodebase64	Encodes a string to base64.
urlencode	URL-encodes a string.
yamldecode	Decodes a YAML string into a map or list.
yamlencode	Encodes a value as a YAML string.

Filesystem Functions

Function	Description
abspath	Returns the absolute path of a file or directory.
basename	Returns the last element of a path.
dirname	Returns the directory part of a path.
pathexpand	Expands the tilde (~) in a file path.
file	Reads the contents of a file.
fileexists	Returns true if a file exists.
fileset	Returns a set of files matching a glob pattern.
filebase64	Reads the contents of a file and base64-encodes it.

Date and Time Functions

Function	Description
formatdate	Formats a timestamp into a string.
timeadd	Adds a duration to a timestamp.
timecmp	Compares two timestamps.
timestamp	Returns the current timestamp.

Hash and Crypto Functions

Function	Description
base64sha256	Computes the SHA-256 hash of a string and base64-encodes the result.
base64sha512	Computes the SHA-512 hash of a string and base64-encodes the result.
bcrypt	Hashes a string using the bcrypt algorithm.
filebase64sha256	Reads the contents of a file, calculates the SHA256 hash, and base64-encodes it.
filebase64sha512	Reads the contents of a file, calculates the SHA512 hash, and base64-encodes it.
filemd5	Reads the contents of a file and calculates the MD5 hash.
filesha1	Reads the contents of a file and calculates the SHA1 hash.
filesha256	Reads the contents of a file and calculates the SHA256 hash.
filesha512	Reads the contents of a file and calculates the SHA512 hash.
md5	Computes the MD5 hash of a string.
rsadecrypt	Decrypts data using an RSA private key.
sha1	Computes the SHA-1 hash of a string.
sha256	Computes the SHA-256 hash of a string.
sha512	Computes the SHA-512 hash of a string.
uuid	Generates a random UUID.
uuidv5	Generates a UUID using a name and namespace.

IP Network Functions

Function	Description
cidrhost	Calculates the IP address of a host in a CIDR block.
cidrnetmask	Calculates the network mask of a CIDR block.
cidrsubnet	Calculates a subnet address within a CIDR block.
cidrsubnets	Splits a CIDR block into multiple subnets.

Type Conversion Functions

Function	Description
can	Checks if a value has a specific attribute or method.
nonsensitive	Marks a value as non-sensitive, allowing it to be displayed in logs.
sensitive	Marks a value as sensitive to avoid exposing sensitive information.
tobool	Converts a value to a boolean.
tolist	Converts a value to a list.
tomap	Converts a value to a map.
tonumber	Converts a string to a number.
toset	Converts a list to a set.
tostring	Converts a value to a string.
try	Attempts to evaluate an expression and returns a default value on failure.