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  Provides an SNS topic resource.
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# aws\_sns\_topic

Provides an SNS topic resource

## Example Usage

```
resource "aws_sns_topic" "user_updates" {
  name = "user-updates-topic"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `name` - (Required) The friendly name for the SNS topic
* `display_name` - (Optional) The display name for the SNS topic
* `policy` - (Optional) The fully-formed AWS policy as JSON
* `delivery_policy` - (Optional) The SNS delivery policy

## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

* `id` - The ARN of the SNS topic
* `arn` - The ARN of the SNS topic, as a more obvious property (clone of id)

## Import

SNS Topics can be imported using the `topic arn`, e.g. 

```
terraform import aws_sns_topic.user_updates arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:0123456789012:my-topic
```