package test import ( "time" "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema" ) func testDataSource() *schema.Resource { return &schema.Resource{ Read: testDataSourceRead, Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{ "list": { Type: schema.TypeList, Computed: true, Elem: &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString}, }, "input": { Type: schema.TypeString, Optional: true, }, "output": { Type: schema.TypeString, Computed: true, }, // this attribute is computed, but never set by the provider "nil": { Type: schema.TypeString, Computed: true, }, }, } } func testDataSourceRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error { d.SetId(time.Now().UTC().String()) d.Set("list", []interface{}{"one", "two", "three"}) if input, hasInput := d.GetOk("input"); hasInput { d.Set("output", input) } else { d.Set("output", "some output") } return nil }