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layout: "functions"
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page_title: "jsondecode function"
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sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-encoding-jsondecode"
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description: |-
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The jsondecode function decodes a JSON string into a representation of its
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value.
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---
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# `jsondecode` Function
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`jsondecode` interprets a given string as JSON, returning a representation
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of the result of decoding that string.
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The JSON encoding is defined in [RFC 7159](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159).
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This function maps JSON values to
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[Terraform language values](/docs/configuration/expressions.html#types-and-values)
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in the following way:
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| JSON type | Terraform type |
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| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| String | `string` |
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| Number | `number` |
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| Boolean | `bool` |
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| Object | `object(...)` with attribute types determined per this table |
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| Array | `tuple(...)` with element types determined per this table |
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| Null | The Terraform language `null` value |
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The Terraform language automatic type conversion rules mean that you don't
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usually need to worry about exactly what type is produced for a given value,
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and can just use the result in an intuitive way.
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## Examples
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```
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> jsondecode("{\"hello\": \"world\"}")
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{
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"hello" = "world"
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}
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> jsondecode("true")
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true
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```
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## Related Functions
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* [`jsonencode`](./jsonencode.html) performs the opposite operation, _encoding_
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a value as JSON.
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