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---
title: "tfvars json"
description: "Generate JSON format of terraform.tfvars of inputs"
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---
## Synopsis
Generate JSON format of terraform.tfvars of inputs.
```console
terraform-docs tfvars json [PATH] [flags]
```
## Options
```console
-h, --help help for json
```
## Inherited Options
```console
-c, --config string config file name (default ".terraform-docs.yml")
--footer-from string relative path of a file to read footer from (default "")
--header-from string relative path of a file to read header from (default "main.tf")
--hide strings hide section [all, data-sources, footer, header, inputs, modules, outputs, providers, requirements, resources]
--lockfile read .terraform.lock.hcl if exist (default true)
--output-check check if content of output file is up to date (default false)
--output-file string file path to insert output into (default "")
--output-mode string output to file method [inject, replace] (default "inject")
--output-template string output template (default "<!-- BEGIN_TF_DOCS -->\n{{ .Content }}\n<!-- END_TF_DOCS -->")
--output-values inject output values into outputs (default false)
--output-values-from string inject output values from file into outputs (default "")
--read-comments use comments as description when description is empty (default true)
--recursive update submodules recursively (default false)
--recursive-include-main include the main module (default true)
--recursive-path string submodules path to recursively update (default "modules")
--show strings show section [all, data-sources, footer, header, inputs, modules, outputs, providers, requirements, resources]
--sort sort items (default true)
--sort-by string sort items by criteria [name, required, type] (default "name")
```
## Example
Given the [`examples`][examples] module:
```shell
terraform-docs tfvars json --footer-from footer.md ./examples/
```
generates the following output:
{
"bool-1": true,
"bool-2": false,
"bool-3": true,
"bool_default_false": false,
"input-with-code-block": [
"name rack:location"
],
"input-with-pipe": "v1",
"input_with_underscores": null,
"list-1": [
"a",
"b",
"c"
],
"list-2": null,
"list-3": [],
"list_default_empty": [],
"long_type": {
"bar": {
"bar": "bar",
"foo": "bar"
},
"buzz": [
"fizz",
"buzz"
],
"fizz": [],
"foo": {
"bar": "foo",
"foo": "foo"
},
"name": "hello"
},
"map-1": {
"a": 1,
"b": 2,
"c": 3
},
"map-2": null,
"map-3": {},
"no-escape-default-value": "VALUE_WITH_UNDERSCORE",
"number-1": 42,
"number-2": null,
"number-3": "19",
"number-4": 15.75,
"number_default_zero": 0,
"object_default_empty": {},
"string-1": "bar",
"string-2": null,
"string-3": "",
"string-special-chars": "\\.<>[]{}_-",
"string_default_empty": "",
"string_default_null": null,
"string_no_default": null,
"unquoted": null,
"with-url": ""
}
[examples]: https://github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/tree/master/examples