Terraform snippets

main.tf

variable "my_list" {
  default = [
    {
      id = 1
      name = "name1"
    },
    {
      id = 2
      name = "my_name"
    },
    {
      id = 3
      name = "name3"
    },
  ]
}

# find object id from list of objects by its name
locals {
  for_loop_method = [for item in var.my_list : item.id if item.name == "my_name"][0]
  splat_method    = var.my_list[index(var.my_list.*.name, "my_name")].id
}