terraform demo benefit of jsonencode

json_encode_benefit.tf

# Not good
resource "aws_iam_policy" "secrets_policy" {
    name = "some_name"
    policy = <<EOF
  {
      "Version": "2012-10-17",
      "Statement": [
          {
              "Action": "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
              "Effect": "Allow".          # syntax error - dot instead of comma
              "Resource": [
                "${aws_secretsmanager_secret.my_secrets.arn}"
              ]
          }
      ]
  }
  EOF
}

# Better option - using jsonencode
resource "aws_iam_policy" "secrets_policy" {
    name = "some_name"
    policy = jsonencode({

      "Version": "2012-10-17",
      "Statement": [
          {
              "Action": "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
              "Effect": "Allow".      # syntax error - dot instead of comma
              "Resource": [
                "${aws_secretsmanager_secret.my_secrets.arn}"
              ]
          }
      ]
  })
}