How do you recreate a Datadog Synthetics Browser test in Terraform? - terraform

Question

I am attempting to build a series of synthetic browser tests in Datadog via Terraform using a map of URLs. The test will go to a URL, type dummy credentials into the login form, attempt to log in, and assert that there will be an invalid username/password response. My code fails when I attempt to run a terraform apply. I have referenced the documentation, but I have not been able to find examples of browser tests with step types of typeText. Have I set up my params incorrectly?
Code:
resource "datadog_synthetics_test" "login_tests" {
for_each = var.browser_test_urls
type = "browser"
request_definition {
method = "GET"
url = each.value
}
device_ids = ["laptop_large"]
locations = ["aws:us-east-1"]
options_list {
tick_every = 1800
follow_redirects = true
retry {
count = 2
interval = 60000
}
}
name = "Login Test for ${each.key}"
message = "Login test failed for ${each.key} on url ${each.value}"
status = "paused"
browser_step {
name = "Type Username"
type = "typeText"
params {
element = "#userItem"
value = "username"
}
}
browser_step {
name = "Type Password"
params {
element = "#passItem"
value = "password"
}
type = "typeText"
}
browser_step {
name = "Click Login Button"
params {
element = "#btlogin"
}
type = "click"
}
browser_step {
name = "Check for Invalid Login Message"
params {
check = "contains"
value = "Invalid username or password!"
}
type = "assertPageContains"
}
}
Error:
│ Error: error creating synthetics browser test from https://us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/browser: 400 Bad Request: {"errors":["Invalid steps data:
Step 0 has invalid params: None is not of type 'object'"]}
│
│ with module.datadog.datadog_synthetics_test.login_tests["Test"],
│ on modules\datadog\browser_tests.tf line 1, in resource "datadog_synthetics_test" "login_tests":
│ 1: resource "datadog_synthetics_test" "login_tests" {

Answer 1

To anyone facing a similar issue, this is how I ended up solving it.
I created the synthetic through the Datadog UI, and then imported it into my terraform state. From there I looked at my state file to see the value of the element property. It was a long x-path style. I copied and pasted the entire string into my element property, and it worked like a charm!