How to import aws_lambda_permission in terraform

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How can I use `terraform import` with resources of type `aws_lambda_permission` in terraform? What should the second argument be?

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At the time of writing Terraform does not have an importer for this resource, so it's not possible to import it automatically using the `terraform import` command.

Since a Lambda permission is a subordinate resource belonging to a Lambda function, once there is support for importing it the most likely way it would be handled is to import it as a side-effect of importing the function itself; the id of the permission alone is not enough information to retrieve it.

How to import aws_lambda_permission in terraform

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