Fixes #2384 aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter: default_value is automatically set to 0

aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.go

@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ func resourceAwsCloudWatchLogMetricFilter() *schema.Resource {
 							ValidateFunc: validation.StringLenBetween(0, 100),
 						},
 						"default_value": {
-							Type:     schema.TypeFloat,
-							Optional: true,
+							Type:         schema.TypeString,
+							Optional:     true,
+							ValidateFunc: validateTypeStringNullableFloat,
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -92,14 +93,10 @@ func resourceAwsCloudWatchLogMetricFilterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta int
 
 	transformations := d.Get("metric_transformation").([]interface{})
 	o := transformations[0].(map[string]interface{})
-	metricsTransformations, err := expandCloudWachLogMetricTransformations(o)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	input.MetricTransformations = metricsTransformations
+	input.MetricTransformations = expandCloudWatchLogMetricTransformations(o)
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Creating/Updating CloudWatch Log Metric Filter: %s", input)
-	_, err = conn.PutMetricFilter(&input)
+	_, err := conn.PutMetricFilter(&input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Creating/Updating CloudWatch Log Metric Filter failed: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -130,7 +127,7 @@ func resourceAwsCloudWatchLogMetricFilterRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inter
 
 	d.Set("name", mf.FilterName)
 	d.Set("pattern", mf.FilterPattern)
-	d.Set("metric_transformation", flattenCloudWachLogMetricTransformations(mf.MetricTransformations))
+	d.Set("metric_transformation", flattenCloudWatchLogMetricTransformations(mf.MetricTransformations))
 
 	return nil
 }

aws/resource_aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter_test.go

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func TestAccAWSCloudWatchLogMetricFilter_basic(t *testing.T) {
 						MetricName:      aws.String("AccessDeniedCount"),
 						MetricNamespace: aws.String("MyNamespace"),
 						MetricValue:     aws.String("2"),
+						DefaultValue:    aws.Float64(1),
 					}),
 				),
 			},
@@ -109,6 +110,14 @@ func testAccCheckCloudWatchLogMetricFilterTransformation(mf *cloudwatchlogs.Metr
 				*expected.MetricValue, *given.MetricValue)
 		}
 
+		if (given.DefaultValue != nil) != (expected.DefaultValue != nil) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Expected default value to be present: %t, received: %t",
+				expected.DefaultValue != nil, given.DefaultValue != nil)
+		} else if (given.DefaultValue != nil) && *given.DefaultValue != *expected.DefaultValue {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Expected metric value: %g, received: %g",
+				*expected.DefaultValue, *given.DefaultValue)
+		}
+
 		return nil
 	}
 }

aws/structure.go

@@ -1780,29 +1780,32 @@ func expandApiGatewayStageKeyOperations(d *schema.ResourceData) []*apigateway.Pa
 	return operations
 }
 
-func expandCloudWachLogMetricTransformations(m map[string]interface{}) ([]*cloudwatchlogs.MetricTransformation, error) {
+func expandCloudWatchLogMetricTransformations(m map[string]interface{}) []*cloudwatchlogs.MetricTransformation {
 	transformation := cloudwatchlogs.MetricTransformation{
 		MetricName:      aws.String(m["name"].(string)),
 		MetricNamespace: aws.String(m["namespace"].(string)),
 		MetricValue:     aws.String(m["value"].(string)),
 	}
 
-	if m["default_value"] != "" {
-		transformation.DefaultValue = aws.Float64(m["default_value"].(float64))
+	if m["default_value"].(string) != "" {
+		value, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(m["default_value"].(string), 64)
+		transformation.DefaultValue = aws.Float64(value)
 	}
 
-	return []*cloudwatchlogs.MetricTransformation{&transformation}, nil
+	return []*cloudwatchlogs.MetricTransformation{&transformation}
 }
 
-func flattenCloudWachLogMetricTransformations(ts []*cloudwatchlogs.MetricTransformation) []interface{} {
+func flattenCloudWatchLogMetricTransformations(ts []*cloudwatchlogs.MetricTransformation) []interface{} {
 	mts := make([]interface{}, 0)
 	m := make(map[string]interface{}, 0)
 
 	m["name"] = *ts[0].MetricName
 	m["namespace"] = *ts[0].MetricNamespace
 	m["value"] = *ts[0].MetricValue
 
-	if ts[0].DefaultValue != nil {
+	if ts[0].DefaultValue == nil {
+		m["default_value"] = ""
+	} else {
 		m["default_value"] = *ts[0].DefaultValue
 	}
 

aws/validators.go

@@ -62,6 +62,26 @@ func validateTypeStringNullableBoolean(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, es
 	return
 }
 
+// validateTypeStringNullableFloat provides custom error messaging for TypeString floats
+// Some arguments require a floating point value or an unspecified, empty field.
+func validateTypeStringNullableFloat(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, es []error) {
+	value, ok := v.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("expected type of %s to be string", k))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if value == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if _, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64); err != nil {
+		es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("%s: cannot parse '%s' as float: %s", k, value, err))
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 func validateRdsIdentifier(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, errors []error) {
 	value := v.(string)
 	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-z-]+$`).MatchString(value) {

aws/validators_test.go

@@ -130,6 +130,57 @@ func TestValidateTypeStringNullableBoolean(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValidateTypeStringNullableFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		val         interface{}
+		expectedErr *regexp.Regexp
+	}{
+		{
+			val: "",
+		},
+		{
+			val: "0",
+		},
+		{
+			val: "1",
+		},
+		{
+			val: "42.0",
+		},
+		{
+			val:         "threeve",
+			expectedErr: regexp.MustCompile(`cannot parse`),
+		},
+	}
+
+	matchErr := func(errs []error, r *regexp.Regexp) bool {
+		// err must match one provided
+		for _, err := range errs {
+			if r.MatchString(err.Error()) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i, tc := range testCases {
+		_, errs := validateTypeStringNullableFloat(tc.val, "test_property")
+
+		if len(errs) == 0 && tc.expectedErr == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if len(errs) != 0 && tc.expectedErr == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected test case %d to produce no errors, got %v", i, errs)
+		}
+
+		if !matchErr(errs, tc.expectedErr) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected test case %d to produce error matching \"%s\", got %v", i, tc.expectedErr, errs)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidateCloudWatchDashboardName(t *testing.T) {
 	validNames := []string{
 		"HelloWorl_d",