About as_number filter

The as_number Jinja filter will coerce Jinja-compiled output into a numeric value (integer or float), or return an error if it cannot be represented as a number.

Usage

In the example below, the as_number filter is used to coerce an environment variables into a numeric value to dynamically control the connection port.

profiles.yml

my_profile:
  outputs:
    dev:
      type: postgres
      port: "{{ env_var('PGPORT') | as_number }}"