---
title: "Convert an existing rule from JSON to Terraform"
method: GET
path: "/api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/{rule_id}/convert"
tags: ["Security Monitoring"]
---

# Convert an existing rule from JSON to Terraform

`GET /api/v2/security_monitoring/rules/{rule_id}/convert`

Convert an existing rule from JSON to Terraform for Datadog provider
resource `datadog_security_monitoring_rule`. You can do so for the following rule types:
- App and API Protection
- Cloud SIEM (log detection and signal correlation)
- Workload Protection

You can convert Cloud Security configuration rules using Terraform's [Datadog Cloud Configuration Rule resource](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/DataDog/datadog/latest/docs/resources/cloud_configuration_rule).

## Path parameters

- `rule_id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- SecurityMonitoringRuleConvertResponse — Result of the convert rule request containing Terraform content.
  - `ruleId` string — the ID of the rule.
  - `terraformContent` string — Terraform string as a result of converting the rule from JSON.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Not Authorized
- `404` — Not Found
- `429` — Too many requests

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