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# Python: Manifest
> CDKTN Core API Reference for Manifest in Python.
* *Implements:* IManifest
## Initializers
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Manifest(
version: str,
outdir: str,
hcl_output: bool
)
```
| **Name** | **Type** | **Description** |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
| version | str | *No description.* |
| outdir | str | *No description.* |
| hcl\_output | bool | *No description.* |
***
### `version`Required
* *Type:* str
***
### `outdir`Required
* *Type:* str
***
### `hcl_output`Required
* *Type:* bool
***
## Methods
| **Name** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------- |
| build\_manifest | *No description.* |
| for\_stack | *No description.* |
| write\_to\_file | *No description.* |
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### `build_manifest`
```python theme={null}
def build_manifest() -> IManifest
```
### `for_stack`
```python theme={null}
def for_stack(
stack: TerraformStack
) -> StackManifest
```
#### `stack`Required
* *Type:* TerraformStack
***
### `write_to_file`
```python theme={null}
def write_to_file() -> None
```
## Properties
| **Name** | **Type** | **Description** |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------- |
| hcl\_output | bool | *No description.* |
| outdir | str | *No description.* |
| stack\_file\_name | str | *No description.* |
| stacks | typing.Mapping\[StackManifest] | *No description.* |
| version | str | *No description.* |
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### `hcl_output`Required
```python theme={null}
hcl_output: bool
```
* *Type:* bool
***
### `outdir`Required
```python theme={null}
outdir: str
```
* *Type:* str
***
### `stack_file_name`Required
```python theme={null}
stack_file_name: str
```
* *Type:* str
***
### `stacks`Required
```python theme={null}
stacks: typing.Mapping[StackManifest]
```
* *Type:* typing.Mapping\[StackManifest]
***
### `version`Required
```python theme={null}
version: str
```
* *Type:* str
***
## Constants
| **Name** | **Type** | **Description** |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- |
| fileName | str | *No description.* |
| stackMetadataPath | str | *No description.* |
| stacksFolder | str | *No description.* |
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### `fileName`Required
```python theme={null}
fileName: str
```
* *Type:* str
***
### `stackMetadataPath`Required
```python theme={null}
stackMetadataPath: str
```
* *Type:* str
***
### `stacksFolder`Required
```python theme={null}
stacksFolder: str
```
* *Type:* str
***