import-text-from-file

Description

import-text-from-file adaptor imports text from a file.

This adaptor imports the text file into Data-flo to make it available to other adaptors for processing. By default, the file is encoded using utf-8 if no encoding is specified.

Inputs

file Type: file Required: Yes The text file to be imported.

encoding Type: text Required: No The character encoding of the output text. If unspecified, defaults to utf8.

Outputs

text Type: text The content of the text file.

Examples

Example 1: Default behaviour.

Inputs:

file : hello-world.txt

Hello World

encoding : null (empty)

Outputs:

text: Hello World

-> Imported text from hello-world.txt with the default utf-8 encoding.

Example 2: Import a text file with specified encoding.

Inputs:

file : hello-world.txt

Hello World

encoding : base64

Outputs:

text: SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=

-> Imported text from hello-world.txt with base64 encoding.