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
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
encoding : base64
Outputs:
text: SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=
-> Imported text from hello-world.txt with base64 encoding.
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