Extract from File

Interact with File Processing to extract data from files.

Actions

Steps this node can perform. Add one from Add a step, then pick the action.

Extract file data to JSON

Settings

Field	Type	Required	Description
File Name	Text	Yes	File name

Output

Later steps use this data by picking this step in the $ picker. For example, data is $.<step ID>.output.data.

json

{
  "data": {}
}

Example values show the shape of the data, not real values. See Using data from earlier steps.

Field descriptions

Field	Type	Description
`data`	Object	File data

Extract file data to text

Settings

Field	Type	Required	Description
File Name	Text	Yes	File name
Encode Type	Choice		Encode type Options: `utf8`, `base64` Default: `utf8`

Output

Later steps use this data by picking this step in the $ picker. For example, data is $.<step ID>.output.data.

json

{
  "data": "string"
}

Example values show the shape of the data, not real values. See Using data from earlier steps.

Field descriptions

Field	Type	Description
`data`	Text	File data

Parse CSV file to JSON

Settings

Field	Type	Required	Description
File Name	Text	Yes	File name
Delimiter	Text	Yes	Delimiter Default: `,`
Encode Type	Text		Encode type Default: `utf8`
Has Header	Yes / No		Has header Default: `true`
Options	Object		Options

Output

Later steps use this data by picking this step in the $ picker. For example, data is $.<step ID>.output.data.

json

{
  "data": {}
}

Example values show the shape of the data, not real values. See Using data from earlier steps.

Field descriptions

Field	Type	Description
`data`	Object	File data