app:file:read

Retrieves file bytes without interpreting their format.

Options

Name	Type	Description
`schema`	`string`	Is the database that contains the file record.
`table`	`string`	Is the table that contains the file record.
`record_id`	`string`	Identifies the record that owns the file.
`field`	`string`	Is the file field to read.

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
`filename`	`string`
`content_type`	`string`
`content_base64`	`string`
`encoding`	`string`
`size`	`int64`

Examples

name: Read a config file
actions:
  - name: config
    component: storage:local:file:read
    vars:
      path: ./config.json

outputs:
  config: "{{ config.body | from:'json' }}"

name: Read an uploaded file for document processing
actions:
  - name: source
    component: app:file:read
    vars:
      schema: content
      table: files
      record_id: "{{ var.file_id }}"
      field: source

  - name: selected
    component: data:document:select
    vars:
      format: xml
      content_base64: "{{ source.content_base64 }}"
      locator: /resources/string

outputs:
  filename: "{{ source.filename }}"
  entries: "{{ selected.matches }}"

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