Read File

Read a file from platform-managed storage, optionally converting it (CSV/XML to JSON) and paging through large results in batches

Use it in a workflow

Add a step and choose the File Storage connector.
Pick the Read File action (under file).
Fill in the fields below, then reference the result from later steps as {{readFile.response.data}}.

Fields

fileNamestring

The relative path/filename to read, e.g. invoices/march.csv. Required unless Cursor is set.

formatstring

raw: base64 content as-is. json: parse as JSON (arrays become batchable rows). csv: parse rows, batchable. xml: parse to a JSON object tree (not batchable).

One ofrawjsoncsvxmlDefault "raw"

cursorstring

Pass a previous call's nextCursor to continue reading the next batch of rows. When set, File Name/Format/CSV options are ignored.

limitnumber

Max rows to return per call for csv/json-array formats (default 500, max 5000)

Default 500

csvHasHeaderboolean

When true (default), the first row is used as column names and each row becomes an object. When false, each row is an array of values.

Default true

csvDelimiterstring

Default ","

Need more? See the File Storage guide for connection setup and behaviour shared by every action.

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