file-to-text
Caution: Large text values require a lot of power in Data-flo, and can affect performance. Converting large files to text should only be done when necessary.
Arguments
Inputs:
file: The file you want to convert to text.
encoding: The method of converting the file's data. Supported encodings are: ascii, base64, binary, hex, ucs2, utf8, or latin1 Defaults to utf8 (the most common encoding on the web).
Output:
text: The contents of the file as text, ready for feeding into the arguments of other adaptors.
Example
Possible use cases
import a Newick file (NWK) to use for the 'tree' argument in create-microreact-project
Use the "Bind to a Data-flo input" option to import a file from a user's computer.
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