files
DEPRECATED
This component is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version release. Please consider moving onto alternative components.
Reads files from a path, where each discrete file will be consumed as a single message.
# Config fields, showing default valuesinput:label: ""files:path: ""delete_files: false
The path can either point to a single file (resulting in only a single message) or a directory, in which case the directory will be walked and each file found will become a message.
Alternatives​
The behaviour of this input is now covered by the file
input.
Metadata​
This input adds the following metadata fields to each message:
- path
You can access these metadata fields using function interpolation.
Fields​
path
​
A path to either a directory or a file.
Type: string
Default: ""
delete_files
​
Whether to delete files once they are consumed.
Type: bool
Default: false