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Reads a file from a filesystem and adds its contents to the data so later steps can work with it. Use this to pull in a file that lives alongside your main data, for example reading a product feed, a configuration file, or a previously exported document. The file’s content is decoded from its format (such as JSON, XML, or CSV) into structured data and placed in the data under a key that matches the file’s path. If the file does not exist, the data passes through unchanged.

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This step reads a file from a real filesystem connection and adds its decoded contents to the data, so there is no fixed before/after to show. The configuration below reads imports/products.json with the JSON parser; the decoded content is added to the data under the key imports/products.json.
FieldValue
Filesystem connectionThe connection holding the file
File locationimports/products.json
ParserJSON