Append Files

Discover more about the Append Files component and how to use it on the Digibee Integration Platform.

Append Files adds one or more text files to an existing text file.

Parameters

Take a look at the configuration parameters of the component. Parameters supported by Double Braces expressions are marked with (DB).

Parameter	Description	Default value	Data type
File Name (DB)	Name of the file or full file path (for example, tmp/processed/file.txt) that receives the content from other files.	N/A	String
Charset	Charset of the final file.	UTF-8	String
Custom Files Specification (DB)	If the option is active, it’s possible to inform the files list to the component in a dynamic way.	False	Boolean
Files to Append	If Custom Files Specification is not active, you can add the files to be added to the original file by clicking the +Add button. Otherwise, you can inform the files list in the corresponding field.	N/A	Array of Objects (JSON) or Options of Files to Append
File Name	Name of the file. This parameter is displayed only if Custom Files Specification is not active and after clicking the +Add button.	{{ message.fileName }}	String
Charset	Charset of the file. This parameter is displayed only if Custom Files Specification is not active and after clicking the +Add button.	UTF-8	String
Fail On Error	If the option is active, the execution of the pipeline with error will be interrupted; otherwise, the pipeline execution proceeds, but the result will show a false value for the “success” property.	False	Boolean

Messages flow

Input

Only the files to be used in this component must be in the current pipeline directory.

Output

{
"fileName": "pipeline-example",
"success": true
}

• fileName: name of the final file.

• success: when the call is successful.

Append Files in Action

See below how the component behaves in a determined situation and what its respective configuration is.

Appending multiple files

• File Name: final_file_final.txt

• Charset: "UTF-8"

• Custom Append Files Specification: enabled

• Files to Append:

[
{"fileName": "file1.txt", "charset": "UTF-8"},
{"fileName": "file2.txt", "charset": "UTF-8"}
]

• Fail On Error: false

• File content: final_file.txt

HEADER
line1

• File content: file1.txt

file1
test

• File content: file2.txt

file2
another test

Output

{
"fileName": "final_file.txt",
"success": true
}

• Final file content: final_file.txt

HEADER
line1file1
testfile2
another test