Text reader

[io/file/Text reader]

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Reads a text file from the specified path and outputs its content. Example (success):

1. "/home/user1/dir1/foo.txt"@0 received on path

2. "Hello World"@0 sent on text

Example (failure):

1. "/home/user1/dir1/foo.txt"@0 received on path

• "/home/user1/dir1/foo.txt"@0 sent on bounced

• { "error": "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user1/dir1/foo.txt'" }@0 sent on error

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Input ports

• path: string

  Receives the path of the file to read content of as text. Example: "/home/user1/dir1/foo.txt" (To keep the application portable use "/" as path separator.)

Output ports

• text: string

  Sends the text content read from the file specified by path. Example: "Hello World"

• bounced: string

  Sends the path if the operation has failed. Example: "/home/user1/dir1/foo.txt"

• error: {"error": string}

  Sends error information if the operation has failed. Example: { "error": "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user1/dir1/foo.txt'" }