Storage

Writes the msg.payload into a file in the filesystem. The payload can be added to the content of a file or replace the content of a file.

Attribute	Values	Remarks
Filename	relative or absolute path to the file	References the file in the filesystem. Relative paths must be from the working directory of the Node-RED microservice. We recommend, whenever possible, to use absolute paths.
Output	a single uft8 string\|a msg per line\|a single Buffer object\|a stream of Buffers	Select how the node outputs the content of the file.
Encoding	default or select a value from the drop-down	If default is selected, the original encoding of the source file is kept. Otherwise, the selected encoding is used.
Name	true\|false	Enter a self-explaining name of the node. If you leave this field empty, the generic name displays in the dashboard.

Imports the content of a file from the filesystem or a hotfolder to the msg.payload.

Attribute	Values	Remarks
Filename	relative or absolute path to the file	References the file in the filesystem. Relative paths must be from the working directory of the Node-RED microservice. We recommend, whenever possible, to use absolute paths.
Output	a single uft8 string\|a msg per line\|a single Buffer object\|a stream of Buffers	Select how the node outputs the content of the file.
Encoding	default or select a value from the drop-down	If default is selected, the original encoding of the source file is kept. Otherwise, the selected encoding is used.
Name	true\|false	Enter a self-explaining name of the node. If you leave this field empty, the generic name displays in the dashboard.

Watches a directory and/or files for changes. Use this node for example, to trigger a hotfolder flow.

Attribute	Values	Remarks
File(s)	comma-separated, relative or absolute path to the files and/or directories	References the files and directories in the filesystem. Relative paths must be from the working directory of the Node-RED microservice. We recommend, whenever possible, to use absolute paths.
Watch sub-directories recursively	true\|false	If the file(s) property points to a directory, set this to true to watch also sub-directories.
Name	true\|false	Enter a self-explaining name of the node. If you leave this field empty, the generic name displays in the dashboard.

Injects parameters that were retrieved with an Inject node into content of a file.

Attribute	Values	Remarks
Filename	relative or absolute path to the file	References the file in the filesystem. Relative paths must be from the working directory of the Node-RED microservice. We recommend, whenever possible, to use absolute paths.
File type	Text returns string\|Binary - returns Buffer	Select how the node outputs the content of the file.
Split on	regular expression	Define a regular expression to split the content of the file.
Name	true\|false	Enter a self-explaining name of the node. If you leave this field empty, the generic name displays in the dashboard.

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