Details
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Improvement
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Status: Resolved
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Minor
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Resolution: Fixed
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Description
The goal of this new GetFileResource processor is to provide a way for a user to inject a File Resource as a FlowFile with custom attributes. It means that the processor would be able to specify a path to a file and its content would be used as FlowFile's content. By leveraging the asset feature, it makes it easy to load a test dataset as a FlowFile in a cloud native environment (container based).
Alternatives that have been considered:
- GenerateFlowFile with a "Custom File/Content" property. However, a processor being able to access the local file system needs to be associated with a specific set of permissions and that would be a significant breaking change for all users already using GenerateFlowFile processor where such permissions are enforced.
- GetFile with some specific improvements. However, longer term we would likely want to completely remove this processor and only have ListFile/FetchFile. Beside, its configuration is overly complex for the intended goal here.
