File Input

Fetch files from URLs

Overview

The File Input tools allow you to fetch files from specified URLs.

Key Features

• INPUT_PDF_FILE: Fetch PDF files from URLs.
• INPUT_CSV_FILE: Fetch CSV files from URLs.
• INPUT_DOCX_FILE: Fetch DOCX files from URLs and return the extracted text.
• INPUT_JSON: Input JSON data directly.
• INPUT_FILE: Input generic files from URLs.
• INPUT_TEXT: Input plain text data directly.

Tools

INPUT_PDF_FILE

Fetch PDF files from URLs for processing.

Input:

• value (string, required): URL of the PDF file to fetch

Output:

• File content and metadata for further processing

INPUT_CSV_FILE

Fetch CSV files from URLs for data processing.

Input:

• value (string, required): URL of the CSV file to fetch

Output:

• CSV content and metadata

INPUT_DOCX_FILE

Fetch DOCX (Word) files from URLs and return the extracted text.

Input:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
value	string / string[]	Yes	URL(s) of the DOCX file(s) to load. Can be a single URL or an array of URLs
description	string	No	Description of the DOCX file

Output:

• result: Text extracted from the DOCX file(s)

INPUT_JSON

Input JSON data directly as a string.

Input:

• value (string, required): JSON string to parse

Output:

• Parsed JSON data ready for processing

INPUT_FILE

Input generic files from URLs.

Input:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
value	string	Yes	URL of the file to fetch
description	string	No	Description of the file

Output:

File content and metadata.

INPUT_TEXT

Input plain text data directly.

Input:

• value (string, required): Plain text content

Output:

• Text content for processing

Examples

Example: Fetch Files from URLs

- id: "pdf"
  tool: INPUT_PDF_FILE
  input:
    - name: value
      value: https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf

- id: "csv"
  tool: INPUT_CSV_FILE
  input:
    - name: value
      value: https://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/csv/addresses.csv

- id: "docx"
  tool: INPUT_DOCX_FILE
  input:
    - name: value
      value: https://example.com/files/report.docx
    - name: description
      value: "Monthly report Word document"

- id: "json_data"
  tool: INPUT_JSON
  input:
    - name: value
      value: '{"source": "example", "items": [1, 2, 3]}'

- id: "config_file"
  tool: INPUT_FILE
  input:
    - name: value
      value: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/example/repo/main/config.yaml
    - name: description
      value: "Application configuration file"

- id: "text_input"
  tool: INPUT_TEXT
  input:
    - name: value
      value: "This is sample text content for processing"

Example: JSON Data Processing

- id: user_data
  tool: INPUT_JSON
  input:
    - name: value
      value: |
        {
          "name": "John Doe",
          "age": 30,
          "email": "[e-mail]",
          "preferences": {
            "theme": "dark",
            "notifications": true
          }
        }

- id: process_user_data
  tool: OPENAI_INVOKE
  config:
    - name: version
      value: gpt-4
  input:
    - name: prompt
      value: |
        Process this user data and create a personalized greeting:
        {{steps.user_data.result}}
        
        Create a friendly greeting message that includes their name and references their preferences.

Related Input Tools

The following input tools are documented on other pages:

• INPUT_WEBHOOK, INPUT_SLACK_EVENT, INPUT_IMAGE_FILE, INPUT_FILE_AS_TEXT, INPUT_TWILIO_SMS: see Advanced Input Tools
• INPUT_JSON_WITH_VALIDATION: see Input JSON with Validation