fix(Move Binary Data Node): Stringify objects before encoding them in MoveBinaryData (#4882)

* stringify objects before encoding them objects in MoveBinaryData

* add fileSize and fileType on MoveBinaryData converted data

* show `view` option for text files as well

* improve how JSON binary data is shown in the UI

packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import {
 	NodeExecutionWithMetadata,
 	IPairedItemData,
 	deepCopy,
-	BinaryFileType,
+	fileTypeFromMimeType,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { Agent } from 'https';
@@ -836,13 +836,6 @@ export async function getBinaryDataBuffer(
 	return BinaryDataManager.getInstance().retrieveBinaryData(binaryData);
 }
 
-function fileTypeFromMimeType(mimeType: string): BinaryFileType | undefined {
-	if (mimeType.startsWith('image/')) return 'image';
-	if (mimeType.startsWith('video/')) return 'video';
-	if (mimeType.startsWith('text/') || mimeType.startsWith('application/json')) return 'text';
-	return;
-}
-
 /**
  * Store an incoming IBinaryData & related buffer using the configured binary data manager.
  *

packages/editor-ui/src/components/BinaryDataDisplay.vue

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-	<div v-if="windowVisible" class="binary-data-window">
+	<div v-if="windowVisible" :class="['binary-data-window', binaryData?.fileType]">
 		<n8n-button
 			@click.stop="closeWindow"
 			size="small"
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ export default mixins(
 	overflow: hidden;
 	text-align: center;
 
+	&.json {
+		overflow: auto;
+	}
+
 	.binary-data-window-wrapper {
 		margin-top: .5em;
 		padding: 0 1em;

packages/editor-ui/src/components/BinaryDataDisplayEmbed.vue

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 				<source :src="embedSource" :type="binaryData.mimeType">
 				{{ $locale.baseText('binaryDataDisplay.yourBrowserDoesNotSupport') }}
 			</video>
+			<vue-json-pretty
+				v-else-if="binaryData.fileType === 'json'"
+				:data="jsonData"
+				:deep="3"
+				:showLength="true"
+			/>
 			<embed v-else :src="embedSource" class="binary-data" :class="embedClass()"/>
 		</span>
 	</span>
@@ -19,38 +25,56 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 import mixins from 'vue-typed-mixins';
 import { restApi } from '@/mixins/restApi';
-import type { IBinaryData } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { IBinaryData, jsonParse } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { PropType } from 'vue';
+import VueJsonPretty from 'vue-json-pretty';
 
 export default mixins(
 	restApi,
 )
 	.extend({
 		name: 'BinaryDataDisplayEmbed',
-		props: [
+		components: {
-			'binaryData', // IBinaryData
+			VueJsonPretty,
-		],
+		},
+		props: {
+			binaryData: {
+				type: Object as PropType<IBinaryData>,
+				required: true,
+			},
+		},
 		data() {
 			return {
 				isLoading: true,
 				embedSource: '',
 				error: false,
+				jsonData: '',
 			};
 		},
 		async mounted() {
 			const id = this.binaryData?.id;
+			const isJSONData = this.binaryData.fileType === 'json';
+
 			if(!id) {
-				this.embedSource = 'data:' + this.binaryData.mimeType + ';base64,' + this.binaryData.data;
+				if (isJSONData) {
-				this.isLoading = false;
+					this.jsonData = jsonParse(atob(this.binaryData.data));
-				return;
+				} else {
+					this.embedSource = 'data:' + this.binaryData.mimeType + ';base64,' + this.binaryData.data;
+				}
+			} else {
+				try {
+					const binaryUrl = this.restApi().getBinaryUrl(id);
+					if (isJSONData) {
+						this.jsonData = await (await fetch(binaryUrl)).json();
+					} else {
+						this.embedSource = binaryUrl;
+					}
+				} catch (e) {
+					this.error = true;
+				}
 			}
 
-			try {
+			this.isLoading = false;
-				this.embedSource = this.restApi().getBinaryUrl(id);
-				this.isLoading = false;
-			} catch (e) {
-				this.isLoading = false;
-				this.error = true;
-			}
 		},
 		methods: {
 			embedClass(): string[] {

packages/editor-ui/src/components/RunData.vue

@@ -1060,15 +1060,15 @@ export default mixins(
 				this.updateNodesExecutionIssues();
 			},
 			isViewable (index: number, key: string): boolean {
-				const { fileType }: IBinaryData = this.binaryData[index][key];
+				const { fileType } = this.binaryData[index][key];
-				return !!fileType && ['image', 'video'].includes(fileType);
+				return !!fileType && ['image', 'video', 'text', 'json'].includes(fileType);
 			},
 			isDownloadable (index: number, key: string): boolean {
-				const { mimeType, fileName }: IBinaryData = this.binaryData[index][key];
+				const { mimeType, fileName } = this.binaryData[index][key];
 				return !!(mimeType && fileName);
 			},
 			async downloadBinaryData (index: number, key: string) {
-				const { id, data, fileName, fileExtension, mimeType }: IBinaryData = this.binaryData[index][key];
+				const { id, data, fileName, fileExtension, mimeType } = this.binaryData[index][key];
 
 				if(id) {
 					const url = this.restApi().getBinaryUrl(id);

packages/nodes-base/nodes/MoveBinaryData/MoveBinaryData.node.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { get, set, unset } from 'lodash';
+import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes';
 
 import { BINARY_ENCODING, IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 	INodeTypeDescription,
 	jsonParse,
 	NodeOperationError,
+	fileTypeFromMimeType,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import iconv from 'iconv-lite';
@@ -415,20 +417,26 @@ export class MoveBinaryData implements INodeType {
 					newItem.binary = {};
 				}
 
+				const mimeType = (options.mimeType as string) || 'application/json';
+				const convertedValue: IBinaryData = {
+					data: '',
+					mimeType,
+					fileType: fileTypeFromMimeType(mimeType),
+				};
+
 				if (options.dataIsBase64 !== true) {
-					if (options.useRawData !== true) {
+					if (options.useRawData !== true || typeof value === 'object') {
 						value = JSON.stringify(value);
 					}
 
-					value = iconv
+					convertedValue.fileSize = prettyBytes(value.length);
-						.encode(value as string, encoding, { addBOM: options.addBOM as boolean })
-						.toString(BINARY_ENCODING);
-				}
 
-				const convertedValue: IBinaryData = {
+					convertedValue.data = iconv
-					data: value as string,
+						.encode(value, encoding, { addBOM: options.addBOM as boolean })
-					mimeType: (options.mimeType as string) || 'application/json',
+						.toString(BINARY_ENCODING);
-				};
+				} else {
+					convertedValue.data = value as unknown as string;
+				}
 
 				if (options.fileName) {
 					convertedValue.fileName = options.fileName as string;

packages/nodes-base/package.json

@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@
     "pdf-parse": "^1.1.1",
     "pg": "^8.3.0",
     "pg-promise": "^10.5.8",
+    "pretty-bytes": "^5.6.0",
     "promise-ftp": "^1.3.5",
     "redis": "^3.1.1",
     "request": "^2.88.2",

packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export type IAllExecuteFunctions =
 	| ITriggerFunctions
 	| IWebhookFunctions;
 
-export type BinaryFileType = 'text' | 'image' | 'video';
+export type BinaryFileType = 'text' | 'json' | 'image' | 'video';
 export interface IBinaryData {
 	[key: string]: string | undefined;
 	data: string;

packages/workflow/src/index.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export * from './WorkflowErrors';
 export * from './WorkflowHooks';
 export * from './VersionedNodeType';
 export { LoggerProxy, NodeHelpers, ObservableObject, TelemetryHelpers };
-export { deepCopy, jsonParse, sleep } from './utils';
+export { deepCopy, jsonParse, sleep, fileTypeFromMimeType } from './utils';
 export {
 	isINodeProperties,
 	isINodePropertyOptions,

packages/workflow/src/utils.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { BinaryFileType } from './Interfaces';
+
 export type Primitives = string | number | boolean | bigint | symbol | null | undefined;
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument */
@@ -64,3 +66,11 @@ export const sleep = async (ms: number): Promise<void> =>
 	new Promise((resolve) => {
 		setTimeout(resolve, ms);
 	});
+
+export function fileTypeFromMimeType(mimeType: string): BinaryFileType | undefined {
+	if (mimeType.startsWith('application/json')) return 'json';
+	if (mimeType.startsWith('image/')) return 'image';
+	if (mimeType.startsWith('video/')) return 'video';
+	if (mimeType.startsWith('text/')) return 'text';
+	return;
+}

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ importers:
       pdf-parse: ^1.1.1
       pg: ^8.3.0
       pg-promise: ^10.5.8
+      pretty-bytes: ^5.6.0
       promise-ftp: ^1.3.5
       redis: ^3.1.1
       request: ^2.88.2
@@ -796,6 +797,7 @@ importers:
       pdf-parse: 1.1.1
       pg: 8.8.0
       pg-promise: 10.12.0
+      pretty-bytes: 5.6.0
       promise-ftp: 1.3.5_promise-ftp-common@1.1.5
       redis: 3.1.2
       request: 2.88.2