import type { Readable } from 'stream'; import type { IExecuteFunctions, INodeExecutionData, INodeProperties } from 'n8n-workflow'; import { BINARY_ENCODING } from 'n8n-workflow'; import { errorMapper } from '../helpers/utils'; import { updateDisplayOptions } from '@utils/utilities'; export const properties: INodeProperties[] = [ { displayName: 'File Path and Name', name: 'fileName', type: 'string', default: '', required: true, placeholder: 'e.g. /data/example.jpg', description: 'Path and name of the file that should be written. Also include the file extension.', }, { displayName: 'Input Binary Field', name: 'dataPropertyName', type: 'string', default: 'data', placeholder: 'e.g. data', required: true, hint: 'The name of the input binary field containing the file to be written', }, { displayName: 'Options', name: 'options', type: 'collection', placeholder: 'Add Option', default: {}, options: [ { displayName: 'Append', name: 'append', type: 'boolean', default: false, description: "Whether to append to an existing file. While it's commonly used with text files, it's not limited to them, however, it wouldn't be applicable for file types that have a specific structure like most binary formats.", }, ], }, ]; const displayOptions = { show: { operation: ['write'], }, }; export const description = updateDisplayOptions(displayOptions, properties); export async function execute(this: IExecuteFunctions, items: INodeExecutionData[]) { const returnData: INodeExecutionData[] = []; let fileName; let item: INodeExecutionData; for (let itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < items.length; itemIndex++) { try { const dataPropertyName = this.getNodeParameter('dataPropertyName', itemIndex); fileName = this.getNodeParameter('fileName', itemIndex) as string; const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', itemIndex, {}); const flag: string = options.append ? 'a' : 'w'; item = items[itemIndex]; const newItem: INodeExecutionData = { json: {}, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex, }, }; Object.assign(newItem.json, item.json); const binaryData = this.helpers.assertBinaryData(itemIndex, dataPropertyName); let fileContent: Buffer | Readable; if (binaryData.id) { fileContent = await this.helpers.getBinaryStream(binaryData.id); } else { fileContent = Buffer.from(binaryData.data, BINARY_ENCODING); } // Write the file to disk await this.helpers.writeContentToFile(fileName, fileContent, flag); if (item.binary !== undefined) { // Create a shallow copy of the binary data so that the old // data references which do not get changed still stay behind // but the incoming data does not get changed. newItem.binary = {}; Object.assign(newItem.binary, item.binary); } // Add the file name to data newItem.json.fileName = fileName; returnData.push(newItem); } catch (error) { const nodeOperatioinError = errorMapper.call(this, error, itemIndex, { filePath: fileName, operation: 'write', }); if (this.continueOnFail(error)) { returnData.push({ json: { error: nodeOperatioinError.message, }, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex, }, }); continue; } throw nodeOperatioinError; } } return returnData; }