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File Helper
What is File Helper Entity
The File Helper entity has operations that allow a user to perform file reading and file creation tasks. It allows the user to create a CSV file or an Excel workbook. The user can create a file from existing content/object, or a new empty file.
Built-in operations in File Helper Entity
This topic describes the list of operations that can be performed on a File Helper entity in the Backflipt platform.
| File Helper Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| Read all Lines | It can be used to read all the lines and return the file data as an array. |
| Read all text from Stream | It can be used to read all the text and return the file data as a string. |
| Create Workbook | It can be used to create a workbook in an Excel file, which can then be uploaded to a URL. |
| Create CSV content | It can be used to create a CSV file, which can then be uploaded to a URL. |
| Export Workbook as a Stream | It can be used to upload a file to a cloud solution like OneDrive. |
| Parse Workbook as a Stream | It can be used to read the contents of various file types like XLS, XLSX, XLSB, XLSM, and CSV and return a JSON object. |