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Read File Text

This node retrieves data from a text file with a .txt extension.

File Path

Enter the path of the file to be read.

Mode

Read a line

Read a single line of data from the file.

  • Random: Reads data from a random line.
  • Delete After Read: After reading the data from a line, that line will be deleted from the data list.

Read All Lines

Read all data from the file.

Delimiter Character

Specify the character used to separate data within a line.

Assign to Variable

Assign the value to a variable.

Practical Example

You have a text file containing a list of image links as follows:

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The workflow randomly opens an image link and then deletes it from the file.

First, you use the Read File Text node to retrieve data from the file. You configure the Mode to Read One Line, select Random, and enable Delete Line After Reading to fetch a random line and remove it. Since each link has no delimiter character, you can leave the Delimiter Character field blank. To store the retrieved value, you assign it to a variable named link.

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Next, you configure the Open URL node to open the link stored in the link variable.

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Then, you use a Repeat Task node to run the process again.

The node cluster looks like this:

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When running the node cluster, the script retrieves and opens 2 random links, then deletes those links from the file:

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