File Connector
Overview
The Conduit File plugin provides both source and destination connectors, allowing for a file to be either a source or a destination in a Conduit pipeline.
How it works
The Source connector listens for changes appended to the source file and sends records with the changes. The Destination connector receives records and writes them to a file.
Source
The Source connector only cares to have a valid path, even if the file doesn't exist, it will still run and wait until a file with the configured name is there, then it will start listening to changes and sending records.
Destination
The Destination connector will create the file if it doesn't exist, and records with changes will be appended to the destination file when received.
Configuration
| name | part of | description | required | default value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
path | destination, source | The path to the file | true |
Limitations
- The Source connector only detects appended changes to the file, so it doesn't detect deletes or edits.
- The connectors can only access local files on the machine where Conduit is running. So, running Conduit on a server means it can't access a file on your local machine.
- Currently, only works reliably with text files (may work with non-text files, but not guaranteed)