Binary data

Binary data is any file-type data, such as image files or documents.

This page collects resources relating to binary data in REA Automation.

Working with binary data in your workflows

You can process binary data in REA Automation workflows. REA Automation provides nodes to help you work with binary data. You can also use code.

Nodes

There are three key nodes dedicated to handling binary data files:

• Read/Write Files from Disk to read and write files from/to the machine where REA Automation is running.
• Convert to File to take input data and output it as a file.
• Extract From File to get data from a binary format and convert it to JSON.

There are separate nodes for working with XML and HTML data:

• HTML
• XML

And nodes for performing common tasks:

• Compression
• Edit Image
• FTP

You can trigger a workflow based on changes to a local file using the Local File trigger.

To split or concatenate binary data items, use the data transformation nodes.

Code

You can use the Code node to manipulate binary data in your workflows.