File read text

Reads an entire file pointed to by path and returns the file's contents as UTF-8 text. Will fail if the file cannot be represented as UTF-8 text.

Request

{
    "type": "file_read_text",
    "path": "..."
}

Fields

• path: absolute or relative path to the file to read.

Response

The file's bytes will be returned in a text message.

{
    "type": "text",
    "data": "..."
}

Fields

• data: contents of the file as UTF-8 text.