Capture de content of a file in Nifi from HDFS

[#1]

Hi, I have a GetHDFS processor that reads a .TXT and I need to read the content and send a email combined the content with some other default text. I tried a UpdateAttribute to capture flowfile-content and then used in PutEmail sendMessage as Hi ${content} for example, but always get a empty string.

Someone can help me

[#2]

@cbravom Welcome to the Cloudera Community!

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[#3 · Accepted solution]

@cbravom 

The UpdateAttribute processor does not read the content of the FlowFile. It is used to add or modify attributes/metadata on the NiFi FlowFile.  

For extracting the content to the FlowFile, you'll want to use a processor like ExtractText.  Keep in mind that the FlowFile attributes for all active FlowFiles is held in NiFi's heap memory.  If you can avoid extracting the content to attribute(s) and still satisfy your user case, that would be much more efficient.

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Matt

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