ReadFileBytes (String filePath)

Name	ReadFileBytes
Syntax	ReadFileBytes (String filePath)
Purpose	To read and return entire contents of the specified file in bytes.
Description	Reads all bytes of the file and returns a byte array containing all of the file’s contents. Use this function only for small binary files.
Return Type	Byte
Parameter	filePath [System.String] – Full path of the file

Example

In this example, we are passing the required parameter to the function transformation object using a Variables object.

Where,

filePath = C:\Users\Kanwal.Azim\OneDrive - Astera Software\Desktop\Functions Documentation\Files\ReadFileBytes\Test.txt

Right-click on the function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that Astera Data Stack has read and returned the bytes of the specified file.