File

Write events directly to files for archiving and offline processing

Overview

The File transport enables direct writing of events to files in supported formats, ideal for archiving or further processing.

This setup is suitable for long-term storage, legacy system integration and validation or testing workflows.

With options for various file formats, storage locations and batch settings, this transport is adaptable to both local and cloud-based storage.

Example & DSL attributes

This example configures the File transport to save events as a CSV file named nasdaqAnalytic.csv in the directory /home/app/data/output/analytics.

Events are written in batches of 1024 records, with a 1000-millisecond timeout for each batch. The CSV file uses UTF-8 encoding and a pipe (|) as the delimiter.

file:
  filename: nasdaqAnalytic
  path: /home/app/data/output/analytics
  batchSize: 1024
  timeout: 1000
  formatter:
    csvFormatter:
      contentType: text/csv
      encoding: UTF-8
      delimiter: "|"

Attributes schema

Attribute	Description	Data Type	Required
filename	file name to use	String
path	Absolute path files will be written too	String
maxFilesize	Maximum file size before new file is created	Long Default: 67108864 (64MB)
batchSize	Number of events to trigger a file write process	Integer Default: 1024
formatter	Target format of event data	See Serialisation documentation