File

The File node imports files from your computer into a workflow. Click Add file to choose a file, or drag a file onto the node directly. Click Add again to add more files. To swap a file, select the node and click Replace on its toolbar. When you upload an image, video, or PDF, Runchat uploads the file to cloud storage and stores a URL on the node. Plain text files (.txt, .csv, .json, .xml, .html) are stored directly on the node as text content.

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Supported file types

• Images: .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .png, .gif
• Videos: .mp4, .webm, .mov, .avi, .mkv
• Documents: .pdf, .txt, .csv, .json, .xml, .html

A single File node can hold multiple files of the same type. To import different file types, use separate File nodes.

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Image Input

For image-only uploads, use the dedicated Image Input node instead. It restricts uploads to image formats and is the right choice when you’re publishing the node as part of a Tool and want to constrain what users can upload. An Image input that holds several images is a collection: you choose which of its images flow on to the rest of the workflow.

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Preview

After uploading, the file is previewed inline on the node. Images and videos render as thumbnails, PDFs display the first page.

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Next steps

• Data Types: how file URLs flow through a workflow
• Media nodes: use uploaded images as references for generation