"Big File" contrib for node-red. Original work by IBM doesn't fit my needs. With big files, multiple blocks are sent making parsing inconsistent. I also needed the file reader to use state of the art libraries
This node is able to manage big files by sending blocks or string or lines
That means, in block mode, not only "one message is a whole file" and able to manage start/end control messages
That means it uses a second output to give control states (start/end/running and error) control messages
Visual status on the node tells it's ready/running (blue), all is ok and done (green) or in error (red)
Big File is an input node for node-red to read big files and send them as blocks, lines or a unique string
It has options offered by fs: (https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_createreadstream_path_options)
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