feat(core): Improvements/overhaul for nodes working with binary data (#7651)

Github issue / Community forum post (link here to close automatically): --------- Co-authored-by: Giulio Andreini <andreini@netseven.it> Co-authored-by: Marcus <marcus@n8n.io>
2025-12-17 10:02:05 +00:00 · 2024-01-03 13:08:16 +02:00
parent 259323b97e
commit 5e16dd4ab4
119 changed files with 4477 additions and 1201 deletions
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Files/ConvertToFile/ConvertToFile.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Files/ConvertToFile/ConvertToFile.node.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import type {
+	IExecuteFunctions,
+	INodeExecutionData,
+	INodeType,
+	INodeTypeDescription,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import * as spreadsheet from './actions/spreadsheet.operation';
+import * as toBinary from './actions/toBinary.operation';
+import * as toJson from './actions/toJson.operation';
+import * as iCall from './actions/iCall.operation';
+
+export class ConvertToFile implements INodeType {
+	// eslint-disable-next-line n8n-nodes-base/node-class-description-missing-subtitle
+	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
+		displayName: 'Convert to File',
+		name: 'convertToFile',
+		icon: 'file:convertToFile.svg',
+		group: ['input'],
+		version: 1,
+		description: 'Convert JSON data to binary data',
+		defaults: {
+			name: 'Convert to File',
+		},
+		inputs: ['main'],
+		outputs: ['main'],
+		properties: [
+			{
+				displayName: 'Operation',
+				name: 'operation',
+				type: 'options',
+				noDataExpression: true,
+				options: [
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to CSV',
+						value: 'csv',
+						action: 'Convert to CSV',
+						description: 'Transform input data into a CSV file',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to HTML',
+						value: 'html',
+						action: 'Convert to HTML',
+						description: 'Transform input data into a table in an HTML file',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to iCal',
+						value: 'iCal',
+						action: 'Convert to iCal',
+						description: 'Converts each input item to an ICS event file',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to JSON',
+						value: 'toJson',
+						action: 'Convert to JSON',
+						description: 'Transform input data into a single or multiple JSON files',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to ODS',
+						value: 'ods',
+						action: 'Convert to ODS',
+						description: 'Transform input data into an ODS file',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to RTF',
+						value: 'rtf',
+						action: 'Convert to RTF',
+						description: 'Transform input data into a table in an RTF file',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to XLS',
+						value: 'xls',
+						action: 'Convert to XLS',
+						description: 'Transform input data into an Excel file',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Convert to XLSX',
+						value: 'xlsx',
+						action: 'Convert to XLSX',
+						description: 'Transform input data into an Excel file',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Move Base64 String to File',
+						value: 'toBinary',
+						action: 'Move base64 string to file',
+						description: 'Convert a base64-encoded string into its original file format',
+					},
+				],
+				default: 'csv',
+			},
+			...spreadsheet.description,
+			...toBinary.description,
+			...toJson.description,
+			...iCall.description,
+		],
+	};
+
+	async execute(this: IExecuteFunctions) {
+		const items = this.getInputData();
+		const operation = this.getNodeParameter('operation', 0);
+		let returnData: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
+
+		if (spreadsheet.operations.includes(operation)) {
+			returnData = await spreadsheet.execute.call(this, items, operation);
+		}
+
+		if (operation === 'toJson') {
+			returnData = await toJson.execute.call(this, items);
+		}
+
+		if (operation === 'toBinary') {
+			returnData = await toBinary.execute.call(this, items);
+		}
+
+		if (operation === 'iCal') {
+			returnData = await iCall.execute.call(this, items);
+		}
+
+		return [returnData];
+	}
+}