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FileReadTool

FileReadTool

Reads a file and returns its contents.

Parameters

  • file_path (str): The path to the file to be read.
  • encoding (str, optional): The encoding of the file, defaults to utf-8.

Returns

The return value is of the type: ToolReturn (Learn more about: ToolReturn) with the following output and exit_code:

  • output (str): The contents of the file.
  • exit_code (int): 0 if success, 1 if failure.

Usage

(Learn more about: FileWriteTool)

import asyncio
from embedia.tools import FileWriteTool, FileReadTool
 
file_writer = FileWriteTool()
file_reader = FileReadTool()
asyncio.run(file_writer(file_path="test.txt", content="Hello World!"))
resp = asyncio.run(file_reader(file_path="test.txt"))
print("Contents of text.txt:", resp.output)

Running the above code prints the following:

[time: 2023-10-03T09:27:48.801571+00:00] [id: 139971103827792] [event: Tool Start]
Tool: FileWriteTool
Args: ()
Kwargs: {'file_path': 'test.txt', 'content': 'Hello World!'}
 
[time: 2023-10-03T09:27:48.801812+00:00] [id: 139971103827792] [event: Tool End]
Tool: FileWriteTool
ExitCode: 0
Output:
12
 
[time: 2023-10-03T09:27:48.802660+00:00] [id: 139971103818768] [event: Tool Start]
Tool: FileReadTool
Args: ()
Kwargs: {'file_path': 'test.txt'}
 
[time: 2023-10-03T09:27:48.802780+00:00] [id: 139971103818768] [event: Tool End]
Tool: FileReadTool
ExitCode: 0
Output:
Hello World!
Contents of text.txt: Hello World!