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Files Helper integration

Read file content and return it in different formats.

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Actions
7
Triggers
0
License
MIT, open source
Updated
August 2026

About the Files Helper integration

Add the Files Helper piece to a flow, connect your account once, and the rest of the builder can read from it and write to it. Because the piece is open source you can run it on our cloud or self-host it, and combine Files Helper with 760+ other apps in the same flow.

Actions

Everything Activepieces can do in Files Helper

Drop any of these into a flow and fill in the fields. No code is required.

  • Read File

    Read a file from the file system

    2 fields

  • Create file

    Create file from content

    3 fields

  • Change File Encoding

    Changes the encoding of a file

    4 fields

  • Check file type

    Check MIME type of a file and filter based on selected types

    2 fields

  • Zip Files

    Create compressed zip file from one or many files

    4 fields

  • Unzip File

    Unzip compressed zip file

    4 fields

  • Get File Name

    Get the name of a file

    1 field

Use Files Helper in a flow

Connect Files Helper once and every trigger and action above is yours to drop into the builder, alongside 760+ other apps. Free to start, on our cloud or your own servers.

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Files Helper, answered.

Yes. Activepieces is open source and free to start, and the Files Helper piece is included on every plan, from the free cloud tier to any self-hosted deployment.

Add the Files Helper piece to a flow. Once connected, its 0 triggers and 7 actions are available anywhere in the builder.

Connect Files Helper to any of 760+ other apps and AI steps, then automate the work in between without writing code.

Yes. Activepieces is fully self-hostable, so you can run the Files Helper piece on your own infrastructure with your connections and your data staying in your environment.

Yes. Every piece you connect can be exposed over one Activepieces MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client can call Files Helper actions as tools.

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