Files & Drive

`readFile`

Read File

Read what is INSIDE a Cloud File: a CSV/TXT/MD/DOCX document, a PDF's text layer, an audio or video transcript, or an IMAGE (a vision description of what it shows plus any legible text, in…

read

Arguments

fileIdstringrequiredThe Cloud File id from listFiles or searchFiles
pageRangestringoptionalPDF page range, e.g. "1-5" or "3". Defaults to the first pages.
offsetnumberoptionalCharacter offset for paging long text / transcripts
limitnumberoptionalMax characters to return for text / transcripts

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

read that file
what's in that CSV
open the spreadsheet
what does this document say
what's in that screenshot

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.