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Readers and Writers: Zip Files and URLs

Besides reading a dataset directly from a file (or set of files), FME can also read data that is stored or managed in a number of different ways:

Reading from a Zip File

Writing to a Zip File

  • Existing Writer
  • Multiple File Extensions
  • Using the Generic Writer
  • Using Dataset Fanout

Reading from a URL

  • Reading from a Cloud Storage URL