apache/seatunnel

Support metadata column for file source connector

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#9,737 opened on Aug 21, 2025

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We should add metadata column for file source. So each seatunnel row from file will contains metadata info too. After this we can get these information for metadata transform.

The metadata should contains:

  • FilePath
  • FileCreateTime
  • FileUpdateTime
  • FileSize
  • FileType

etc.

Please refer https://github.com/apache/seatunnel/pull/9586 and https://github.com/apache/seatunnel/blob/dev/docs/en/transform-v2/metadata.md

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Study the existing file source implementation and the referenced PR #9586 and metadata documentation. Understand how metadata columns are implemented for other sources and replicate that pattern for the file source to add columns like FilePath, FileCreateTime, FileUpdateTime, FileSize, and FileType.
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