From 6f779b215ca2c83283d115a90130bcae03d3fcbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikhil Nandagopal <nikhil@appsmith.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 16:45:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] added a text property for the file as well

---
 app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx | 22 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx
index 615a9bcb47..67e0371412 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/FilepickerWidget.tsx
@@ -136,15 +136,21 @@ class FilePickerWidget extends BaseWidget<
         binaryReader.readAsBinaryString(file.data);
         binaryReader.onloadend = () => {
           const rawData = binaryReader.result;
-          const newFile = {
-            id: file.id,
-            base64: base64data,
-            blob: file.data,
-            raw: rawData,
-            name: file.meta ? file.meta.name : undefined,
+          const textReader = new FileReader();
+          textReader.readAsText(file.data);
+          textReader.onloadend = () => {
+            const text = textReader.result;
+            const newFile = {
+              id: file.id,
+              base64: base64data,
+              blob: file.data,
+              raw: rawData,
+              text: text,
+              name: file.meta ? file.meta.name : undefined,
+            };
+            dslFiles.push(newFile);
+            this.props.updateWidgetMetaProperty("files", dslFiles);
           };
-          dslFiles.push(newFile);
-          this.props.updateWidgetMetaProperty("files", dslFiles);
         };
       };
     });