title: File Receiver
registryType: receiver
isThirdParty: false
language: collector
tags:
  - file
  - receiver
  - collector
repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/filereceiver
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  The File Receiver reads the output of a File Exporter, converting that output
  to metrics, and sending the metrics down the pipeline.
authors: OpenTelemetry Authors
otVersion: latest
