# cSpell:ignore filereceiver
title: File Receiver
registryType: receiver
language: collector
tags:
  - file
  - receiver
  - collector
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:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/filereceiver
createdAt: 2022-10-25
package:
  registry: go-collector
  name: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/filereceiver
  version: v0.94.0
