What it does

This action downloads a file from your SFTP server and returns its contents to Shopify Flow.

When to use it

Use it when external systems place files on SFTP and Flow needs to read that data.

Before you start

• Install Flow Buddy
• Confirm your plan includes SFTP
• Open SFTP Settings in Flow Buddy
• Gather host, port, username, password or key, and source path

Setup steps

1. Open SFTP Settings in Flow Buddy.
2. Enter the server credentials.
3. Save the settings.
4. Open Shopify Flow.
5. Add the SFTP Import action to a workflow.
6. Specify the remote file path.
7. Run the workflow.
8. Confirm the imported content is available in later Flow steps.

Example

A scheduled workflow imports a daily inventory file from SFTP and passes the contents to downstream logic.