Hi, How I noticed this: I wanted to execute python scripts dynamically == using flowfile arguments, but I got FileNotFoundException.
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:206) at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode.invokeTaskAsCancelableFuture(StandardProcessorNode.java:1465) ... 9 common frames omitted Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor542.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.nifi.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodsWithAnnotations(ReflectionUtils.java:137) at org.apache.nifi.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodsWithAnnotations(ReflectionUtils.java:125) at org.apache.nifi.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodsWithAnnotations(ReflectionUtils.java:70) at org.apache.nifi.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodsWithAnnotation(ReflectionUtils.java:47) at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode$1$1.call(StandardProcessorNode.java:1307) at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode$1$1.call(StandardProcessorNode.java:1303) ... 6 common frames omitted Caused by: org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: (No such file or directory) at org.apache.nifi.processors.script.ExecuteScript.setup(ExecuteScript.java:160) ... 15 common frames omitted Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: (No such file or directory) at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:93) at org.apache.nifi.processors.script.ExecuteScript.setup(ExecuteScript.java:155) ... 15 common frames omitted After some digging I found the possible cause: https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/master/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/script/ScriptingComponentHelper.java Line 288: scriptPath = context.getProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.SCRIPT_FILE).evaluateAttributeExpressions().getValue(); >From what I figured out from Matt's answer to a post (link below) there should be a flowfile argument inside "..evaluateAttributeExpressions()" https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/22448/apache-nifi-custom-processor-expression-language.html?childToView=22470#answer-22470 i.e. scriptPath = context.getProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.SCRIPT_FILE).evaluateAttributeExpressions(<FLOW FILE>).getValue(); Thanks, Martin -- Sent from: http://apache-nifi-users-list.2361937.n4.nabble.com/