import text

example/importme.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Hello - I am an imported text file
+this is my second line

src/TemplateProcessor.ts

@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ export default class TemplateProcessor {
                     format = 'json';
                 } else if (contentType.includes("text/yaml")) {
                     format = 'yaml';
+                }else if (contentType.includes("text/plain")) {
+                    format = 'yaml';
                 }
             } //we can still encounter incorrect conetnt-type like text/plain for json or yaml on various hosting sites like github raw
             if(!format){
@@ -670,12 +672,16 @@ export default class TemplateProcessor {
                     format = 'json';
                 } else if (fileExtension === 'yaml' || fileExtension === 'yml') {
                     format = 'yaml';
+                } else if (fileExtension === 'text' || fileExtension === 'txt') {
+                    format = 'text';
                 }
             }
 
             switch (format) {
                 case 'json':
                     return await resp.json();
+                case 'text':
+                    return await resp.text();
                 case 'yaml':
                     const text = await resp.text();
                     return yaml.load(text);
@@ -1778,15 +1784,17 @@ export default class TemplateProcessor {
                 return JSON.parse(content);
             }else if (fileExtension === '.yaml' || fileExtension === '.yml') {
                 return yaml.load(content);
+            }else if (fileExtension === '.text' || fileExtension === '.txt') {
+                return content;
             }else if (fileExtension === '.js' || fileExtension === '.mjs') {
                 throw new Error('js and mjs imports not implemented yet');
              }else{
                 throw new Error('import file extension must be .json or .yaml or .yml');
             }
         } catch(e) {
             this.logger.debug('import was not a local file');
+            throw e;
         }
-        return content;
     }
 
     private wrapInOrdinaryFunction(jsonataLambda:any) {

src/test/TemplateProcessor.test.js

@@ -1352,6 +1352,19 @@ test("local import with non-absolute --importPath", async () => {
     });
 });
 
+test("local import textfile with non-absolute --importPath", async () => {
+    const template = {
+        "foo": "bar",
+        "baz": "${ $import('importme.txt') }"
+    };
+    const tp = new TemplateProcessor(template, {}, {importPath: 'example'});
+    await tp.initialize();
+    expect(tp.output).toEqual({
+        "baz": "Hello - I am an imported text file\nthis is my second line",
+        "foo": "bar"
+    });
+});
+
 test("deep view", async () => {
     const template = {
         "closureExpression": "/${ ($names := $distinct(data.pD.data.name);  {'yAxis': [ {'categories': $names} ]}) }",