feat(core): Improvements/overhaul for nodes working with binary data (#7651)

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Co-authored-by: Giulio Andreini <andreini@netseven.it>
Co-authored-by: Marcus <marcus@n8n.io>

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Chat/descriptions/MediaDescription.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const mediaFields: INodeProperties[] = [
 		description: 'Name of the media that is being downloaded',
 	},
 	{
-		displayName: 'Binary Property',
+		displayName: 'Put Output File in Field',
 		name: 'binaryPropertyName',
 		type: 'string',
 		default: 'data',
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ export const mediaFields: INodeProperties[] = [
 				operation: ['download'],
 			},
 		},
-		description: 'Name of the binary property to which to write the data of the read file',
+		hint: 'The name of the output binary field to put the file in',
 	},
 ];

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/CloudStorage/ObjectDescription.ts

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ export const objectFields: INodeProperties[] = [
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		displayName: 'Use Binary Property',
+		displayName: 'Use Input Binary Field',
 		name: 'createFromBinary',
 		type: 'boolean',
 		displayOptions: {
@@ -510,9 +510,10 @@ export const objectFields: INodeProperties[] = [
 		description: 'Whether the data for creating a file should come from a binary field',
 	},
 	{
-		displayName: 'Binary Property',
+		displayName: 'Input Binary Field',
 		name: 'createBinaryPropertyName',
 		type: 'string',
+		hint: 'The name of the input binary field containing the file to be written',
 		displayOptions: {
 			show: {
 				resource: ['object'],
@@ -537,9 +538,10 @@ export const objectFields: INodeProperties[] = [
 		description: 'Content of the file to be uploaded',
 	},
 	{
-		displayName: 'Binary Property',
+		displayName: 'Put Output File in Field',
 		name: 'binaryPropertyName',
 		type: 'string',
+		hint: 'The name of the output binary field to put the file in',
 		displayOptions: {
 			show: {
 				resource: ['object'],

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v1/GoogleDriveV1.node.ts

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ const versionDescription: INodeTypeDescription = {
 		//         file:download
 		// ----------------------------------
 		{
-			displayName: 'Binary Property',
+			displayName: 'Put Output File in Field',
 			name: 'binaryPropertyName',
 			type: 'string',
 			required: true,
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ const versionDescription: INodeTypeDescription = {
 					resource: ['file'],
 				},
 			},
-			description: 'Name of the binary property to which to write the data of the read file',
+			hint: 'The name of the output binary field to put the file in',
 		},
 		{
 			displayName: 'Options',
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ const versionDescription: INodeTypeDescription = {
 		},
 
 		{
-			displayName: 'Binary Data',
+			displayName: 'Binary File',
 			name: 'binaryData',
 			type: 'boolean',
 			default: false,
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ const versionDescription: INodeTypeDescription = {
 			description: 'The text content of the file to upload',
 		},
 		{
-			displayName: 'Binary Property',
+			displayName: 'Input Binary Field',
 			name: 'binaryPropertyName',
 			type: 'string',
 			default: 'data',
@@ -874,8 +874,7 @@ const versionDescription: INodeTypeDescription = {
 				},
 			},
 			placeholder: '',
-			description:
-				'Name of the binary property which contains the data for the file to be uploaded',
+			hint: 'The name of the input binary field containing the file to be uploaded',
 		},
 
 		// ----------------------------------

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/actions/file/download.operation.ts

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ const properties: INodeProperties[] = [
 		default: {},
 		options: [
 			{
-				displayName: 'Binary Property',
+				displayName: 'Put Output File in Field',
 				name: 'binaryPropertyName',
 				type: 'string',
 				placeholder: 'e.g. data',
 				default: 'data',
 				description: 'Use this field name in the following nodes, to use the binary file data',
-				hint: 'The name of the output field to put the binary file data in',
+				hint: 'The name of the output binary field to put the file in',
 			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Google File Conversion',

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Slides/GoogleSlides.node.ts

@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ export class GoogleSlides implements INodeType {
 				description: 'Name of the binary property to which to write the data of the read page',
 			},
 			{
-				displayName: 'Binary Property',
+				displayName: 'Put Output File in Field',
 				name: 'binaryProperty',
 				type: 'string',
 				required: true,
 				default: 'data',
-				description: 'Name of the binary property to which to write to',
+				hint: 'The name of the output binary field to put the file in',
 				displayOptions: {
 					show: {
 						resource: ['page'],

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/YouTube/ChannelDescription.ts

@@ -545,10 +545,11 @@ export const channelFields: INodeProperties[] = [
 		default: '',
 	},
 	{
-		displayName: 'Binary Property',
+		displayName: 'Input Binary Field',
 		name: 'binaryProperty',
 		type: 'string',
 		required: true,
+		hint: 'The name of the input binary field containing the file to be uploaded',
 		displayOptions: {
 			show: {
 				operation: ['uploadBanner'],

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/YouTube/VideoDescription.ts

@@ -107,10 +107,11 @@ export const videoFields: INodeProperties[] = [
 		default: '',
 	},
 	{
-		displayName: 'Binary Property',
+		displayName: 'Input Binary Field',
 		name: 'binaryProperty',
 		type: 'string',
 		required: true,
+		hint: 'The name of the input binary field containing the file to be uploaded',
 		displayOptions: {
 			show: {
 				operation: ['upload'],