WOLFRAM

Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center

$ExternalStorageBase

gives the name of the default external storage service to be used for external storage operations.

Details
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
See Also
Related Guides
Related Links
History
Cite this Page

$ExternalStorageBase

$ExternalStorageBase

gives the name of the default external storage service to be used for external storage operations.

Details

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

The default for $ExternalStorageBase is "IPFS":

Wolfram Language code: $ExternalStorageBase

Upload to "IPFS":

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageUpload["ExampleData/spikey2.png"]

Download from "IPFS":

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageDownload["Qmd1HkTU55zaCDnX2wbnVoq15aPHdutn8c3epuJFAt4dgf"]
Wolfram Language code: Import[%]

Set $ExternalStorageBase to "Dropbox":

Wolfram Language code: $ExternalStorageBase = "Dropbox"

Upload to "Dropbox":

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageUpload["ExampleData/spikey2.png"]

Download from "Dropbox":

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageDownload["/WolframUploads/choriza.jpg"]
Wolfram Language code: Import[%]

Set $ExternalStorageBase to "AmazonS3":

Wolfram Language code: $ExternalStorageBase = "AmazonS3"

Upload multiple files to "AmazonS3":

Wolfram Language code: files = FileNameJoin[{$InstallationDirectory, "Documentation", "English", "System", "ExampleData", #}]& /@ {"coneflower.jpg", "spikey2.png", "turtle.jpg"};
Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageUpload[files, "wolfram-bucket"]

Download multiple files from "AmazonS3":

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageDownload[{"wolfram-bucket/Choriza.jpg", "wolfram-bucket/zip.jpeg", "wolfram-bucket/ThaiCali.jpg"}]
Wolfram Language code: Import /@ %
Wolfram Research (2020), $ExternalStorageBase, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2020), $ExternalStorageBase, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2020. "$ExternalStorageBase." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2020). $ExternalStorageBase. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_$externalstoragebase, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$ExternalStorageBase}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_$externalstoragebase, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$ExternalStorageBase}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}