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ExternalStorageGet[ExternalStorageObject[…]]

reads in an expression stored at an external storage specified by the ExternalStorageObject.

ExternalStorageGet[location]

reads in an expression stored at location in an external storage specified by $ExternalStorageBase.

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ExternalStorageGet

ExternalStorageGet[ExternalStorageObject[…]]

reads in an expression stored at an external storage specified by the ExternalStorageObject.

ExternalStorageGet[location]

reads in an expression stored at location in an external storage specified by $ExternalStorageBase.

Details and Options

  • The default external storage is given by $ExternalStorageBase.
  • Possible values for location include regular file paths and IPFS content identifiers (CID).

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Save a computed value to the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS):

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStoragePut[Range[10]]

Get an expression stored in the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS):

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageGet[ExternalStorageObject["QmT2yUde9NFsX6J7y97VGu8CeA5tLEshu5V7PVHeRqUcDA", Association["ExternalStorageBase" -> "IPFS", "FileHash" -> "8ff89c0fb7e25244a4bbe9640f7b3170"]]]

Save a computed value to Dropbox:

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStoragePut[RandomColor[7], ExternalStorageBase -> "Dropbox"]

Get an expression stored in Dropbox:

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageGet[ExternalStorageObject["/WolframUploads/externalstorage-f169dda9-1909-4188-8a5d-fd9afb944a0d", Association["ExternalStorageBase" -> "Dropbox"]]]

Scope  (3)

ExternalStorageObject  (1)

Get an expression stored in the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) by providing an ExternalStorageObject:

Wolfram Language code: eso = ExternalStoragePut[Graphics3D[{Pink, Icosahedron[]}]]
Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageGet[ExternalStorageObject["QmdUK3ZyCsuyUCL4S5EjQsZz2SnYbqtojHLSYm6TYhyhCb", Association["ExternalStorageBase" -> "IPFS", "FileHash" -> "c8beb946180bf19475be28cbe172b925"]]]

Location  (2)

CID  (1)

Get an expression stored in the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) by providing its content identifier (CID):

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageGet["QmfPE7vZ6X8jKC7N8TSDfHuabBjW7bwbnvCAVm6eEPPatf"]

Path  (1)

Save a computed expression to Dropbox specifying the target path:

Wolfram Language code: eso = ExternalStoragePut[GeoGraphics[Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]], "/NonExistentFolderX77/NYCGeoGraphics", ExternalStorageBase -> "Dropbox"]
Wolfram Language code: eso[ "Path"]

Get an expression stored in Dropbox by providing its location path:

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageGet[eso["Path"], ExternalStorageBase -> "Dropbox"]

Options  (2)

ExternalStorageBase  (2)

Dropbox  (1)

Save a computed value to Dropbox:

Wolfram Language code: eso = ExternalStoragePut[MoleculePlot3D[Molecule["CCCC"]], ExternalStorageBase -> "Dropbox"]
Wolfram Language code: eso["Path"]

Get an expression stored in Dropbox:

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageGet[eso["Path"], ExternalStorageBase -> "Dropbox"]

IPFS  (1)

Get an expression stored in the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS):

Wolfram Language code: ExternalStorageGet["QmeaquqH1diBTy4srCVos9fkmwLr5StwQcMceXRKArRUxA", ExternalStorageBase -> "IPFS"]
Wolfram Research (2020), ExternalStorageGet, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExternalStorageGet.html.

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_externalstorageget, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ExternalStorageGet}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExternalStorageGet.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_externalstorageget, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ExternalStorageGet}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExternalStorageGet.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}