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


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

- The default setting for $ExternalStorageBase is "IPFS".
- Possible settings for $ExternalStorageBase include:
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"AmazonS3" Amazon S3 "Dropbox" Dropbox "IPFS" InterPlanetary File System
Examples
Basic Examples (3)
The default for $ExternalStorageBase is "IPFS":
Set $ExternalStorageBase to "Dropbox":
Set $ExternalStorageBase to "AmazonS3":
Related Guides
History
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_2025_$externalstoragebase, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$ExternalStorageBase}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$externalstoragebase, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$ExternalStorageBase}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ExternalStorageBase.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}