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.


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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Scope (3)
ExternalStorageObject (1)
Get an expression stored in the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) by providing an ExternalStorageObject:
Related Guides
History
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_2025_externalstorageget, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ExternalStorageGet}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExternalStorageGet.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_externalstorageget, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ExternalStorageGet}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ExternalStorageGet.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}