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# Download data from volume (/docs/volumes/download)

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Related: [Get information about a file or directory](/docs/volumes/info.md), [Managing volumes](/docs/volumes/manage.md), [Migrating data between volumes](/docs/volumes/migrate.md), [Mounting volumes](/docs/volumes/mount.md), [Read & write files](/docs/volumes/read-write.md), [Upload data to volume](/docs/volumes/upload.md)

> Download files from a volume to your local filesystem with the E2B SDK.

You can download data from a volume using the `readFile()` / `read_file()` method.

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript"
import fs from 'fs'
import { Volume } from 'e2b'

const volume = await Volume.create('my-volume')

// Read file from volume
const content = await volume.readFile('/path/in/volume')
// Write file to local filesystem
fs.writeFileSync('/local/path', content)
```

```python title="Python"
from e2b import Volume

volume = Volume.create('my-volume')

# Read file from volume
content = volume.read_file('/path/in/volume')
# Write file to local filesystem
with open('/local/path', 'w') as file:
    file.write(content)
```
</CodeGroup>