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E2B Sandbox allows you to upload and downloads file to and from the Sandbox. An alternative way to get your data to the sandbox is to create a custom sandbox template.

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Upload file

import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

// Read local file relative to the current working directory
const content = fs.readFileSync('local/file')

const sbx = await Sandbox.create()
// Upload file to the sandbox to absolute path '/home/user/my-file'
await sbx.files.write('/home/user/my-file', content)

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Upload multiple files

Currently, if you want to upload multiple files, you need to upload each one of the separately. We’re working on a better solution. 
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

// Read local file relative to the current working directory
const fileA = fs.readFileSync('local/file/a')
const fileB = fs.readFileSync('local/file/b')

const sbx = await Sandbox.create()
// Upload file A to the sandbox to absolute path '/home/user/my-file-a'
await sbx.files.write('/home/user/my-file-a', fileA)
// Upload file B to the sandbox to absolute path '/home/user/my-file-b'
await sbx.files.write('/home/user/my-file-b', fileB)

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Upload directory

We currently don’t support an easy way to upload a whole directory. You need to upload each file separately. We’re working on a better solution.

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Download file

To download a file, you need to first get the file’s content and then write it to a local file. 
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const sbx = await Sandbox.create()
// Download file from the sandbox to absolute path '/home/user/my-file'
const content = await sbx.files.read('/home/user/my-file')
// Write file to local path relative to the current working directory
fs.writeFileSync('local/file', content)

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Download multiple files

To download multiple files, you need to download each one of them separately from the sandbox. We’re working on a better solution. 
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const sbx = await Sandbox.create()
// Download file A from the sandbox by absolute path '/home/user/my-file-a'
const contentA = await sbx.files.read('/home/user/my-file-a')
// Write file A to local path relative to the current working directory
fs.writeFileSync('local/file/a', contentA)

// Download file B from the sandbox by absolute path '/home/user/my-file-b'
const contentB = await sbx.files.read('/home/user/my-file-b')
// Write file B to local path relative to the current working directory
fs.writeFileSync('local/file/b', contentB)

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Download directory

We currently don’t support an easy way to download a whole directory. You need to download each file separately. We’re working on a better solution.