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title: "get data · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Retrieve the contents of the given file"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/files/file_data
language: en
---

# get data

This block is part of the [`files`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/files) group and was last modified in core [`v13.0.5`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130005).

Retrieve the contents of the given file

- file required `file`

- encoding `value`

- data `value`

| `read` |
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