# Interface: `IFile`

[@jupyterlite/contents](../modules/jupyterlite_contents.md).[DriveFS](../modules/jupyterlite_contents.DriveFS.md).IFile

A file representation;


## Properties

### `data`

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> **`data`**: `Uint8Array`

#### Defined in

[packages/contents/src/drivefs.ts:661](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/blob/6de9813/packages/contents/src/drivefs.ts#L661)



### `format`

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> **`format`**: ``"json"`` \| ``"text"`` \| ``"base64"``

#### Defined in

[packages/contents/src/drivefs.ts:662](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/blob/6de9813/packages/contents/src/drivefs.ts#L662)