# 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:543](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/blob/c78cc8d/packages/contents/src/drivefs.ts#L543)



### `format`

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

#### Defined in

[packages/contents/src/drivefs.ts:544](https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/blob/c78cc8d/packages/contents/src/drivefs.ts#L544)