# Upload data to volume (/docs/volumes/upload)

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Related: [Download data from volume](/docs/volumes/download.md), [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)

You can upload data to a volume using the `writeFile()` / `write_file()` method.

## Upload single file [#upload-single-file]

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      ```js  
      import fs from 'fs'
      import { Volume } from 'e2b'

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

      // Read file from local filesystem
      const content = fs.readFileSync('/local/path')
      // Upload file to volume
      await volume.writeFile('/path/in/volume', content)
      ```
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      ```python  
      from e2b import Volume

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

      # Read file from local filesystem
      with open('/local/path', 'rb') as file:
          # Upload file to volume
          volume.write_file('/path/in/volume', file)
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## Upload directory / multiple files [#upload-directory--multiple-files]

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      ```js  
      import fs from 'fs'
      import path from 'path'
      import { Volume } from 'e2b'

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

      const directoryPath = '/local/dir'
      const files = fs.readdirSync(directoryPath)

      for (const file of files) {
        const fullPath = path.join(directoryPath, file)

        // Skip directories
        if (!fs.statSync(fullPath).isFile()) continue

        const content = fs.readFileSync(fullPath)
        await volume.writeFile(`/upload/${file}`, content)
      }
      ```
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      ```python  
      import os
      from e2b import Volume

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

      directory_path = '/local/dir'

      for filename in os.listdir(directory_path):
          file_path = os.path.join(directory_path, filename)

          # Skip directories
          if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
              continue

          with open(file_path, 'rb') as file:
              volume.write_file(f'/upload/{filename}', file)
      ```
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