> ## Documentation Index
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# restore()
export const GitHubLink = ({url}) =>
GitHub source
;
### function `restore`
```python theme={null}
restore(
name: 'str',
run_path: 'str | None' = None,
replace: 'bool' = False,
root: 'str | None' = None
) → None | TextIO
```
Download the specified file from cloud storage.
File is placed into the current directory or run directory. By default, will only download the file if it doesn't already exist.
**Args:**
* `name`: The name of the file.
* `run_path`: Optional path to a run to pull files from, i.e. `username/project_name/run_id` if wandb.init has not been called, this is required.
* `replace`: Whether to download the file even if it already exists locally
* `root`: The directory to download the file to. Defaults to the current directory or the run directory if wandb.init was called.
**Returns:**
None if it can't find the file, otherwise a file object open for reading.
**Raises:**
* `CommError`: If W\&B can't connect to the W\&B backend.
* `ValueError`: If the file is not found or can't find run\_path.