---
title: "file(name)"
layout: default
section: api
---
__Description__ : Get a file with the specified name. You can specify folders
in the name : the folder separator is a forward slash ("/").
__Arguments__
name | type | description
-----|--------|-------------
name | string | the name of the file.
__Returns__ : An instance of [ZipObject]({{site.baseurl}}/documentation/api_zipobject.html) representing
the file if any, `null` otherwise.
__Throws__ : Nothing.
<!-- __Complexity__ : This is a simple lookup in **O(1)**. -->
__Examples__
```js
var zip = new JSZip();
zip.file("file.txt", "content");
zip.file("file.txt").name // "file.txt"
zip.file("file.txt").asText() // "content"
zip.file("file.txt").options.dir // false
// utf8 example
var zip = new JSZip(zipFromAjaxWithUTF8);
zip.file("amount.txt").asText() // "€15"
zip.file("amount.txt").asArrayBuffer() // an ArrayBuffer containing €15 encoded as utf8
zip.file("amount.txt").asUint8Array() // an Uint8Array containing €15 encoded as utf8
// with folders
zip.folder("sub").file("file.txt", "content");
zip.file("sub/file.txt"); // the file
// or
zip.folder("sub").file("file.txt") // the file
```
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