hf_hub_download: Download a File from the Hub

In huggingfaceR: Access 'Hugging Face' Models and Datasets

Download a File from the Hub

Description

Download a single file from a model, dataset, or Space repository.

Usage

hf_hub_download(
  repo_id,
  filename,
  repo_type = "model",
  revision = "main",
  dest = NULL,
  token = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE
)

Arguments

repo_id	Character string. Repository ID.
filename	Character string. Path to the file inside the repository.
repo_type	Character string. One of "model", "dataset", or "space".
revision	Character string. Git revision, branch, or tag.
dest	Character path or NULL. If NULL, writes to a temporary file. If an existing directory, the repository filename basename is used inside it.
token	Character string or NULL. API token for private repositories.
overwrite	Logical. If TRUE, overwrite an existing destination file.

Value

The downloaded file path.

Examples

## Not run: 
hf_hub_download("BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5", "README.md")

## End(Not run)

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