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# Downloading files

## Download a single file

### hf_hub_download

[[autodoc]] huggingface_hub.hf_hub_download

### hf_hub_url

[[autodoc]] huggingface_hub.hf_hub_url

## Download a snapshot of the repo

[[autodoc]] huggingface_hub.snapshot_download

## Read the cached repo tree

[[autodoc]] huggingface_hub.get_cached_repo_tree

## Get metadata about a file

### get_hf_file_metadata

[[autodoc]] huggingface_hub.get_hf_file_metadata

### HfFileMetadata

[[autodoc]] huggingface_hub.HfFileMetadata

## Caching

The methods displayed above are designed to work with a caching system that prevents
re-downloading files. The caching system was updated in v0.8.0 to become the central
cache-system shared across libraries that depend on the Hub.

Read the [cache-system guide](../guides/manage-cache) for a detailed presentation of caching at HF.
