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---
title: Data
description: Returns a data structure composed from the files in the data directory.
categories: []
keywords: []
params:
functions_and_methods:
returnType: map
signatures: [SITE.Data]
---
Use the `Data` method on a `Site` object to access data within the `data` directory, or within any directory [mounted] to the `data` directory. Supported data formats include JSON, TOML, YAML, and XML.
> [!note]
> Although Hugo can unmarshal CSV files with the [`transform.Unmarshal`] function, do not place CSV files in the `data` directory. You cannot access data within CSV files using this method.
Consider this `data` directory:
```text
data/
├── books/
│ ├── fiction.yaml
│ └── nonfiction.yaml
├── films.json
├── paintings.xml
└── sculptures.toml
```
And these data files:
```yaml {file="data/books/fiction.yaml"}
- title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
author: Victor Hugo
isbn: 978-0140443530
- title: Les Misérables
author: Victor Hugo
isbn: 978-0451419439
```
```yaml {file="data/books/nonfiction.yaml"}
- title: The Ancien Régime and the Revolution
author: Alexis de Tocqueville
isbn: 978-0141441641
- title: Interpreting the French Revolution
author: François Furet
isbn: 978-0521280495
```
Access the data by [chaining](g) the [identifiers](g):
```go-html-template
{{ range $category, $books := .Site.Data.books }}
<p>{{ $category | title }}</p>
<ul>
{{ range $books }}
<li>{{ .title }} ({{ .isbn }})</li>
{{ end }}
</ul>
{{ end }}
```
Hugo renders this to:
```html
<p>Fiction</p>
<ul>
<li>The Hunchback of Notre Dame (978-0140443530)</li>
<li>Les Misérables (978-0451419439)</li>
</ul>
<p>Nonfiction</p>
<ul>
<li>The Ancien Régime and the Revolution (978-0141441641)</li>
<li>Interpreting the French Revolution (978-0521280495)</li>
</ul>
```
To limit the listing to fiction, and sort by title:
```go-html-template
<ul>
{{ range sort .Site.Data.books.fiction "title" }}
<li>{{ .title }} ({{ .author }})</li>
{{ end }}
</ul>
```
To find a fiction book by ISBN:
```go-html-template
{{ range where .Site.Data.books.fiction "isbn" "978-0140443530" }}
<li>{{ .title }} ({{ .author }})</li>
{{ end }}
```
In the template examples above, each of the keys is a valid identifier. For example, none of the keys contains a hyphen. To access a key that is not a valid identifier, use the [`index`] function. For example:
```go-html-template
{{ index .Site.Data.books "historical-fiction" }}
```
[`index`]: /functions/collections/indexfunction/
[`transform.Unmarshal`]: /functions/transform/unmarshal/
[mounted]: /configuration/module/#mounts