# storageRead

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## Function: storageRead()

> **storageRead**(`key`): `string` | `null`

Reads the utf-8 string value from NEAR storage that is stored under the provided key.

### Parameters

• **key**: `string`

The utf-8 string key to read from storage.

### Returns

`string` | `null`

### Defined in

[packages/near-sdk-js/src/api.ts:297](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/blob/b58ac04fc6dff2f1120e9098c0cb059493486598/packages/near-sdk-js/src/api.ts#L297)