# where can we download the example test data
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/where-can-we-download-the-example-test-data/8079
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 17, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/where-can-we-download-the-example-test-data/8079 "2022-03-17T23:44:16Z")
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### Author:  [@longjiang321](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/longjiang321)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/where-can-we-download-the-example-test-data/8079/1 "2022-03-17T23:44:16Z")
hi friends:
I am a fresher of VTK, I am trying to learn the examples provided officely one by one, but It is realy a greate challenge for me to get the test data like .vtp, .vti, .ply, .mha…, I think this is a common challenge for the fresheres, is there some test data the VTK provide officely?? it will be great convenient for fresheres, Appropriate charge is also acceptable！！
Thank you in advance!!
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### Author:  [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/where-can-we-download-the-example-test-data/8079/2 "2022-03-18T03:54:09Z")
With respect to [vtk-examples](https://kitware.github.io/vtk-examples/site/) you can download test data from here: [vtk-examples/src/Testing/Data](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk-examples/-/tree/master/src/Testing/Data). If you have checked out the vtk-examples repository then the data is found in `src/Testing/Data`.
VTK itself has test data, and this will usually be available in the `ExternalData/` folder of your VTK build folder.
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### Author:  [@longjiang321](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/longjiang321)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/where-can-we-download-the-example-test-data/8079/3 "2022-03-18T12:50:21Z")
Thank you so much for your kindly help, it is so usful for me !!