# GlobalTempMixin **`class GlobalTempMixin`** Bases: [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/functions.html#object) Methods SummaryMethods Documentation **`get_tempfile(filename, file_type=None, project_id=None)`** Returns the content of the temp file with the name filename. Parameters - `filename` – File name - `file_type` – The type of file- for community uploads, these values are either community_csv or community_xlsx - `project_id` – optional project ID for project-specific temp file access control **`new_tempfile(data, filename=None, index_pdf=False, project_id=None)`** Stores the data in a temp file. Parameters - `data` – data to be stored in the temp file - `filename` – optional filename, serving as metadata of the temp file. - `index_pdf` – whether to enable PDF chunk indexing for PDF files. - `project_id` – optional project ID for project-specific temp file access control **`new_tempfile_from_localfile(filename, index_pdf=None, project_id=None)`** Stores the file identified by file_name on Squirro’s global temp folder. Parameters - `filename` – Name of the file on local filesystem to be uploaded to the server - `index_pdf` – Whether to enable PDF chunk indexing. If None, auto-detects PDF files. - `project_id` – Optional project ID for project-specific temp file access control