---
title: Open
summary: Open returns an edge dictionary with the given name. Names are case sensitive.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/edgedict/fn.Open/
---

**Kind:** Function  
**Module:** [edgedict](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/edgedict/)  
**Package:** compute-sdk-go v1.11.0  
**Source:** https://github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/blob/d6bf71b04516ed72d6018cab6fff701a865f86e5/edgedict/dictionary.go#L46

> **DEPRECATED:** Deprecated: Use configstore.Open() instead.

```go
func Open(name string) (*Dictionary, error)
```

Open returns an edge dictionary with the given name. Names are case
sensitive.

Deprecated: Use configstore.Open() instead.

**Parameters**

- `name`: `string`

**Returns**

`(*Dictionary, error)`