---
title: Open
summary: Open returns a handle to the named kv store
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/kvstore/fn.Open/
---

**Kind:** Function  
**Module:** [kvstore](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/kvstore/)  
**Package:** compute-sdk-go v1.11.0  
**Source:** https://github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/blob/d6bf71b04516ed72d6018cab6fff701a865f86e5/kvstore/kvstore.go#L106

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

Open returns a handle to the named kv store

**Parameters**

- `name`: `string`

**Returns**

`(*Store, error)`