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Containers

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Retrieve container file content

GET/containers/{container_id}/files/{file_id}/content

Retrieve Container File Content

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container_id: string

file_id: string

Retrieve container file content

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curl https://api.openai.com/v1/containers/container_123/files/cfile_456/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

<binary content of the file>

Returns Examples

<binary content of the file>