API Reference

Containers

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Retrieve container

$ openai containers retrieve

GET/containers/{container_id}

Retrieve Container

ParametersExpand Collapse

--container-id: string

ReturnsExpand Collapse

ContainerGetResponse: object { id, created_at, name, 6 more }

id: string

Unique identifier for the container.

created_at: number

Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the container was created.

name: string

Name of the container.

object: string

The type of this object.

status: string

Status of the container (e.g., active, deleted).

expires_after: optional object { anchor, minutes }

The container will expire after this time period. The anchor is the reference point for the expiration. The minutes is the number of minutes after the anchor before the container expires.

last_active_at: optional number

Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the container was last active.

memory_limit: optional "1g" or "4g" or "16g" or "64g"

The memory limit configured for the container.

network_policy: optional object { type, allowed_domains }

Network access policy for the container.

Retrieve container

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CLI Tool

openai containers retrieve \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --container-id container_id

{
    "id": "cntr_682dfebaacac8198bbfe9c2474fb6f4a085685cbe3cb5863",
    "object": "container",
    "created_at": 1747844794,
    "status": "running",
    "expires_after": {
        "anchor": "last_active_at",
        "minutes": 20
    },
    "last_active_at": 1747844794,
    "memory_limit": "4g",
    "name": "My Container"
}

Returns Examples

{
    "id": "cntr_682dfebaacac8198bbfe9c2474fb6f4a085685cbe3cb5863",
    "object": "container",
    "created_at": 1747844794,
    "status": "running",
    "expires_after": {
        "anchor": "last_active_at",
        "minutes": 20
    },
    "last_active_at": 1747844794,
    "memory_limit": "4g",
    "name": "My Container"
}