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Create a conversation

$ openai conversations create
POST/conversations

Create a conversation.

ParametersExpand Collapse
--item: optional array of ResponseInputItem

Initial items to include in the conversation context. You may add up to 20 items at a time.

--metadata: optional map[string]

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard.

Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
conversation: object { id, created_at, metadata, object }
id: string

The unique ID of the conversation.

created_at: number

The time at which the conversation was created, measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

metadata: unknown

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

object: "conversation"

The object type, which is always conversation.

Create a conversation

openai conversations create \
  --api-key 'My API Key'
{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}