## List files

`$ openai files list`

**get** `/files`

Returns a list of files.

### Parameters

- `--after: optional string`

  A cursor for use in pagination. `after` is an object ID that defines your place in the list. For instance, if you make a list request and receive 100 objects, ending with obj_foo, your subsequent call can include after=obj_foo in order to fetch the next page of the list.

- `--limit: optional number`

  A limit on the number of objects to be returned. Limit can range between 1 and 10,000, and the default is 10,000.

- `--order: optional "asc" or "desc"`

  Sort order by the `created_at` timestamp of the objects. `asc` for ascending order and `desc` for descending order.

- `--purpose: optional string`

  Only return files with the given purpose.

### Returns

- `ListFilesResponse: object { data, first_id, has_more, 2 more }`

  - `data: array of FileObject`

    - `id: string`

      The file identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.

    - `bytes: number`

      The size of the file, in bytes.

    - `created_at: number`

      The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the file was created.

    - `filename: string`

      The name of the file.

    - `object: "file"`

      The object type, which is always `file`.

    - `purpose: "assistants" or "assistants_output" or "batch" or 5 more`

      The intended purpose of the file. Supported values are `assistants`, `assistants_output`, `batch`, `batch_output`, `fine-tune`, `fine-tune-results`, `vision`, and `user_data`.

      - `"assistants"`

      - `"assistants_output"`

      - `"batch"`

      - `"batch_output"`

      - `"fine-tune"`

      - `"fine-tune-results"`

      - `"vision"`

      - `"user_data"`

    - `status: "uploaded" or "processed" or "error"`

      Deprecated. The current status of the file, which can be either `uploaded`, `processed`, or `error`.

      - `"uploaded"`

      - `"processed"`

      - `"error"`

    - `expires_at: optional number`

      The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the file will expire.

    - `status_details: optional string`

      Deprecated. For details on why a fine-tuning training file failed validation, see the `error` field on `fine_tuning.job`.

  - `first_id: string`

  - `has_more: boolean`

  - `last_id: string`

  - `object: string`

### Example

```cli
openai files list \
  --api-key 'My API Key'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "bytes": 0,
      "created_at": 0,
      "filename": "filename",
      "object": "file",
      "purpose": "assistants",
      "status": "uploaded",
      "expires_at": 0,
      "status_details": "status_details"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "file-abc123",
  "has_more": false,
  "last_id": "file-abc456",
  "object": "list"
}
```