# Input Tokens

## Get input token counts

`$ openai responses:input-tokens count`

**post** `/responses/input_tokens`

Returns input token counts of the request.

Returns an object with `object` set to `response.input_tokens` and an `input_tokens` count.

### Parameters

- `--conversation: optional string or ResponseConversationParam`

  The conversation that this response belongs to. Items from this conversation are prepended to `input_items` for this response request.
  Input items and output items from this response are automatically added to this conversation after this response completes.

- `--input: optional string or array of ResponseInputItem`

  Text, image, or file inputs to the model, used to generate a response

- `--instructions: optional string`

  A system (or developer) message inserted into the model's context.
  When used along with `previous_response_id`, the instructions from a previous response will not be carried over to the next response. This makes it simple to swap out system (or developer) messages in new responses.

- `--model: optional string`

  Model ID used to generate the response, like `gpt-4o` or `o3`. OpenAI offers a wide range of models with different capabilities, performance characteristics, and price points. Refer to the [model guide](https://platform.openai.com/docs/models) to browse and compare available models.

- `--parallel-tool-calls: optional boolean`

  Whether to allow the model to run tool calls in parallel.

- `--previous-response-id: optional string`

  The unique ID of the previous response to the model. Use this to create multi-turn conversations. Learn more about [conversation state](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/conversation-state). Cannot be used in conjunction with `conversation`.

- `--reasoning: optional object { effort, generate_summary, summary }`

  **gpt-5 and o-series models only** Configuration options for [reasoning models](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/reasoning).

- `--text: optional object { format, verbosity }`

  Configuration options for a text response from the model. Can be plain
  text or structured JSON data. Learn more:

  - [Text inputs and outputs](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/text)
  - [Structured Outputs](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/structured-outputs)

- `--tool-choice: optional ToolChoiceOptions or ToolChoiceAllowed or ToolChoiceTypes or 5 more`

  Controls which tool the model should use, if any.

- `--tool: optional array of Tool`

  An array of tools the model may call while generating a response. You can specify which tool to use by setting the `tool_choice` parameter.

- `--truncation: optional "auto" or "disabled"`

  The truncation strategy to use for the model response. - `auto`: If the input to this Response exceeds the model's context window size, the model will truncate the response to fit the context window by dropping items from the beginning of the conversation. - `disabled` (default): If the input size will exceed the context window size for a model, the request will fail with a 400 error.

### Returns

- `InputTokenCountResponse: object { input_tokens, object }`

  - `input_tokens: number`

  - `object: "response.input_tokens"`

### Example

```cli
openai responses:input-tokens count \
  --api-key 'My API Key'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "input_tokens": 123,
  "object": "response.input_tokens"
}
```