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Conversations

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Create a conversation

Conversation conversations().create(ConversationCreateParamsparams = ConversationCreateParams.none(), RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())

POST/conversations

Create a conversation.

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ConversationCreateParams params

Optional<List<ResponseInputItem>> items

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

Optional<Metadata> metadata

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.

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class Conversation:

String id

The unique ID of the conversation.

long createdAt

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

formatunixtime

JsonValue metadata

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.

JsonValue; object_ "conversation"constant"conversation"constant

The object type, which is always conversation.

Create a conversation

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package com.openai.example;

import com.openai.client.OpenAIClient;
import com.openai.client.okhttp.OpenAIOkHttpClient;
import com.openai.models.conversations.Conversation;
import com.openai.models.conversations.ConversationCreateParams;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OpenAIClient client = OpenAIOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        Conversation conversation = client.conversations().create();
    }
}

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}