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Evals

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Get an eval

EvalRetrieveResponse evals().retrieve(EvalRetrieveParamsparams = EvalRetrieveParams.none(), RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())

GET/evals/{eval_id}

Get an evaluation by ID.

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EvalRetrieveParams params

Optional<String> evalId

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class EvalRetrieveResponse:

An Eval object with a data source config and testing criteria. An Eval represents a task to be done for your LLM integration. Like:

• Improve the quality of my chatbot
• See how well my chatbot handles customer support
• Check if o4-mini is better at my usecase than gpt-4o

String id

Unique identifier for the evaluation.

long createdAt

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

formatunixtime

DataSourceConfig dataSourceConfig

Configuration of data sources used in runs of the evaluation.

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.

String name

The name of the evaluation.

JsonValue; object_ "eval"constant"eval"constant

The object type.

List<TestingCriterion> testingCriteria

A list of testing criteria.

Get an eval

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package com.openai.example;

import com.openai.client.OpenAIClient;
import com.openai.client.okhttp.OpenAIOkHttpClient;
import com.openai.models.evals.EvalRetrieveParams;
import com.openai.models.evals.EvalRetrieveResponse;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

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

        EvalRetrieveResponse eval = client.evals().retrieve("eval_id");
    }
}

{
  "object": "eval",
  "id": "eval_67abd54d9b0081909a86353f6fb9317a",
  "data_source_config": {
    "type": "custom",
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "item": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "input": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "ground_truth": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "input",
            "ground_truth"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "item"
      ]
    }
  },
  "testing_criteria": [
    {
      "name": "String check",
      "id": "String check-2eaf2d8d-d649-4335-8148-9535a7ca73c2",
      "type": "string_check",
      "input": "{{item.input}}",
      "reference": "{{item.ground_truth}}",
      "operation": "eq"
    }
  ],
  "name": "External Data Eval",
  "created_at": 1739314509,
  "metadata": {},
}

Returns Examples

{
  "object": "eval",
  "id": "eval_67abd54d9b0081909a86353f6fb9317a",
  "data_source_config": {
    "type": "custom",
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "item": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "input": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "ground_truth": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "input",
            "ground_truth"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "item"
      ]
    }
  },
  "testing_criteria": [
    {
      "name": "String check",
      "id": "String check-2eaf2d8d-d649-4335-8148-9535a7ca73c2",
      "type": "string_check",
      "input": "{{item.input}}",
      "reference": "{{item.ground_truth}}",
      "operation": "eq"
    }
  ],
  "name": "External Data Eval",
  "created_at": 1739314509,
  "metadata": {},
}