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Vector Stores

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Retrieve vector store file content

FileContentPage vectorStores().files().content(FileContentParamsparams, RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())

GET/vector_stores/{vector_store_id}/files/{file_id}/content

Retrieve the parsed contents of a vector store file.

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FileContentParams params

String vectorStoreId

Optional<String> fileId

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class FileContentResponse:

Optional<String> text

The text content

Optional<String> type

The content type (currently only "text")

Retrieve vector store file content

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package com.openai.example;

import com.openai.client.OpenAIClient;
import com.openai.client.okhttp.OpenAIOkHttpClient;
import com.openai.models.vectorstores.files.FileContentPage;
import com.openai.models.vectorstores.files.FileContentParams;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

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

        FileContentParams params = FileContentParams.builder()
            .vectorStoreId("vs_abc123")
            .fileId("file-abc123")
            .build();
        FileContentPage page = client.vectorStores().files().content(params);
    }
}

{
  "file_id": "file-abc123",
  "filename": "example.txt",
  "attributes": {"key": "value"},
  "content": [
    {"type": "text", "text": "..."},
    ...
  ]
}

Returns Examples

{
  "file_id": "file-abc123",
  "filename": "example.txt",
  "attributes": {"key": "value"},
  "content": [
    {"type": "text", "text": "..."},
    ...
  ]
}