API Reference

Vector Stores

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Delete vector store file

VectorStoreFileDeleted vectorStores().files().delete(FileDeleteParamsparams, RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())

DELETE/vector_stores/{vector_store_id}/files/{file_id}

Delete a vector store file. This will remove the file from the vector store but the file itself will not be deleted. To delete the file, use the delete file endpoint.

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FileDeleteParams params

String vectorStoreId

Optional<String> fileId

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class VectorStoreFileDeleted:

String id

boolean deleted

JsonValue; object_ "vector_store.file.deleted"constant"vector_store.file.deleted"constant

Delete vector store file

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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.FileDeleteParams;
import com.openai.models.vectorstores.files.VectorStoreFileDeleted;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

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

        FileDeleteParams params = FileDeleteParams.builder()
            .vectorStoreId("vector_store_id")
            .fileId("file_id")
            .build();
        VectorStoreFileDeleted vectorStoreFileDeleted = client.vectorStores().files().delete(params);
    }
}

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "vector_store.file.deleted"
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "deleted": true,
  "object": "vector_store.file.deleted"
}