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Retrieve ChatKit thread

beta.chatkit.threads.retrieve(strthread_id) -> ChatKitThread
GET/chatkit/threads/{thread_id}

Retrieve a ChatKit thread by its identifier.

ParametersExpand Collapse
thread_id: str
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ChatKitThread: …

Represents a ChatKit thread and its current status.

id: str

Identifier of the thread.

created_at: int

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

object: Literal["chatkit.thread"]

Type discriminator that is always chatkit.thread.

status: Status

Current status for the thread. Defaults to active for newly created threads.

Accepts one of the following:
class StatusActive: …

Indicates that a thread is active.

type: Literal["active"]

Status discriminator that is always active.

class StatusLocked: …

Indicates that a thread is locked and cannot accept new input.

reason: Optional[str]

Reason that the thread was locked. Defaults to null when no reason is recorded.

type: Literal["locked"]

Status discriminator that is always locked.

class StatusClosed: …

Indicates that a thread has been closed.

reason: Optional[str]

Reason that the thread was closed. Defaults to null when no reason is recorded.

type: Literal["closed"]

Status discriminator that is always closed.

title: Optional[str]

Optional human-readable title for the thread. Defaults to null when no title has been generated.

user: str

Free-form string that identifies your end user who owns the thread.

Retrieve ChatKit thread

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()
chatkit_thread = client.beta.chatkit.threads.retrieve(
    "cthr_123",
)
print(chatkit_thread.id)
{
  "id": "cthr_abc123",
  "object": "chatkit.thread",
  "title": "Customer escalation",
  "items": {
    "data": [
      {
        "id": "cthi_user_001",
        "object": "chatkit.thread_item",
        "type": "user_message",
        "content": [
          {
            "type": "input_text",
            "text": "I need help debugging an onboarding issue."
          }
        ],
        "attachments": []
      },
      {
        "id": "cthi_assistant_002",
        "object": "chatkit.thread_item",
        "type": "assistant_message",
        "content": [
          {
            "type": "output_text",
            "text": "Let's start by confirming the workflow version you deployed."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "has_more": false
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "cthr_abc123",
  "object": "chatkit.thread",
  "title": "Customer escalation",
  "items": {
    "data": [
      {
        "id": "cthi_user_001",
        "object": "chatkit.thread_item",
        "type": "user_message",
        "content": [
          {
            "type": "input_text",
            "text": "I need help debugging an onboarding issue."
          }
        ],
        "attachments": []
      },
      {
        "id": "cthi_assistant_002",
        "object": "chatkit.thread_item",
        "type": "assistant_message",
        "content": [
          {
            "type": "output_text",
            "text": "Let's start by confirming the workflow version you deployed."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "has_more": false
  }
}