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List containers

containers.list(ContainerListParams**kwargs) -> SyncCursorPage[ContainerListResponse]
GET/containers

List Containers

ParametersExpand Collapse
after: Optional[str]

A cursor for use in pagination. after is an object ID that defines your place in the list. For instance, if you make a list request and receive 100 objects, ending with obj_foo, your subsequent call can include after=obj_foo in order to fetch the next page of the list.

limit: Optional[int]

A limit on the number of objects to be returned. Limit can range between 1 and 100, and the default is 20.

name: Optional[str]

Filter results by container name.

order: Optional[Literal["asc", "desc"]]

Sort order by the created_at timestamp of the objects. asc for ascending order and desc for descending order.

Accepts one of the following:
"asc"
"desc"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ContainerListResponse: …
id: str

Unique identifier for the container.

created_at: int

Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the container was created.

name: str

Name of the container.

object: str

The type of this object.

status: str

Status of the container (e.g., active, deleted).

expires_after: Optional[ExpiresAfter]

The container will expire after this time period. The anchor is the reference point for the expiration. The minutes is the number of minutes after the anchor before the container expires.

anchor: Optional[Literal["last_active_at"]]

The reference point for the expiration.

minutes: Optional[int]

The number of minutes after the anchor before the container expires.

last_active_at: Optional[int]

Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the container was last active.

memory_limit: Optional[Literal["1g", "4g", "16g", "64g"]]

The memory limit configured for the container.

Accepts one of the following:
"1g"
"4g"
"16g"
"64g"
network_policy: Optional[NetworkPolicy]

Network access policy for the container.

type: Literal["allowlist", "disabled"]

The network policy mode.

Accepts one of the following:
"allowlist"
"disabled"
allowed_domains: Optional[List[str]]

Allowed outbound domains when type is allowlist.

List containers

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
page = client.containers.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)
{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
        "id": "cntr_682dfebaacac8198bbfe9c2474fb6f4a085685cbe3cb5863",
        "object": "container",
        "created_at": 1747844794,
        "status": "running",
        "expires_after": {
            "anchor": "last_active_at",
            "minutes": 20
        },
        "last_active_at": 1747844794,
        "memory_limit": "4g",
        "name": "My Container"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "container_123",
  "last_id": "container_123",
  "has_more": false
}
Returns Examples
{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
        "id": "cntr_682dfebaacac8198bbfe9c2474fb6f4a085685cbe3cb5863",
        "object": "container",
        "created_at": 1747844794,
        "status": "running",
        "expires_after": {
            "anchor": "last_active_at",
            "minutes": 20
        },
        "last_active_at": 1747844794,
        "memory_limit": "4g",
        "name": "My Container"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "container_123",
  "last_id": "container_123",
  "has_more": false
}