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Containers

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Delete a container file

containers.files.delete(strfile_id, FileDeleteParams**kwargs)

DELETE/containers/{container_id}/files/{file_id}

Delete Container File

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container_id: str

file_id: str

Delete a container file

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import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
client.containers.files.delete(
    file_id="file_id",
    container_id="container_id",
)

{
    "id": "cfile_682e0e8a43c88191a7978f477a09bdf5",
    "object": "container.file.deleted",
    "deleted": true
}

Returns Examples

{
    "id": "cfile_682e0e8a43c88191a7978f477a09bdf5",
    "object": "container.file.deleted",
    "deleted": true
}