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Containers

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Retrieve container file content

containers.files.content.retrieve(strfile_id, ContentRetrieveParams**kwargs) -> BinaryResponseContent

GET/containers/{container_id}/files/{file_id}/content

Retrieve Container File Content

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container_id: str

file_id: str

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BinaryResponseContent

Retrieve container file content

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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
)
content = client.containers.files.content.retrieve(
    file_id="file_id",
    container_id="container_id",
)
print(content)
data = content.read()
print(data)

<binary content of the file>

Returns Examples

<binary content of the file>