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Create a conversation

conversations.create(ConversationCreateParams**kwargs) -> Conversation
POST/conversations

Create a conversation.

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items: Optional[Iterable[ResponseInputItemParam]]

Initial items to include in the conversation context. You may add up to 20 items at a time.

Accepts one of the following:
class EasyInputMessage:

A message input to the model with a role indicating instruction following hierarchy. Instructions given with the developer or system role take precedence over instructions given with the user role. Messages with the assistant role are presumed to have been generated by the model in previous interactions.

content: Union[str, ResponseInputMessageContentList]

Text, image, or audio input to the model, used to generate a response. Can also contain previous assistant responses.

Accepts one of the following:
str

A text input to the model.

Accepts one of the following:
class ResponseInputText:

A text input to the model.

text: str

The text input to the model.

type: Literal["input_text"]

The type of the input item. Always input_text.

class ResponseInputImage:

An image input to the model. Learn about image inputs.

detail: Literal["low", "high", "auto"]

The detail level of the image to be sent to the model. One of high, low, or auto. Defaults to auto.

Accepts one of the following:
"low"
"high"
"auto"
type: Literal["input_image"]

The type of the input item. Always input_image.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the image to be sent to the model. A fully qualified URL or base64 encoded image in a data URL.

class ResponseInputFile:

A file input to the model.

type: Literal["input_file"]

The type of the input item. Always input_file.

file_data: Optional[str]

The content of the file to be sent to the model.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

file_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the file to be sent to the model.

filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file to be sent to the model.

role: Literal["user", "assistant", "system", "developer"]

The role of the message input. One of user, assistant, system, or developer.

Accepts one of the following:
"user"
"assistant"
"system"
"developer"
type: Optional[Literal["message"]]

The type of the message input. Always message.

class Message:

A message input to the model with a role indicating instruction following hierarchy. Instructions given with the developer or system role take precedence over instructions given with the user role.

A list of one or many input items to the model, containing different content types.

Accepts one of the following:
class ResponseInputText:

A text input to the model.

text: str

The text input to the model.

type: Literal["input_text"]

The type of the input item. Always input_text.

class ResponseInputImage:

An image input to the model. Learn about image inputs.

detail: Literal["low", "high", "auto"]

The detail level of the image to be sent to the model. One of high, low, or auto. Defaults to auto.

Accepts one of the following:
"low"
"high"
"auto"
type: Literal["input_image"]

The type of the input item. Always input_image.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the image to be sent to the model. A fully qualified URL or base64 encoded image in a data URL.

class ResponseInputFile:

A file input to the model.

type: Literal["input_file"]

The type of the input item. Always input_file.

file_data: Optional[str]

The content of the file to be sent to the model.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

file_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the file to be sent to the model.

filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file to be sent to the model.

role: Literal["user", "system", "developer"]

The role of the message input. One of user, system, or developer.

Accepts one of the following:
"user"
"system"
"developer"
status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
type: Optional[Literal["message"]]

The type of the message input. Always set to message.

class ResponseOutputMessage:

An output message from the model.

id: str

The unique ID of the output message.

content: List[Content]

The content of the output message.

Accepts one of the following:
class ResponseOutputText:

A text output from the model.

annotations: List[Annotation]

The annotations of the text output.

Accepts one of the following:
class AnnotationFileCitation:

A citation to a file.

file_id: str

The ID of the file.

filename: str

The filename of the file cited.

index: int

The index of the file in the list of files.

type: Literal["file_citation"]

The type of the file citation. Always file_citation.

class AnnotationURLCitation:

A citation for a web resource used to generate a model response.

end_index: int

The index of the last character of the URL citation in the message.

start_index: int

The index of the first character of the URL citation in the message.

title: str

The title of the web resource.

type: Literal["url_citation"]

The type of the URL citation. Always url_citation.

url: str

The URL of the web resource.

class AnnotationContainerFileCitation:

A citation for a container file used to generate a model response.

container_id: str

The ID of the container file.

end_index: int

The index of the last character of the container file citation in the message.

file_id: str

The ID of the file.

filename: str

The filename of the container file cited.

start_index: int

The index of the first character of the container file citation in the message.

type: Literal["container_file_citation"]

The type of the container file citation. Always container_file_citation.

class AnnotationFilePath:

A path to a file.

file_id: str

The ID of the file.

index: int

The index of the file in the list of files.

type: Literal["file_path"]

The type of the file path. Always file_path.

text: str

The text output from the model.

type: Literal["output_text"]

The type of the output text. Always output_text.

logprobs: Optional[List[Logprob]]
token: str
bytes: List[int]
logprob: float
top_logprobs: List[LogprobTopLogprob]
token: str
bytes: List[int]
logprob: float
class ResponseOutputRefusal:

A refusal from the model.

refusal: str

The refusal explanation from the model.

type: Literal["refusal"]

The type of the refusal. Always refusal.

role: Literal["assistant"]

The role of the output message. Always assistant.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]

The status of the message input. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when input items are returned via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
type: Literal["message"]

The type of the output message. Always message.

class ResponseFileSearchToolCall:

The results of a file search tool call. See the file search guide for more information.

id: str

The unique ID of the file search tool call.

queries: List[str]

The queries used to search for files.

status: Literal["in_progress", "searching", "completed", 2 more]

The status of the file search tool call. One of in_progress, searching, incomplete or failed,

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"searching"
"completed"
"incomplete"
"failed"
type: Literal["file_search_call"]

The type of the file search tool call. Always file_search_call.

results: Optional[List[Result]]

The results of the file search tool call.

attributes: Optional[Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool]]]

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters, booleans, or numbers.

Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
file_id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the file.

filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file.

score: Optional[float]

The relevance score of the file - a value between 0 and 1.

formatfloat
text: Optional[str]

The text that was retrieved from the file.

class ResponseComputerToolCall:

A tool call to a computer use tool. See the computer use guide for more information.

id: str

The unique ID of the computer call.

action: Action

A click action.

Accepts one of the following:
class ActionClick:

A click action.

button: Literal["left", "right", "wheel", 2 more]

Indicates which mouse button was pressed during the click. One of left, right, wheel, back, or forward.

Accepts one of the following:
"left"
"right"
"wheel"
"back"
"forward"
type: Literal["click"]

Specifies the event type. For a click action, this property is always click.

x: int

The x-coordinate where the click occurred.

y: int

The y-coordinate where the click occurred.

class ActionDoubleClick:

A double click action.

type: Literal["double_click"]

Specifies the event type. For a double click action, this property is always set to double_click.

x: int

The x-coordinate where the double click occurred.

y: int

The y-coordinate where the double click occurred.

class ActionDrag:

A drag action.

path: List[ActionDragPath]

An array of coordinates representing the path of the drag action. Coordinates will appear as an array of objects, eg

[
  { x: 100, y: 200 },
  { x: 200, y: 300 }
]
x: int

The x-coordinate.

y: int

The y-coordinate.

type: Literal["drag"]

Specifies the event type. For a drag action, this property is always set to drag.

class ActionKeypress:

A collection of keypresses the model would like to perform.

keys: List[str]

The combination of keys the model is requesting to be pressed. This is an array of strings, each representing a key.

type: Literal["keypress"]

Specifies the event type. For a keypress action, this property is always set to keypress.

class ActionMove:

A mouse move action.

type: Literal["move"]

Specifies the event type. For a move action, this property is always set to move.

x: int

The x-coordinate to move to.

y: int

The y-coordinate to move to.

class ActionScreenshot:

A screenshot action.

type: Literal["screenshot"]

Specifies the event type. For a screenshot action, this property is always set to screenshot.

class ActionScroll:

A scroll action.

scroll_x: int

The horizontal scroll distance.

scroll_y: int

The vertical scroll distance.

type: Literal["scroll"]

Specifies the event type. For a scroll action, this property is always set to scroll.

x: int

The x-coordinate where the scroll occurred.

y: int

The y-coordinate where the scroll occurred.

class ActionType:

An action to type in text.

text: str

The text to type.

type: Literal["type"]

Specifies the event type. For a type action, this property is always set to type.

class ActionWait:

A wait action.

type: Literal["wait"]

Specifies the event type. For a wait action, this property is always set to wait.

call_id: str

An identifier used when responding to the tool call with output.

pending_safety_checks: List[PendingSafetyCheck]

The pending safety checks for the computer call.

id: str

The ID of the pending safety check.

code: Optional[str]

The type of the pending safety check.

message: Optional[str]

Details about the pending safety check.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
type: Literal["computer_call"]

The type of the computer call. Always computer_call.

class ComputerCallOutput:

The output of a computer tool call.

call_id: str

The ID of the computer tool call that produced the output.

maxLength64
minLength1

A computer screenshot image used with the computer use tool.

type: Literal["computer_screenshot"]

Specifies the event type. For a computer screenshot, this property is always set to computer_screenshot.

file_id: Optional[str]

The identifier of an uploaded file that contains the screenshot.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the screenshot image.

type: Literal["computer_call_output"]

The type of the computer tool call output. Always computer_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The ID of the computer tool call output.

acknowledged_safety_checks: Optional[List[ComputerCallOutputAcknowledgedSafetyCheck]]

The safety checks reported by the API that have been acknowledged by the developer.

id: str

The ID of the pending safety check.

code: Optional[str]

The type of the pending safety check.

message: Optional[str]

Details about the pending safety check.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the message input. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when input items are returned via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
Accepts one of the following:
Accepts one of the following:
class ResponseFunctionToolCall:

A tool call to run a function. See the function calling guide for more information.

arguments: str

A JSON string of the arguments to pass to the function.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the function tool call generated by the model.

name: str

The name of the function to run.

type: Literal["function_call"]

The type of the function tool call. Always function_call.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the function tool call.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class FunctionCallOutput:

The output of a function tool call.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the function tool call generated by the model.

maxLength64
minLength1

Text, image, or file output of the function tool call.

Accepts one of the following:
str

A JSON string of the output of the function tool call.

Accepts one of the following:
class ResponseInputTextContent:

A text input to the model.

text: str

The text input to the model.

maxLength10485760
type: Literal["input_text"]

The type of the input item. Always input_text.

class ResponseInputImageContent:

An image input to the model. Learn about image inputs

type: Literal["input_image"]

The type of the input item. Always input_image.

detail: Optional[Literal["low", "high", "auto"]]

The detail level of the image to be sent to the model. One of high, low, or auto. Defaults to auto.

Accepts one of the following:
"low"
"high"
"auto"
file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the image to be sent to the model. A fully qualified URL or base64 encoded image in a data URL.

maxLength20971520
class ResponseInputFileContent:

A file input to the model.

type: Literal["input_file"]

The type of the input item. Always input_file.

file_data: Optional[str]

The base64-encoded data of the file to be sent to the model.

maxLength33554432
file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

file_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the file to be sent to the model.

filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file to be sent to the model.

type: Literal["function_call_output"]

The type of the function tool call output. Always function_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the function tool call output. Populated when this item is returned via API.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class ResponseReasoningItem:

A description of the chain of thought used by a reasoning model while generating a response. Be sure to include these items in your input to the Responses API for subsequent turns of a conversation if you are manually managing context.

id: str

The unique identifier of the reasoning content.

summary: List[Summary]

Reasoning summary content.

text: str

A summary of the reasoning output from the model so far.

type: Literal["summary_text"]

The type of the object. Always summary_text.

type: Literal["reasoning"]

The type of the object. Always reasoning.

content: Optional[List[Content]]

Reasoning text content.

text: str

The reasoning text from the model.

type: Literal["reasoning_text"]

The type of the reasoning text. Always reasoning_text.

encrypted_content: Optional[str]

The encrypted content of the reasoning item - populated when a response is generated with reasoning.encrypted_content in the include parameter.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class ResponseCompactionItemParam:

A compaction item generated by the v1/responses/compact API.

encrypted_content: str

The encrypted content of the compaction summary.

maxLength10485760
type: Literal["compaction"]

The type of the item. Always compaction.

id: Optional[str]

The ID of the compaction item.

class ImageGenerationCall:

An image generation request made by the model.

id: str

The unique ID of the image generation call.

result: Optional[str]

The generated image encoded in base64.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed", "generating", "failed"]

The status of the image generation call.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"generating"
"failed"
type: Literal["image_generation_call"]

The type of the image generation call. Always image_generation_call.

class ResponseCodeInterpreterToolCall:

A tool call to run code.

id: str

The unique ID of the code interpreter tool call.

code: Optional[str]

The code to run, or null if not available.

container_id: str

The ID of the container used to run the code.

outputs: Optional[List[Output]]

The outputs generated by the code interpreter, such as logs or images. Can be null if no outputs are available.

Accepts one of the following:
class OutputLogs:

The logs output from the code interpreter.

logs: str

The logs output from the code interpreter.

type: Literal["logs"]

The type of the output. Always logs.

class OutputImage:

The image output from the code interpreter.

type: Literal["image"]

The type of the output. Always image.

url: str

The URL of the image output from the code interpreter.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete", 2 more]

The status of the code interpreter tool call. Valid values are in_progress, completed, incomplete, interpreting, and failed.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
"interpreting"
"failed"
type: Literal["code_interpreter_call"]

The type of the code interpreter tool call. Always code_interpreter_call.

class LocalShellCall:

A tool call to run a command on the local shell.

id: str

The unique ID of the local shell call.

action: LocalShellCallAction

Execute a shell command on the server.

command: List[str]

The command to run.

env: Dict[str, str]

Environment variables to set for the command.

type: Literal["exec"]

The type of the local shell action. Always exec.

timeout_ms: Optional[int]

Optional timeout in milliseconds for the command.

user: Optional[str]

Optional user to run the command as.

working_directory: Optional[str]

Optional working directory to run the command in.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the local shell tool call generated by the model.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]

The status of the local shell call.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
type: Literal["local_shell_call"]

The type of the local shell call. Always local_shell_call.

class LocalShellCallOutput:

The output of a local shell tool call.

id: str

The unique ID of the local shell tool call generated by the model.

output: str

A JSON string of the output of the local shell tool call.

type: Literal["local_shell_call_output"]

The type of the local shell tool call output. Always local_shell_call_output.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class ShellCall:

A tool representing a request to execute one or more shell commands.

action: ShellCallAction

The shell commands and limits that describe how to run the tool call.

commands: List[str]

Ordered shell commands for the execution environment to run.

max_output_length: Optional[int]

Maximum number of UTF-8 characters to capture from combined stdout and stderr output.

timeout_ms: Optional[int]

Maximum wall-clock time in milliseconds to allow the shell commands to run.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the shell tool call generated by the model.

maxLength64
minLength1
type: Literal["shell_call"]

The type of the item. Always shell_call.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the shell tool call. Populated when this item is returned via API.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the shell call. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class ShellCallOutput:

The streamed output items emitted by a shell tool call.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the shell tool call generated by the model.

maxLength64
minLength1

Captured chunks of stdout and stderr output, along with their associated outcomes.

outcome: Outcome

The exit or timeout outcome associated with this shell call.

Accepts one of the following:
class OutcomeTimeout:

Indicates that the shell call exceeded its configured time limit.

type: Literal["timeout"]

The outcome type. Always timeout.

class OutcomeExit:

Indicates that the shell commands finished and returned an exit code.

exit_code: int

The exit code returned by the shell process.

type: Literal["exit"]

The outcome type. Always exit.

stderr: str

Captured stderr output for the shell call.

maxLength10485760
stdout: str

Captured stdout output for the shell call.

maxLength10485760
type: Literal["shell_call_output"]

The type of the item. Always shell_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the shell tool call output. Populated when this item is returned via API.

max_output_length: Optional[int]

The maximum number of UTF-8 characters captured for this shell call's combined output.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the shell call output.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class ApplyPatchCall:

A tool call representing a request to create, delete, or update files using diff patches.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the apply patch tool call generated by the model.

maxLength64
minLength1
operation: ApplyPatchCallOperation

The specific create, delete, or update instruction for the apply_patch tool call.

Accepts one of the following:
class ApplyPatchCallOperationCreateFile:

Instruction for creating a new file via the apply_patch tool.

diff: str

Unified diff content to apply when creating the file.

maxLength10485760
path: str

Path of the file to create relative to the workspace root.

minLength1
type: Literal["create_file"]

The operation type. Always create_file.

class ApplyPatchCallOperationDeleteFile:

Instruction for deleting an existing file via the apply_patch tool.

path: str

Path of the file to delete relative to the workspace root.

minLength1
type: Literal["delete_file"]

The operation type. Always delete_file.

class ApplyPatchCallOperationUpdateFile:

Instruction for updating an existing file via the apply_patch tool.

diff: str

Unified diff content to apply to the existing file.

maxLength10485760
path: str

Path of the file to update relative to the workspace root.

minLength1
type: Literal["update_file"]

The operation type. Always update_file.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed"]

The status of the apply patch tool call. One of in_progress or completed.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
type: Literal["apply_patch_call"]

The type of the item. Always apply_patch_call.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the apply patch tool call. Populated when this item is returned via API.

class ApplyPatchCallOutput:

The streamed output emitted by an apply patch tool call.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the apply patch tool call generated by the model.

maxLength64
minLength1
status: Literal["completed", "failed"]

The status of the apply patch tool call output. One of completed or failed.

Accepts one of the following:
"completed"
"failed"
type: Literal["apply_patch_call_output"]

The type of the item. Always apply_patch_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the apply patch tool call output. Populated when this item is returned via API.

output: Optional[str]

Optional human-readable log text from the apply patch tool (e.g., patch results or errors).

maxLength10485760
class McpListTools:

A list of tools available on an MCP server.

id: str

The unique ID of the list.

server_label: str

The label of the MCP server.

tools: List[McpListToolsTool]

The tools available on the server.

input_schema: object

The JSON schema describing the tool's input.

name: str

The name of the tool.

annotations: Optional[object]

Additional annotations about the tool.

description: Optional[str]

The description of the tool.

type: Literal["mcp_list_tools"]

The type of the item. Always mcp_list_tools.

error: Optional[str]

Error message if the server could not list tools.

class McpApprovalRequest:

A request for human approval of a tool invocation.

id: str

The unique ID of the approval request.

arguments: str

A JSON string of arguments for the tool.

name: str

The name of the tool to run.

server_label: str

The label of the MCP server making the request.

type: Literal["mcp_approval_request"]

The type of the item. Always mcp_approval_request.

class McpApprovalResponse:

A response to an MCP approval request.

approval_request_id: str

The ID of the approval request being answered.

approve: bool

Whether the request was approved.

type: Literal["mcp_approval_response"]

The type of the item. Always mcp_approval_response.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the approval response

reason: Optional[str]

Optional reason for the decision.

class McpCall:

An invocation of a tool on an MCP server.

id: str

The unique ID of the tool call.

arguments: str

A JSON string of the arguments passed to the tool.

name: str

The name of the tool that was run.

server_label: str

The label of the MCP server running the tool.

type: Literal["mcp_call"]

The type of the item. Always mcp_call.

approval_request_id: Optional[str]

Unique identifier for the MCP tool call approval request. Include this value in a subsequent mcp_approval_response input to approve or reject the corresponding tool call.

error: Optional[str]

The error from the tool call, if any.

output: Optional[str]

The output from the tool call.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete", 2 more]]

The status of the tool call. One of in_progress, completed, incomplete, calling, or failed.

Accepts one of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
"calling"
"failed"
class ResponseCustomToolCallOutput:

The output of a custom tool call from your code, being sent back to the model.

call_id: str

The call ID, used to map this custom tool call output to a custom tool call.

output: Union[str, List[OutputOutputContentList]]

The output from the custom tool call generated by your code. Can be a string or an list of output content.

Accepts one of the following:
str

A string of the output of the custom tool call.

List[OutputOutputContentList]

Text, image, or file output of the custom tool call.

Accepts one of the following:
class ResponseInputText:

A text input to the model.

text: str

The text input to the model.

type: Literal["input_text"]

The type of the input item. Always input_text.

class ResponseInputImage:

An image input to the model. Learn about image inputs.

detail: Literal["low", "high", "auto"]

The detail level of the image to be sent to the model. One of high, low, or auto. Defaults to auto.

Accepts one of the following:
"low"
"high"
"auto"
type: Literal["input_image"]

The type of the input item. Always input_image.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the image to be sent to the model. A fully qualified URL or base64 encoded image in a data URL.

class ResponseInputFile:

A file input to the model.

type: Literal["input_file"]

The type of the input item. Always input_file.

file_data: Optional[str]

The content of the file to be sent to the model.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

file_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the file to be sent to the model.

filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file to be sent to the model.

type: Literal["custom_tool_call_output"]

The type of the custom tool call output. Always custom_tool_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the custom tool call output in the OpenAI platform.

class ResponseCustomToolCall:

A call to a custom tool created by the model.

call_id: str

An identifier used to map this custom tool call to a tool call output.

input: str

The input for the custom tool call generated by the model.

name: str

The name of the custom tool being called.

type: Literal["custom_tool_call"]

The type of the custom tool call. Always custom_tool_call.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the custom tool call in the OpenAI platform.

class ItemReference:

An internal identifier for an item to reference.

id: str

The ID of the item to reference.

type: Optional[Literal["item_reference"]]

The type of item to reference. Always item_reference.

metadata: Optional[Metadata]

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard.

Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

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class Conversation:
id: str

The unique ID of the conversation.

created_at: int

The time at which the conversation was created, measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

metadata: object

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

object: Literal["conversation"]

The object type, which is always conversation.

Create a conversation

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
conversation = client.conversations.create()
print(conversation.id)
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "metadata": {},
  "object": "conversation"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "metadata": {},
  "object": "conversation"
}