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Conversations

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Delete an item

conversations.items.delete(stritem_id, ItemDeleteParams**kwargs) -> Conversation

DELETE/conversations/{conversation_id}/items/{item_id}

Delete an item from a conversation with the given IDs.

ParametersExpand Collapse

conversation_id: str

item_id: str

ReturnsExpand Collapse

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.

Delete an item

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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
)
conversation = client.conversations.items.delete(
    item_id="msg_abc",
    conversation_id="conv_123",
)
print(conversation.id)

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "metadata": {},
  "object": "conversation"
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "metadata": {},
  "object": "conversation"
}