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Update an eval

evals.update(streval_id, EvalUpdateParams**kwargs) -> EvalUpdateResponse

POST/evals/{eval_id}

Update certain properties of an evaluation.

ParametersExpand Collapse

eval_id: str

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.

name: Optional[str]

Rename the evaluation.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class EvalUpdateResponse: …

An Eval object with a data source config and testing criteria. An Eval represents a task to be done for your LLM integration. Like:

• Improve the quality of my chatbot
• See how well my chatbot handles customer support
• Check if o4-mini is better at my usecase than gpt-4o

id: str

Unique identifier for the evaluation.

created_at: int

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the eval was created.

formatunixtime

data_source_config: DataSourceConfig

Configuration of data sources used in runs of the evaluation.

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.

name: str

The name of the evaluation.

object: Literal["eval"]

The object type.

testing_criteria: List[TestingCriterion]

A list of testing criteria.

Update an eval

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from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

updated_eval = client.evals.update(
  "eval_67abd54d9b0081909a86353f6fb9317a",
  name="Updated Eval",
  metadata={"description": "Updated description"}
)
print(updated_eval)

{
  "object": "eval",
  "id": "eval_67abd54d9b0081909a86353f6fb9317a",
  "data_source_config": {
    "type": "custom",
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "item": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "input": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "ground_truth": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "input",
            "ground_truth"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "item"
      ]
    }
  },
  "testing_criteria": [
    {
      "name": "String check",
      "id": "String check-2eaf2d8d-d649-4335-8148-9535a7ca73c2",
      "type": "string_check",
      "input": "{{item.input}}",
      "reference": "{{item.ground_truth}}",
      "operation": "eq"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Updated Eval",
  "created_at": 1739314509,
  "metadata": {"description": "Updated description"},
}

Returns Examples

{
  "object": "eval",
  "id": "eval_67abd54d9b0081909a86353f6fb9317a",
  "data_source_config": {
    "type": "custom",
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "item": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "input": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "ground_truth": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "input",
            "ground_truth"
          ]
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "item"
      ]
    }
  },
  "testing_criteria": [
    {
      "name": "String check",
      "id": "String check-2eaf2d8d-d649-4335-8148-9535a7ca73c2",
      "type": "string_check",
      "input": "{{item.input}}",
      "reference": "{{item.ground_truth}}",
      "operation": "eq"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Updated Eval",
  "created_at": 1739314509,
  "metadata": {"description": "Updated description"},
}