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Retrieve file

files.retrieve(strfile_id) -> FileObject
GET/files/{file_id}

Returns information about a specific file.

ParametersExpand Collapse
file_id: str
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class FileObject: …

The File object represents a document that has been uploaded to OpenAI.

id: str

The file identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.

bytes: int

The size of the file, in bytes.

created_at: int

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

filename: str

The name of the file.

object: Literal["file"]

The object type, which is always file.

purpose: Literal["assistants", "assistants_output", "batch", 5 more]

The intended purpose of the file. Supported values are assistants, assistants_output, batch, batch_output, fine-tune, fine-tune-results, vision, and user_data.

Accepts one of the following:
"assistants"
"assistants_output"
"batch"
"batch_output"
"fine-tune"
"fine-tune-results"
"vision"
"user_data"
Deprecatedstatus: Literal["uploaded", "processed", "error"]

Deprecated. The current status of the file, which can be either uploaded, processed, or error.

Accepts one of the following:
"uploaded"
"processed"
"error"
expires_at: Optional[int]

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the file will expire.

Deprecatedstatus_details: Optional[str]

Deprecated. For details on why a fine-tuning training file failed validation, see the error field on fine_tuning.job.

Retrieve file

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
file_object = client.files.retrieve(
    "file_id",
)
print(file_object.id)
{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "filename": "filename",
  "object": "file",
  "purpose": "assistants",
  "status": "uploaded",
  "expires_at": 0,
  "status_details": "status_details"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "filename": "filename",
  "object": "file",
  "purpose": "assistants",
  "status": "uploaded",
  "expires_at": 0,
  "status_details": "status_details"
}