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Retrieve file content

Deprecated: The `.content()` method should be used instead

files.retrieve_content(strfile_id) -> FileContent

GET/files/{file_id}/content

Returns the contents of the specified file.

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file_id: str

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str

Retrieve file content

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from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

content = client.files.content("file-abc123")

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"string"

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"string"