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Vector Stores

Retrieve vector store

vector_stores.retrieve(strvector_store_id) -> VectorStore
GET/vector_stores/{vector_store_id}

Retrieves a vector store.

ParametersExpand Collapse
vector_store_id: str
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class VectorStore: …

A vector store is a collection of processed files can be used by the file_search tool.

id: str

The identifier, which can be referenced in API endpoints.

created_at: int

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

file_counts: FileCounts
cancelled: int

The number of files that were cancelled.

completed: int

The number of files that have been successfully processed.

failed: int

The number of files that have failed to process.

in_progress: int

The number of files that are currently being processed.

total: int

The total number of files.

last_active_at: Optional[int]

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the vector store was last active.

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 vector store.

object: Literal["vector_store"]

The object type, which is always vector_store.

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

The status of the vector store, which can be either expired, in_progress, or completed. A status of completed indicates that the vector store is ready for use.

Accepts one of the following:
"expired"
"in_progress"
"completed"
usage_bytes: int

The total number of bytes used by the files in the vector store.

expires_after: Optional[ExpiresAfter]

The expiration policy for a vector store.

anchor: Literal["last_active_at"]

Anchor timestamp after which the expiration policy applies. Supported anchors: last_active_at.

days: int

The number of days after the anchor time that the vector store will expire.

minimum1
maximum365
expires_at: Optional[int]

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

Retrieve vector store

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
vector_store = client.vector_stores.retrieve(
    "vector_store_id",
)
print(vector_store.id)
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "file_counts": {
    "cancelled": 0,
    "completed": 0,
    "failed": 0,
    "in_progress": 0,
    "total": 0
  },
  "last_active_at": 0,
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "string"
  },
  "name": "name",
  "object": "vector_store",
  "status": "expired",
  "usage_bytes": 0,
  "expires_after": {
    "anchor": "last_active_at",
    "days": 1
  },
  "expires_at": 0
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "file_counts": {
    "cancelled": 0,
    "completed": 0,
    "failed": 0,
    "in_progress": 0,
    "total": 0
  },
  "last_active_at": 0,
  "metadata": {
    "foo": "string"
  },
  "name": "name",
  "object": "vector_store",
  "status": "expired",
  "usage_bytes": 0,
  "expires_after": {
    "anchor": "last_active_at",
    "days": 1
  },
  "expires_at": 0
}