API Reference

Containers

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Delete a container file

DELETE/containers/{container_id}/files/{file_id}

Delete Container File

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container_id: string

file_id: string

Delete a container file

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curl -X DELETE https://api.openai.com/v1/containers/cntr_682dfebaacac8198bbfe9c2474fb6f4a085685cbe3cb5863/files/cfile_682e0e8a43c88191a7978f477a09bdf5 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

{
    "id": "cfile_682e0e8a43c88191a7978f477a09bdf5",
    "object": "container.file.deleted",
    "deleted": true
}

Returns Examples

{
    "id": "cfile_682e0e8a43c88191a7978f477a09bdf5",
    "object": "container.file.deleted",
    "deleted": true
}