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List container files

GET/containers/{container_id}/files

List Container files

Path ParametersExpand Collapse
container_id: string
Query ParametersExpand Collapse
after: optional string

A cursor for use in pagination. after is an object ID that defines your place in the list. For instance, if you make a list request and receive 100 objects, ending with obj_foo, your subsequent call can include after=obj_foo in order to fetch the next page of the list.

limit: optional number

A limit on the number of objects to be returned. Limit can range between 1 and 100, and the default is 20.

order: optional "asc" or "desc"

Sort order by the created_at timestamp of the objects. asc for ascending order and desc for descending order.

Accepts one of the following:
"asc"
"desc"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
data: array of object { id, bytes, container_id, 4 more }

A list of container files.

id: string

Unique identifier for the file.

bytes: number

Size of the file in bytes.

container_id: string

The container this file belongs to.

created_at: number

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

object: string

The type of this object (container.file).

path: string

Path of the file in the container.

source: string

Source of the file (e.g., user, assistant).

first_id: string

The ID of the first file in the list.

has_more: boolean

Whether there are more files available.

last_id: string

The ID of the last file in the list.

object: "list"

The type of object returned, must be 'list'.

List container files

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/containers/$CONTAINER_ID/files \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "bytes": 0,
      "container_id": "container_id",
      "created_at": 0,
      "object": "object",
      "path": "path",
      "source": "source"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id",
  "object": "list"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "bytes": 0,
      "container_id": "container_id",
      "created_at": 0,
      "object": "object",
      "path": "path",
      "source": "source"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id",
  "object": "list"
}