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Containers

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Retrieve container file

GET/containers/{container_id}/files/{file_id}

Retrieve Container File

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

container_id: string

file_id: string

ReturnsExpand Collapse

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).

Retrieve container file

HTTP

HTTP

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curl https://api.openai.com/v1/containers/$CONTAINER_ID/files/$FILE_ID \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "container_id": "container_id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "object": "object",
  "path": "path",
  "source": "source"
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "container_id": "container_id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "object": "object",
  "path": "path",
  "source": "source"
}