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Retrieve file content

GET

/files/{file_id}/content

Returns a response containing the contents of the specified file.

file_id: string

The ID of the file to use for this request.

file

HTTP

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/files/file-abc123/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" > file.jsonl