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Retrieve file content

GET/files/{file_id}/content

Returns the contents of the specified file.

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file_id: string

Retrieve file content

HTTP

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

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