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Cancel upload

POST/uploads/{upload_id}/cancel

Cancels the Upload. No Parts may be added after an Upload is cancelled.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse
upload_id: string
ReturnsExpand Collapse
Upload = object { id, bytes, created_at, 6 more }

The Upload object can accept byte chunks in the form of Parts.

id: string

The Upload unique identifier, which can be referenced in API endpoints.

bytes: number

The intended number of bytes to be uploaded.

created_at: number

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the Upload was created.

expires_at: number

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the Upload will expire.

filename: string

The name of the file to be uploaded.

purpose: string

The intended purpose of the file. Please refer here for acceptable values.

status: "pending" or "completed" or "cancelled" or "expired"

The status of the Upload.

Accepts one of the following:
"pending"
"completed"
"cancelled"
"expired"
file: optional FileObject { id, bytes, created_at, 6 more }

The File object represents a document that has been uploaded to OpenAI.

id: string

The file identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.

bytes: number

The size of the file, in bytes.

created_at: number

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

filename: string

The name of the file.

object: "file"

The object type, which is always file.

purpose: "assistants" or "assistants_output" or "batch" or 5 more

The intended purpose of the file. Supported values are assistants, assistants_output, batch, batch_output, fine-tune, fine-tune-results, vision, and user_data.

Accepts one of the following:
"assistants"
"assistants_output"
"batch"
"batch_output"
"fine-tune"
"fine-tune-results"
"vision"
"user_data"
Deprecatedstatus: "uploaded" or "processed" or "error"

Deprecated. The current status of the file, which can be either uploaded, processed, or error.

Accepts one of the following:
"uploaded"
"processed"
"error"
expires_at: optional number

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the file will expire.

Deprecatedstatus_details: optional string

Deprecated. For details on why a fine-tuning training file failed validation, see the error field on fine_tuning.job.

object: optional "upload"

The object type, which is always "upload".

Cancel upload

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/uploads/$UPLOAD_ID/cancel \
    -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"
{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "expires_at": 0,
  "filename": "filename",
  "purpose": "purpose",
  "status": "pending",
  "file": {
    "id": "id",
    "bytes": 0,
    "created_at": 0,
    "filename": "filename",
    "object": "file",
    "purpose": "assistants",
    "status": "uploaded",
    "expires_at": 0,
    "status_details": "status_details"
  },
  "object": "upload"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "expires_at": 0,
  "filename": "filename",
  "purpose": "purpose",
  "status": "pending",
  "file": {
    "id": "id",
    "bytes": 0,
    "created_at": 0,
    "filename": "filename",
    "object": "file",
    "purpose": "assistants",
    "status": "uploaded",
    "expires_at": 0,
    "status_details": "status_details"
  },
  "object": "upload"
}