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Complete upload

POST/uploads/{upload_id}/complete

Completes the Upload.

Within the returned Upload object, there is a nested File object that is ready to use in the rest of the platform.

You can specify the order of the Parts by passing in an ordered list of the Part IDs.

The number of bytes uploaded upon completion must match the number of bytes initially specified when creating the Upload object. No Parts may be added after an Upload is completed.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse
upload_id: string
Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
part_ids: array of string

The ordered list of Part IDs.

md5: optional string

The optional md5 checksum for the file contents to verify if the bytes uploaded matches what you expect.

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".

Complete upload

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/uploads/$UPLOAD_ID/complete \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "part_ids": [
            "string"
          ]
        }'
{
  "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"
}