API Reference

Vector Stores

File Batches

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Retrieve vector store file batch

GET/vector_stores/{vector_store_id}/file_batches/{batch_id}

Retrieves a vector store file batch.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

vector_store_id: string

batch_id: string

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VectorStoreFileBatch object { id, created_at, file_counts, 3 more }

A batch of files attached to a vector store.

id: string

The identifier, which can be referenced in API endpoints.

created_at: number

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the vector store files batch was created.

formatunixtime

file_counts: object { cancelled, completed, failed, 2 more }

cancelled: number

The number of files that where cancelled.

completed: number

The number of files that have been processed.

failed: number

The number of files that have failed to process.

in_progress: number

The number of files that are currently being processed.

total: number

The total number of files.

object: "vector_store.files_batch"

The object type, which is always vector_store.file_batch.

status: "in_progress" or "completed" or "cancelled" or "failed"

The status of the vector store files batch, which can be either in_progress, completed, cancelled or failed.

One of the following:

"in_progress"

"completed"

"cancelled"

"failed"

vector_store_id: string

The ID of the vector store that the File is attached to.

Retrieve vector store file batch

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curl https://api.openai.com/v1/vector_stores/vs_abc123/file_batches/vsfb_abc123 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "OpenAI-Beta: assistants=v2"

{
  "id": "vsfb_abc123",
  "object": "vector_store.file_batch",
  "created_at": 1699061776,
  "vector_store_id": "vs_abc123",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "file_counts": {
    "in_progress": 1,
    "completed": 1,
    "failed": 0,
    "cancelled": 0,
    "total": 0,
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "vsfb_abc123",
  "object": "vector_store.file_batch",
  "created_at": 1699061776,
  "vector_store_id": "vs_abc123",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "file_counts": {
    "in_progress": 1,
    "completed": 1,
    "failed": 0,
    "cancelled": 0,
    "total": 0,
  }
}