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Complete upload

uploads.complete(upload_id, **kwargs) -> Upload { id, bytes, created_at, 6 more }
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.

ParametersExpand Collapse
upload_id: String
part_ids: Array[String]

The ordered list of Part IDs.

md5: String

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

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class Upload { 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: Integer

The intended number of bytes to be uploaded.

created_at: Integer

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

expires_at: Integer

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

filename: String

The name of the file to be uploaded.

object: :upload

The object type, which is always "upload".

purpose: String

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

status: :pending | :completed | :cancelled | :expired

The status of the Upload.

Accepts one of the following:
:pending
:completed
:cancelled
:expired
file: 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: Integer

The size of the file, in bytes.

created_at: Integer

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 | :assistants_output | :batch | 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 | :processed | :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: Integer

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

Deprecatedstatus_details: String

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

Complete upload

require "openai"

openai = OpenAI::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")

upload = openai.uploads.complete("upload_abc123", part_ids: ["string"])

puts(upload)
{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "expires_at": 0,
  "filename": "filename",
  "object": "upload",
  "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"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "bytes": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "expires_at": 0,
  "filename": "filename",
  "object": "upload",
  "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"
  }
}