Files

Files are used to upload documents that can be used with features like Fine-tuning.

List files

GET https://api.openai.com/v1/files

Returns a list of files that belong to the user's organization.

Example request:

curl:

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/files \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

python:

import os
import openai
openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
openai.File.list()

node.js:

const { Configuration, OpenAIApi } = require("openai");
const configuration = new Configuration({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});
const openai = new OpenAIApi(configuration);
const response = await openai.listFiles();

Response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "file-ccdDZrC3iZVNiQVeEA6Z66wf",
      "object": "file",
      "bytes": 175,
      "created_at": 1613677385,
      "filename": "train.jsonl",
      "purpose": "search"
    },
    {
      "id": "file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3",
      "object": "file",
      "bytes": 140,
      "created_at": 1613779121,
      "filename": "puppy.jsonl",
      "purpose": "search"
    }
  ],
  "object": "list"
}

Upload file

POST https://api.openai.com/v1/files

Upload a file that contains document(s) to be used across various endpoints/features. Currently, the size of all the files uploaded by one organization can be up to 1 GB. Please contact us if you need to increase the storage limit.

Request body

---

filestringRequired

Name of the JSON Lines file to be uploaded.

If the purpose is set to "fine-tune", each line is a JSON record with "prompt" and "completion" fields representing your training examples.

---

purposestringRequired

The intended purpose of the uploaded documents.

Use "fine-tune" for Fine-tuning. This allows us to validate the format of the uploaded file.

---

Example request:

curl:

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/files \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -F purpose="fine-tune" \
  -F file="@mydata.jsonl"

python:

import os
import openai
openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
openai.File.create(
  file=open("mydata.jsonl", "rb"),
  purpose='fine-tune'
)

node.js:

const fs = require("fs");
const { Configuration, OpenAIApi } = require("openai");
const configuration = new Configuration({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});
const openai = new OpenAIApi(configuration);
const response = await openai.createFile(
  fs.createReadStream("mydata.jsonl"),
  "fine-tune"
);

Response:

{
  "id": "file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3",
  "object": "file",
  "bytes": 140,
  "created_at": 1613779121,
  "filename": "mydata.jsonl",
  "purpose": "fine-tune"
}

Delete file

DELETE https://api.openai.com/v1/files/{file_id}

Delete a file.

Path parameters

---

file_idstringRequired

The ID of the file to use for this request

---

Example request:

curl:

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/files/file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3 \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

python:

import os
import openai
openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
openai.File.delete("file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3")

node.js:

const { Configuration, OpenAIApi } = require("openai");
const configuration = new Configuration({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});
const openai = new OpenAIApi(configuration);
const response = await openai.deleteFile("file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3");

Response:

{
  "id": "file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3",
  "object": "file",
  "deleted": true
}

Retrieve file

GET https://api.openai.com/v1/files/{file_id}

Returns information about a specific file.

Path parameters

---

file_idstringRequired

The ID of the file to use for this request

---

Example request:

curl:

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/files/file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

python:

import os
import openai
openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
openai.File.retrieve("file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3")

node.js:

const { Configuration, OpenAIApi } = require("openai");
const configuration = new Configuration({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});
const openai = new OpenAIApi(configuration);
const response = await openai.retrieveFile("file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3");

Response:

{
  "id": "file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3",
  "object": "file",
  "bytes": 140,
  "created_at": 1613779657,
  "filename": "mydata.jsonl",
  "purpose": "fine-tune"
}

Retrieve file content

GET https://api.openai.com/v1/files/{file_id}/content

Returns the contents of the specified file

Path parameters

---

file_idstringRequired

The ID of the file to use for this request

---

Example request:

curl:

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/files/file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" > file.jsonl

python:

import os
import openai
openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
content = openai.File.download("file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3")

node.js:

const { Configuration, OpenAIApi } = require("openai");
const configuration = new Configuration({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});
const openai = new OpenAIApi(configuration);
const response = await openai.downloadFile("file-XjGxS3KTG0uNmNOK362iJua3");