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Returns information about a specific file.

GET
/files/{file_id}

Authorizations

Parameters

Path Parameters

file_id
required
string

The ID of the file to use for this request.

Responses

200

OK

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

object
id
required

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

string
bytes
required

The size of the file, in bytes.

integer
created_at
required

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

integer
filename
required

The name of the file.

string
object
required

The object type, which is always file.

string
Allowed values: file
purpose
required

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

string
Allowed values: assistants assistants_output batch batch_output fine-tune fine-tune-results vision
status
required

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

string
Allowed values: uploaded processed error
status_details

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

string