Create upload
POSThttps:/api.openai.com/v1/uploads
Creates an intermediate Upload object that you can add Parts to. Currently, an Upload can accept at most 8 GB in total and expires after an hour after you create it.
Once you complete the Upload, we will create a File object that contains all the parts you uploaded. This File is usable in the rest of our platform as a regular File object.
For certain purpose
values, the correct mime_type
must be specified. Please refer to documentation for the supported MIME types for your use case.
For guidance on the proper filename extensions for each purpose, please follow the documentation on creating a File.
Request body
filename
string
Required
The name of the file to upload.purpose
string
Required
The intended purpose of the uploaded file.
See the documentation on File purposes.
assistants
string
batch
string
fine-tune
string
vision
string
bytes
integer
Required
The number of bytes in the file you are uploading.mime_type
string
Required
The MIME type of the file. This must fall within the supported MIME types for your file purpose. See the supported MIME types for assistants and vision.
Response
The Upload object with status pending
.
Example request
1 curl https://api.openai.com/v1/uploads \2 -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \3 -d '{4 "purpose": "fine-tune",5 "filename": "training_examples.jsonl",6 "bytes": 2147483648,7 "mime_type": "text/jsonl"8 }'
Example response
1 {2 "id": "upload_abc123",3 "object": "upload",4 "bytes": 2147483648,5 "created_at": 1719184911,6 "filename": "training_examples.jsonl",7 "purpose": "fine-tune",8 "status": "pending",9 "expires_at": 171912729610 }
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