Batch
Create large batches of API requests for asynchronous processing. The Batch API returns completions within 24 hours for a 50% discount. Related guide: Batch
Create batch
Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests
Request body
The ID of an uploaded file that contains requests for the new batch.
See upload file for how to upload a file.
Your input file must be formatted as a JSONL file, and must be uploaded with the purpose batch
. The file can contain up to 50,000 requests, and can be up to 200 MB in size.
The endpoint to be used for all requests in the batch. Currently /v1/chat/completions
, /v1/embeddings
, and /v1/completions
are supported. Note that /v1/embeddings
batches are also restricted to a maximum of 50,000 embedding inputs across all requests in the batch.
The time frame within which the batch should be processed. Currently only 24h
is supported.
Returns
The created Batch object.
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curl https://api.openai.com/v1/batches \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"input_file_id": "file-abc123",
"endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
"completion_window": "24h"
}'
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{
"id": "batch_abc123",
"object": "batch",
"endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
"errors": null,
"input_file_id": "file-abc123",
"completion_window": "24h",
"status": "validating",
"output_file_id": null,
"error_file_id": null,
"created_at": 1711471533,
"in_progress_at": null,
"expires_at": null,
"finalizing_at": null,
"completed_at": null,
"failed_at": null,
"expired_at": null,
"cancelling_at": null,
"cancelled_at": null,
"request_counts": {
"total": 0,
"completed": 0,
"failed": 0
},
"metadata": {
"customer_id": "user_123456789",
"batch_description": "Nightly eval job",
}
}
Retrieve batch
Retrieves a batch.
Returns
The Batch object matching the specified ID.
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curl https://api.openai.com/v1/batches/batch_abc123 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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{
"id": "batch_abc123",
"object": "batch",
"endpoint": "/v1/completions",
"errors": null,
"input_file_id": "file-abc123",
"completion_window": "24h",
"status": "completed",
"output_file_id": "file-cvaTdG",
"error_file_id": "file-HOWS94",
"created_at": 1711471533,
"in_progress_at": 1711471538,
"expires_at": 1711557933,
"finalizing_at": 1711493133,
"completed_at": 1711493163,
"failed_at": null,
"expired_at": null,
"cancelling_at": null,
"cancelled_at": null,
"request_counts": {
"total": 100,
"completed": 95,
"failed": 5
},
"metadata": {
"customer_id": "user_123456789",
"batch_description": "Nightly eval job",
}
}
Cancel batch
Cancels an in-progress batch. The batch will be in status cancelling
for up to 10 minutes, before changing to cancelled
, where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.
Returns
The Batch object matching the specified ID.
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curl https://api.openai.com/v1/batches/batch_abc123/cancel \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X POST
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{
"id": "batch_abc123",
"object": "batch",
"endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
"errors": null,
"input_file_id": "file-abc123",
"completion_window": "24h",
"status": "cancelling",
"output_file_id": null,
"error_file_id": null,
"created_at": 1711471533,
"in_progress_at": 1711471538,
"expires_at": 1711557933,
"finalizing_at": null,
"completed_at": null,
"failed_at": null,
"expired_at": null,
"cancelling_at": 1711475133,
"cancelled_at": null,
"request_counts": {
"total": 100,
"completed": 23,
"failed": 1
},
"metadata": {
"customer_id": "user_123456789",
"batch_description": "Nightly eval job",
}
}
List batch
List your organization's batches.
Query parameters
A cursor for use in pagination. after
is an object ID that defines your place in the list. For instance, if you make a list request and receive 100 objects, ending with obj_foo, your subsequent call can include after=obj_foo in order to fetch the next page of the list.
Returns
A list of paginated Batch objects.
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curl https://api.openai.com/v1/batches?limit=2 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
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{
"object": "list",
"data": [
{
"id": "batch_abc123",
"object": "batch",
"endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
"errors": null,
"input_file_id": "file-abc123",
"completion_window": "24h",
"status": "completed",
"output_file_id": "file-cvaTdG",
"error_file_id": "file-HOWS94",
"created_at": 1711471533,
"in_progress_at": 1711471538,
"expires_at": 1711557933,
"finalizing_at": 1711493133,
"completed_at": 1711493163,
"failed_at": null,
"expired_at": null,
"cancelling_at": null,
"cancelled_at": null,
"request_counts": {
"total": 100,
"completed": 95,
"failed": 5
},
"metadata": {
"customer_id": "user_123456789",
"batch_description": "Nightly job",
}
},
{ ... },
],
"first_id": "batch_abc123",
"last_id": "batch_abc456",
"has_more": true
}
The batch object
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{
"id": "batch_abc123",
"object": "batch",
"endpoint": "/v1/completions",
"errors": null,
"input_file_id": "file-abc123",
"completion_window": "24h",
"status": "completed",
"output_file_id": "file-cvaTdG",
"error_file_id": "file-HOWS94",
"created_at": 1711471533,
"in_progress_at": 1711471538,
"expires_at": 1711557933,
"finalizing_at": 1711493133,
"completed_at": 1711493163,
"failed_at": null,
"expired_at": null,
"cancelling_at": null,
"cancelled_at": null,
"request_counts": {
"total": 100,
"completed": 95,
"failed": 5
},
"metadata": {
"customer_id": "user_123456789",
"batch_description": "Nightly eval job",
}
}
The request input object
The per-line object of the batch input file
A developer-provided per-request id that will be used to match outputs to inputs. Must be unique for each request in a batch.
{"custom_id": "request-1", "method": "POST", "url": "/v1/chat/completions", "body": {"model": "gpt-4o-mini", "messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What is 2+2?"}]}}
The request output object
The per-line object of the batch output and error files
{"id": "batch_req_wnaDys", "custom_id": "request-2", "response": {"status_code": 200, "request_id": "req_c187b3", "body": {"id": "chatcmpl-9758Iw", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1711475054, "model": "gpt-4o-mini", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "2 + 2 equals 4."}, "finish_reason": "stop"}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 24, "completion_tokens": 15, "total_tokens": 39}, "system_fingerprint": null}}, "error": null}