Create batch

POST

/batches

Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests

Request

Authorization

Bearer Token

Provide your bearer token in the

Authorization

header when making requests to protected resources.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer ********************

Body Params application/json

Examples

Responses

🟢200Success

application/json

Body

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/batches' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "input_file_id": "file-abc123",
    "endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
    "completion_window": "24h"
  }'

Response Example

{
  "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",
  }
}

Modified at 2025-09-17 10:04:08

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