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Kimi (Moonshot AI) Files API

The Files API from Kimi (Moonshot AI) — 3 operation(s) for files.

Kimi (Moonshot AI) Files API is one of 13 APIs that Kimi (Moonshot AI) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Files. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.moonshot.cn.

5 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.moonshot.cn/v1/chat/completions
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Kimi (Moonshot AI) Files API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — Authorization 请求头需要一个 Bearer 令牌。使用 MOONSHOTAPIKEY 作为令牌。这是一个服务端密钥,请在 [API 密钥页面](https://platform.kimi.com/console/api-keys) 生成。

Paths & Operations 5

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Files 5
POST
/v1/files
上传文件
body → 200400401500
GET
/v1/files
文件列表
→ 200401500
GET
/v1/files/{file_id}
获取文件信息
1 param → 200401404500
DELETE
/v1/files/{file_id}
删除文件
1 param → 200401404500
GET
/v1/files/{file_id}/content
获取文件内容
1 param → 200401404500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FileObject (8 properties), FileDeleteResponse (3 properties), FileListResponse (2 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FileObject
object
8 properties 7 required
FileDeleteResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
FileListResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kimi-moonshot-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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