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OpenAI Threads API

The Threads API from OpenAI — 13 operation(s) for threads.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

OpenAI Threads API is one of 51 APIs that OpenAI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Threads. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 19 operations across 13 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.openai.com/v1.

19 operations 13 paths 10 schemas 1 DELETE9 GET9 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.openai.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
OpenAI Support
License
MIT
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

OpenAI Threads API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 19

Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 19 operations — 1 DELETE, 9 GET, 9 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Threads 19
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/messages/{message_id}/files
OpenAI Returns a list of message files.
listMessageFiles 6 params → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/messages/{message_id}/files/{file_id}
OpenAI Retrieves a message file.
getMessageFile 3 params → 200
POST
/threads
OpenAI Create a thread.
createThread body → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}
OpenAI Retrieves a thread.
getThread 1 param → 200
POST
/threads/{thread_id}
OpenAI Modifies a thread.
modifyThread 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/threads/{thread_id}
OpenAI Delete a thread.
deleteThread 1 param → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/messages
OpenAI Returns a list of messages for a given thread.
listMessages 5 params → 200
POST
/threads/{thread_id}/messages
OpenAI Create a message.
createMessage 1 param body → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/messages/{message_id}
OpenAI Retrieve a message.
getMessage 2 params → 200
POST
/threads/{thread_id}/messages/{message_id}
OpenAI Modifies a message.
modifyMessage 2 params body → 200
POST
/threads/runs
OpenAI Create a thread and run it in one request.
createThreadAndRun body → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/runs
OpenAI Returns a list of runs belonging to a thread.
listRuns 5 params → 200
POST
/threads/{thread_id}/runs
OpenAI Create a run.
createRun 1 param body → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/runs/{run_id}
OpenAI Retrieves a run.
getRun 2 params → 200
POST
/threads/{thread_id}/runs/{run_id}
OpenAI Modifies a run.
modifyRun 2 params body → 200
POST
/threads/{thread_id}/runs/{run_id}/submit_tool_outputs
OpenAI When a run has the status: "requiresaction" and requiredaction.type is submittooloutputs, this endpoint can be used to submit the outputs from the tool calls once they're all completed. All ou…
submitToolOuputsToRun 2 params body → 200
POST
/threads/{thread_id}/runs/{run_id}/cancel
OpenAI Cancels a run that is inprogress.
cancelRun 2 params → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/runs/{run_id}/steps
OpenAI Returns a list of run steps belonging to a run.
listRunSteps 6 params → 200
GET
/threads/{thread_id}/runs/{run_id}/steps/{step_id}
OpenAI Retrieves a run step.
getRunStep 3 params → 200

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RunObject (19 properties), RunStepObject (16 properties), MessageObject (10 properties), ListRunsResponse (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListMessagesResponse
object
5 properties 5 required
DeleteThreadResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
ListRunStepsResponse
object
5 properties 5 required
RunStepObject
object
Represents a step in execution of a run.
16 properties 16 required
ListRunsResponse
object
5 properties 5 required
ListMessageFilesResponse
object
5 properties 6 required
MessageObject
object
Represents a message within a [thread](/docs/api-reference/threads).
10 properties 10 required
ThreadObject
object
Represents a thread that contains [messages](/docs/api-reference/messages).
4 properties 4 required
MessageFileObject
object
A list of files attached to a message.
4 properties 4 required
RunObject
object
Represents an execution run on a [thread](/docs/api-reference/threads).
19 properties 19 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

openai-threads-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ID
openai:openai-threads-api
Base URL
https://api.openai.com
Docs
https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/overview
Provider
OpenAI
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