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Portkey Files API

Files are used to upload documents that can be used with features like Assistants and Fine-tuning.

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

Tagged areas include File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.portkey.ai/v1.

5 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.portkey.ai/v1
Authentication
API Key, API Key, HTTP Bearer, API Key, API Key, API Key
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 6

Portkey Files API declares 6 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-portkey-api-key (Portkey-Key). An API key is passed in the header as x-portkey-virtual-key (Virtual-Key). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Provider-Auth). An API key is passed in the header as x-portkey-provider (Provider-Name). An API key is passed in the header as x-portkey-config (Config). An API key is passed in the header as x-portkey-custom-host (Custom-Host). By default, every request must be authenticated.

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

Files are used to upload documents that can be used with features like Assistants and Fine-tuning.

GET
/files
List Files
listFiles 1 param → 200
POST
/files
Upload a file to be used across various endpoints, such as Assistant (<2M tokens), Fine-Tuning, and Batch (<100 MB). Total size of your bucket is 100 GB.
createFile body → 200
DELETE
/files/{file_id}
Delete File
deleteFile 1 param → 200
GET
/files/{file_id}
Returns information about a specific file.
retrieveFile 1 param → 200
GET
/files/{file_id}/content
Returns the contents of the specified file.
downloadFile 1 param → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are OpenAIFile (8 properties), DeleteFileResponse (3 properties), CreateFileRequest (2 properties), ListFilesResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListFilesResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
CreateFileRequest
object
2 properties 2 required
DeleteFileResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
OpenAIFile
object
The File object represents a document that has been uploaded to OpenAI.
8 properties 7 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

portkey-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Portkey Analytics > Summary API
Portkey Api-Keys API
Portkey Assistants API
Portkey Audio API
Portkey Audit Logs API
Portkey Batch API
Portkey Chat API
Portkey Collections API
Portkey Completions API
Portkey Configs API
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