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xAI Files API

The Files API from xAI — 3 operation(s) for files.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

xAI Files API is one of 17 APIs that xAI publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.x.ai/v1.

5 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.x.ai/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

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
GET
/v1/files
List files owned by the authenticated team, paginated.
handle_list_files_request 5 params → 200
POST
/v1/files
Upload a file to xAI's storage.
handle_upload_file_request body → 200400413
GET
/v1/files/{file_id}
Retrieve metadata for a single file by ID.
handle_retrieve_file_request 1 param → 200404
DELETE
/v1/files/{file_id}
Delete a file by ID.
handle_delete_file_request 1 param → 200404
GET
/v1/files/{file_id}/content
Download the contents of a file as a stream of raw bytes.
handle_download_file_content_request 2 params → 200404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are File (7 properties), UploadFileMultipartRequest (3 properties), DeleteFileResponse (3 properties), ListFilesResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ContentFormat
string
Format of the downloaded file content.
File
object
An uploaded file.
7 properties 5 required
DeleteFileResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
UploadFileMultipartRequest
object
Multipart form fields accepted by POST /v1/files. The expiresafter field MUST appear before file in the multipart body when both are present (the upload handle…
3 properties 1 required
ListFilesResponse
object
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

xai-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
xai:xai-files-api
Base URL
https://api.x.ai/v1
Docs
https://docs.x.ai/docs/api-reference
Provider
xAI
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