Files

Get file metadata

Retrieves metadata for a single file owned by the requesting workspace.

get/files/{file_id}

Path parameters

file_idstring required

Example:or_file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w

Query parameters

workspace_idstring uuid

Workspace to scope the request to. Defaults to the caller’s default workspace.

Example:a103d8b6-42f0-4e50-9a3c-bf41e2c3c1a7

Workspace to scope the request to. Defaults to the caller’s default workspace.

provider'openai' | 'anthropic'

Store or read this file on the named provider using your own API key for it. Omit to use OpenRouter storage.

Example:openai

Store or read this file on the named provider using your own API key for it. Omit to use OpenRouter storage.

Response

The file metadata.

Example response

{
  "_shape": "openrouter",
  "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "downloadable": false,
  "filename": "document.pdf",
  "id": "or_file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "mime_type": "application/pdf",
  "size_bytes": 1024000,
  "type": "file"
}

Changes

Changed in 2 of the 303 revisions of this API.1115

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