Get File Metadata

client.Files.GetMetadata(ctx, fileID) (*FileMetadata, error)

GET/v1/files/{file_id}

Get File Metadata

Parameters

fileID string

ID of the File.

Returns

type FileMetadata struct{…}

ID string

Unique object identifier.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

CreatedAt Time

RFC 3339 datetime string representing when the file was created.

formatdate-time

Filename string

Original filename of the uploaded file.

maxLength500

minLength1

MimeType string

MIME type of the file.

maxLength255

minLength1

SizeBytes int64

Size of the file in bytes.

minimum0

Type File

Object type.

For files, this is always "file".

Downloadable bool Optional

Whether the file can be downloaded.

defaultfalse

ExpiresAt Time Optional

RFC 3339 datetime string representing when the file will expire and become unavailable for download. Null if the file does not expire. For files uploaded with expires_in_seconds, this is the upload time plus that value.

formatdate-time

Get File Metadata

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"
	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go/option"
)

func main() {
	client := anthropic.NewClient(
		option.WithAPIKey("my-anthropic-api-key"),
	)
	fileMetadata, err := client.Files.GetMetadata(context.TODO(), "file_id")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", fileMetadata.ID)
}

{
  "id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "created_at": "2025-04-15T18:37:24.100435Z",
  "filename": "document.pdf",
  "mime_type": "application/pdf",
  "size_bytes": 102400,
  "type": "file",
  "downloadable": false,
  "expires_at": "2025-05-15T18:37:24.100435Z"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "created_at": "2025-04-15T18:37:24.100435Z",
  "filename": "document.pdf",
  "mime_type": "application/pdf",
  "size_bytes": 102400,
  "type": "file",
  "downloadable": false,
  "expires_at": "2025-05-15T18:37:24.100435Z"
}