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List Files

GET/v1/files

List Files

Query parameters
after_id: optional string

ID of the object to use as a cursor for pagination. When provided, returns the page of results immediately after this object.

before_id: optional string

ID of the object to use as a cursor for pagination. When provided, returns the page of results immediately before this object.

limit: optional number

Number of items to return per page.

Defaults to 20. Ranges from 1 to 1000.

default20
maximum1000
minimum1
scope_id: optional string

Filter by scope ID. Only returns files associated with the specified scope (e.g., a session ID).

Headers
"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta

Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

One of the following:
string
"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 31 more
One of the following:
"message-batches-2024-09-24"
"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"
"computer-use-2024-10-22"
"computer-use-2025-01-24"
"pdfs-2024-09-25"
"token-counting-2024-11-01"
"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"
"output-128k-2025-02-19"
"files-api-2025-04-14"
"mcp-client-2025-04-04"
"mcp-client-2025-11-20"
"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"
"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"
"code-execution-2025-05-22"
"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"
"context-1m-2025-08-07"
"context-management-2025-06-27"
"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"
"skills-2025-10-02"
"fast-mode-2026-02-01"
"output-300k-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-08-18"
"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"
"managed-agents-2026-04-01"
"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"
"dreaming-2026-04-21"
"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"
"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"
"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"
"agent-memory-2026-07-22"
"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"
Returns
data: array of BetaFileMetadata { id, created_at, filename, 5 more }

List of file metadata objects.

id: string

Unique object identifier.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: string

RFC 3339 datetime string representing when the file was created.

formatdate-time
filename: string

Original filename of the uploaded file.

maxLength500
minLength1
mime_type: string

MIME type of the file.

maxLength255
minLength1
size_bytes: number

Size of the file in bytes.

minimum0
type: "file"

Object type.

For files, this is always "file".

downloadable: optional boolean

Whether the file can be downloaded.

defaultfalse
scope: optional BetaFileScope { id, type } or null

The scope of this file, indicating the context in which it was created (e.g., a session).

id: string

The ID of the scoping resource (e.g., the session ID).

type: "session"

The type of scope (e.g., "session").

first_id: optional string or null

ID of the first file in this page of results.

has_more: optional boolean

Whether there are more results available.

defaultfalse
last_id: optional string or null

ID of the last file in this page of results.

List Files

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
{
  "data": [
    {
      "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,
      "scope": {
        "id": "id",
        "type": "session"
      }
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "file_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "data": [
    {
      "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,
      "scope": {
        "id": "id",
        "type": "session"
      }
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "file_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF"
}