List Message Batches

get/v1/messages/batches

List all Message Batches within a Workspace. Most recently created batches are returned first.

Learn more about the Message Batches API in our user guide

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

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.

maximum1000

minimum1

ReturnsExpand Collapse

data: array of MessageBatch { id, archived_at, cancel_initiated_at, 7 more }

id: string

Unique object identifier.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

archived_at: string

RFC 3339 datetime string representing the time at which the Message Batch was archived and its results became unavailable.

formatdate-time

cancel_initiated_at: string

RFC 3339 datetime string representing the time at which cancellation was initiated for the Message Batch. Specified only if cancellation was initiated.

formatdate-time

created_at: string

RFC 3339 datetime string representing the time at which the Message Batch was created.

formatdate-time

ended_at: string

RFC 3339 datetime string representing the time at which processing for the Message Batch ended. Specified only once processing ends.

Processing ends when every request in a Message Batch has either succeeded, errored, canceled, or expired.

formatdate-time

expires_at: string

RFC 3339 datetime string representing the time at which the Message Batch will expire and end processing, which is 24 hours after creation.

formatdate-time

processing_status: "in_progress" or "canceling" or "ended"

Processing status of the Message Batch.

Accepts one of the following:

"in_progress"

"canceling"

"ended"

request_counts: MessageBatchRequestCounts { canceled, errored, expired, 2 more }

Tallies requests within the Message Batch, categorized by their status.

Requests start as processing and move to one of the other statuses only once processing of the entire batch ends. The sum of all values always matches the total number of requests in the batch.

canceled: number

Number of requests in the Message Batch that have been canceled.

This is zero until processing of the entire Message Batch has ended.

errored: number

Number of requests in the Message Batch that encountered an error.

This is zero until processing of the entire Message Batch has ended.

expired: number

Number of requests in the Message Batch that have expired.

This is zero until processing of the entire Message Batch has ended.

processing: number

Number of requests in the Message Batch that are processing.

succeeded: number

Number of requests in the Message Batch that have completed successfully.

This is zero until processing of the entire Message Batch has ended.

results_url: string

URL to a .jsonl file containing the results of the Message Batch requests. Specified only once processing ends.

Results in the file are not guaranteed to be in the same order as requests. Use the custom_id field to match results to requests.

type: "message_batch"

Object type.

For Message Batches, this is always "message_batch".

Accepts one of the following:

"message_batch"

first_id: string

First ID in the data list. Can be used as the before_id for the previous page.

has_more: boolean

Indicates if there are more results in the requested page direction.

last_id: string

Last ID in the data list. Can be used as the after_id for the next page.

List Message Batches

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"

Response 200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
      "archived_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "cancel_initiated_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "created_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "ended_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "expires_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "processing_status": "in_progress",
      "request_counts": {
        "canceled": 10,
        "errored": 30,
        "expired": 10,
        "processing": 100,
        "succeeded": 50
      },
      "results_url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches/msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF/results",
      "type": "message_batch"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id"
}

Returns Examples

Response 200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF",
      "archived_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "cancel_initiated_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "created_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "ended_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "expires_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z",
      "processing_status": "in_progress",
      "request_counts": {
        "canceled": 10,
        "errored": 30,
        "expired": 10,
        "processing": 100,
        "succeeded": 50
      },
      "results_url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches/msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF/results",
      "type": "message_batch"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id"
}

{ "data": [ { "id": "msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF", "archived_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z", "cancel_initiated_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z", "created_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z", "ended_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z", "expires_at": "2024-08-20T18:37:24.100435Z", "processing_status": "in_progress", "request_counts": { "canceled": 10, "errored": 30, "expired": 10, "processing": 100, "succeeded": 50 }, "results_url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches/msgbatch_013Zva2CMHLNnXjNJJKqJ2EF/results", "type": "message_batch" } ], "first_id": "first_id", "has_more": true, "last_id": "last_id" }