Get File Metadata

beta.files.retrieve_metadata(, ) -> FileMetadata

get/v1/files/{file_id}

Get File Metadata

ParametersExpand Collapse

file_id: str

ID of the File.

betas: Optional[List[AnthropicBetaParam]]

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

Accepts one of the following:

UnionMember0 = str

UnionMember1 = Literal["message-batches-2024-09-24", "prompt-caching-2024-07-31", "computer-use-2024-10-22", 16 more]

Accepts 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"

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class FileMetadata: …

id: str

Unique object identifier.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: datetime

RFC 3339 datetime string representing when the file was created.

formatdate-time

filename: str

Original filename of the uploaded file.

maxLength500

minLength1

mime_type: str

MIME type of the file.

maxLength255

minLength1

size_bytes: int

Size of the file in bytes.

minimum0

type: Literal["file"]

Object type.

For files, this is always "file".

Accepts one of the following:

"file"

downloadable: Optional[bool]

Whether the file can be downloaded.

Get File Metadata

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key="my-anthropic-api-key",
)
file_metadata = client.beta.files.retrieve_metadata(
    file_id="file_id",
)
print(file_metadata.id)

Response 200

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "filename": "x",
  "mime_type": "x",
  "size_bytes": 0,
  "type": "file",
  "downloadable": true
}

Returns Examples

Response 200

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "filename": "x",
  "mime_type": "x",
  "size_bytes": 0,
  "type": "file",
  "downloadable": true
}

Get File Metadata

beta.files.retrieve_metadata(, ) -> FileMetadata

get/v1/files/{file_id}

Get File Metadata

ParametersExpand Collapse

file_id: str

ID of the File.

betas: Optional[List[AnthropicBetaParam]]

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

Accepts one of the following:

UnionMember0 = str

UnionMember1 = Literal["message-batches-2024-09-24", "prompt-caching-2024-07-31", "computer-use-2024-10-22", 16 more]

Accepts 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"

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class FileMetadata: …

id: str

Unique object identifier.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: datetime

RFC 3339 datetime string representing when the file was created.

formatdate-time

filename: str

Original filename of the uploaded file.

maxLength500

minLength1

mime_type: str

MIME type of the file.

maxLength255

minLength1

size_bytes: int

Size of the file in bytes.

minimum0

type: Literal["file"]

Object type.

For files, this is always "file".

Accepts one of the following:

"file"

downloadable: Optional[bool]

Whether the file can be downloaded.

Get File Metadata

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key="my-anthropic-api-key",
)
file_metadata = client.beta.files.retrieve_metadata(
    file_id="file_id",
)
print(file_metadata.id)

Response 200

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "filename": "x",
  "mime_type": "x",
  "size_bytes": 0,
  "type": "file",
  "downloadable": true
}

Returns Examples

Response 200

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "filename": "x",
  "mime_type": "x",
  "size_bytes": 0,
  "type": "file",
  "downloadable": true
}