List Message Batches

beta.messages.batches.list(**kwargs) -> Page<BetaMessageBatch>

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

Parameters

after_id: 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: String

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

limit: Integer

Number of items to return per page.

Defaults to 20. Ranges from 1 to 1000.

maximum1000

minimum1

betas: Array[AnthropicBeta]

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

One of the following:

String = String

AnthropicBeta = :"message-batches-2024-09-24" | :"prompt-caching-2024-07-31" | :"computer-use-2024-10-22" | 38 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"

:"compact-2026-01-12"

:"computer-use-2025-11-24"

:"mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"

:"structured-outputs-2025-11-13"

:"task-budgets-2026-03-13"

:"thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"

:"ce-user-management-2026-07-13"

Returns

class BetaMessageBatch { id, archived_at, cancel_initiated_at, 7 more }

List Message Batches

require "anthropic"

anthropic = Anthropic::Client.new(api_key: "my-anthropic-api-key")

page = anthropic.beta.messages.batches.list

puts(page)

{
  "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

{
  "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"
}