Retrieve a Message Batch

client.messages.batches.retrieve(, ?): MessageBatch

GET/v1/messages/batches/{message_batch_id}

This endpoint is idempotent and can be used to poll for Message Batch completion. To access the results of a Message Batch, make a request to the results_url field in the response.

Learn more about the Message Batches API in our user guide

Parameters

messageBatchID: string

ID of the Message Batch.

Returns

MessageBatch { id, archived_at, cancel_initiated_at, 7 more }

Retrieve a Message Batch

import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const messageBatch = await client.messages.batches.retrieve("message_batch_id");

console.log(messageBatch.id);

{
  "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"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "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"
}