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Create a conversation

$ openai conversations create

post /conversations

Create a conversation.

Parameters

  • --item: optional array of ResponseInputItem

    Initial items to include in the conversation context. You may add up to 20 items at a time.

  • --metadata: optional map[string]

    Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard.

    Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

Returns

  • conversation: object { id, created_at, metadata, object }

    • id: string

      The unique ID of the conversation.

    • created_at: number

      The time at which the conversation was created, measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

    • metadata: unknown

      Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters.

    • object: "conversation"

      The object type, which is always conversation.

Example

openai conversations create \
  --api-key 'My API Key'

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "metadata": {},
  "object": "conversation"
}