go/resources/conversations/methods/retrieve/index.md 2026-07-10 23:02 UTC to 2026-07-12 06:58 UTC

Retrieve a conversation

client.Conversations.Get(ctx, conversationID) (*Conversation, error)

get /conversations/{conversation_id}

Get a conversation

Parameters

• conversationID string

Returns

• type Conversation struct{…}

  • ID string

    The unique ID of the conversation.

  • CreatedAt int64

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

  • Metadata any

    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.

    • const ConversationConversation Conversation = "conversation"

Example

package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/openai/openai-go"
  "github.com/openai/openai-go/option"
)

func main() {
  client := openai.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIKey("My API Key"),
  )
  conversation, err := client.Conversations.Get(context.TODO(), "conv_123")
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", conversation.ID)
}

Response

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