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

Retrieve container

get /containers/{container_id}

Retrieve Container

Path Parameters

• container_id: string

Returns

• id: string

  Unique identifier for the container.

• created_at: number

  Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the container was created.

• name: string

  Name of the container.

• object: string

  The type of this object.

• status: string

  Status of the container (e.g., active, deleted).

• expires_after: optional object { anchor, minutes }

  The container will expire after this time period. The anchor is the reference point for the expiration. The minutes is the number of minutes after the anchor before the container expires.

  • anchor: optional "last_active_at"

    The reference point for the expiration.

    • "last_active_at"

  • minutes: optional number

    The number of minutes after the anchor before the container expires.

• last_active_at: optional number

  Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the container was last active.

• memory_limit: optional "1g" or "4g" or "16g" or "64g"

  The memory limit configured for the container.

  • "1g"

  • "4g"

  • "16g"

  • "64g"

• network_policy: optional object { type, allowed_domains }

  Network access policy for the container.

  • type: "allowlist" or "disabled"

    The network policy mode.

    • "allowlist"

    • "disabled"

  • allowed_domains: optional array of string

    Allowed outbound domains when type is allowlist.

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/containers/$CONTAINER_ID \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": 0,
  "name": "name",
  "object": "object",
  "status": "status",
  "expires_after": {
    "anchor": "last_active_at",
    "minutes": 0
  },
  "last_active_at": 0,
  "memory_limit": "1g",
  "network_policy": {
    "type": "allowlist",
    "allowed_domains": [
      "string"
    ]
  }
}

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/containers/cntr_682dfebaacac8198bbfe9c2474fb6f4a085685cbe3cb5863 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Response

{
    "id": "cntr_682dfebaacac8198bbfe9c2474fb6f4a085685cbe3cb5863",
    "object": "container",
    "created_at": 1747844794,
    "status": "running",
    "expires_after": {
        "anchor": "last_active_at",
        "minutes": 20
    },
    "last_active_at": 1747844794,
    "memory_limit": "4g",
    "name": "My Container"
}