resources/conversations/methods/update/index.md 2026-07-30 23:58 UTC to 2026-07-31 21:03 UTC

Update a conversation

post /conversations/{conversation_id}

Update a conversation

Path Parameters

• conversation_id: string

Body Parameters

• metadata: Metadata or null

  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.

    • "conversation"

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/conversations/$CONVERSATION_ID \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "metadata": {
            "foo": "string"
          }
        }'

Response

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

Example

curl https://api.openai.com/v1/conversations/conv_123 \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "metadata": {"topic": "project-x"}
  }'

Response

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "project-x"}
}