Retrieve a conversation

conversations.retrieve() -> Conversation

GET/conversations/{conversation_id}

Get a conversation

ParametersExpand Collapse

conversation_id: str

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class Conversation: …

id: str

The unique ID of the conversation.

created_at: int

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

metadata: object

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: Literal["conversation"]

The object type, which is always conversation.

Retrieve a conversation

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

conversation = client.conversations.retrieve("conv_123")
print(conversation)

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "conv_123",
  "object": "conversation",
  "created_at": 1741900000,
  "metadata": {"topic": "demo"}
}