Create and retrieve messages from thread

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I’m having trouble retrieving messages I saved into a thread. What am I doing wrong?

import time
from openai import OpenAI

# Initialize the client with your API key
client = OpenAI(api_key='sk-proj-XXX')

# Define the initial message content
initial_message_content = "Hello, I'd like to start a new conversation about AI."

try:
    # Step 1: Create a new thread
    new_thread = client.beta.threads.create(
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": initial_message_content}]
    )

    # Output the new thread ID
    print(f"New Thread ID: {new_thread.id}")
    print(f"Created At: {new_thread.created_at}")

    # Step 2: Add a new message to the created thread
    thread_message = client.beta.threads.messages.create(
        new_thread.id,
        role="user",
        content="How does AI work? Explain it in simple terms."
    )

    # Output the details of the added message
    print(f"Message ID: {thread_message.id}")
    print(f"Created At: {thread_message.created_at}")
    print(f"Role: {thread_message.role}")
    print(f"Content: {thread_message.content}")

    # Add a delay before retrieving the thread to ensure data is processed
    time.sleep(2)

    # Retrieve the thread again to check for messages
    retrieved_thread = client.beta.threads.retrieve(new_thread.id)
    print(f"Thread ID: {retrieved_thread.id}")
    print(f"Created At: {retrieved_thread.created_at}")
    print(f"Metadata: {retrieved_thread.metadata}")
    print(f"Object: {retrieved_thread.object}")
    print(f"Tool Resources: {retrieved_thread.tool_resources}")

    # Attempt to access messages if available
    if hasattr(retrieved_thread, 'messages') and retrieved_thread.messages:
        for message in retrieved_thread.messages:
            print(f"Role: {message['role']}, Content: {message['content']}")
    else:
        print("No messages found in this thread.")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {str(e)}")

This returns:

New Thread ID: thread_Irhdu5YrzkAoz5AokviMHF2s

Created At: 1722504758

Message ID: msg_fAVkDrh4wC4IIXJOckPMWo8v

Created At: 1722504758

Role: user

Content: [TextContentBlock(text=Text(annotations=, value=‘How does AI work? Explain it in simple terms.’), type=‘text’)]

Thread ID: thread_Irhdu5YrzkAoz5AokviMHF2s

Created At: 1722504758

Metadata: {}

Object: thread

Tool Resources: ToolResources(code_interpreter=ToolResourcesCodeInterpreter(file_ids=), file_search=None)

No messages found in this thread.

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Hello!

I use the function threads.messages.list you can look at my code on github.

                    const responseMessages: Message[] = (
                        await openai.beta.threads.messages.list(threadId, {
                            after: createdMessage.id,
                            order: 'asc',
                        })
                    ).data;