# File Upload API is not Working **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [January 24, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903 "2023-01-24T12:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sounak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sounak/32/19769_2.png) [@sounak](https://community.openai.com/u/sounak)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/1 "2023-01-24T12:57:58Z")
Hi, I am trying to upload a file sing the answers api through the following command. curl [https://api.openai.com/v1/files](https://api.openai.com/v1/files) -H “Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI\_API\_KEY” -F purpose=“answers” -F file=“@myfile.jsonl” But I am receiving the following error: { “error”: { “message”: “‘answers’ is not one of [‘fine-tune’] - ‘purpose’”, “type”: “invalid\_request\_error”, “param”: null, “code”: null } } Can you please help me? ---
**Author:** ![amra.dorjbayar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/amra.dorjbayar/32/17013_2.png) [@amra.dorjbayar](https://community.openai.com/u/amra.dorjbayar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/2 "2023-01-24T13:22:18Z")
You could ask that question to our old friend “Chappie” ;-). He’s quite good at solving error codes. ---
**Author:** ![ruby\_coder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ruby_coder/32/19875_2.png) [@ruby\_coder](https://community.openai.com/u/ruby_coder)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/3 "2023-01-24T13:44:07Z")
> [@sounak](#): > > “message”: “‘answers’ is not one of [‘fine-tune’] - ‘purpose’”, Hi @sounak The error message is clear, but it’s easy to miss if you are not used to reading error messages like this. Change: `'answers'` to `'fine-tune'` to get past this error. ---
**Author:** ![sounak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sounak/32/19769_2.png) [@sounak](https://community.openai.com/u/sounak)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/4 "2023-01-25T04:56:44Z")
Hi @ruby_coder, Thanks for the prompt reply. I have changed the command as per your suggestion. curl [https://api.openai.com/v1/files](https://api.openai.com/v1/files) -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI\_API\_KEY " -F purpose=“fine-tune” -F file=“myfile.jsonl” But again receiving some error - { “error”: { “message”: “The browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand.”, “type”: “server\_error”, “param”: null, “code”: null } } ---
**Author:** ![ruby\_coder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ruby_coder/32/19875_2.png) [@ruby\_coder](https://community.openai.com/u/ruby_coder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/5 "2023-01-25T05:09:27Z")
Hi @sounak The docs say: ```shell curl https://api.openai.com/v1/files \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -F purpose="fine-tune" \ -F file='@mydata.jsonl' ``` Do you see what is different in the example than in your code? ### Reference: ![Screenshot 2023-01-25 at 12.08.43 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/3X/d/d/dda04703f78f5c291f377452aac17dc30698638e.png) See Also: [OpenAI API Docs: File Upload](https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/files/upload) ---
**Author:** ![sounak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sounak/32/19769_2.png) [@sounak](https://community.openai.com/u/sounak)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/6 "2023-01-27T06:05:47Z")
Hi @ruby_coder, I am trying to upload some files through OpenAI api. Then I want to ask questions from those files and retrieve the answers. I was following [OpenAI API](https://beta.openai.com/docs/guides/answers) documentation. When I changed the purpose to ‘fine-tune’ from ‘answers’ it is showing an error message - ‘Missing `prompt` key on line 1.",’ It is obvious as I am not uploading any training data. my data is of the following format - {“text”: “”, “metadata”: “”} {“text”: “”, “metadata”: “”} Please help me. ---
**Author:** ![ruby\_coder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ruby_coder/32/19875_2.png) [@ruby\_coder](https://community.openai.com/u/ruby_coder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/7 "2023-01-27T06:20:50Z")
The only permitted purpose (that I know of) for is “fine-tuning” . Sorry I am at the gym and not my desk. ---
**Author:** ![sounak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sounak/32/19769_2.png) [@sounak](https://community.openai.com/u/sounak)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/8 "2023-01-27T06:57:37Z")
Okay, thanks for the reply. ---
**Author:** ![ruby\_coder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ruby_coder/32/19875_2.png) [@ruby\_coder](https://community.openai.com/u/ruby_coder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/9 "2023-01-27T09:16:18Z")
> [@sounak](#): > > {“text”: “”, “metadata”: “”} > {“text”: “”, “metadata”: “”} Well, I’m back at my desk and in this case (above) your data is not in the correct JSONL format so you will get an error. Look at this: ```auto {“text”: “”, “metadata”: “”} ``` When you fine-tune, your data with the keys above, you will get errors for sure. You must use this format (these exact keys): ```JSONL {"prompt" : "your prompt goes here", "completion", "your completion goes here"} ``` #### The following keys (your keys above) are incorrect for fine-tuning: ```JSONL {“text”: “”, “metadata”: “”} ``` See: ![Screenshot 2023-01-27 at 4.14.59 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/3X/e/a/ea19f74c69956c1806b611c9561526ad2ed7955d.png) Reference: [OpenAI: Fine-Tuning](https://beta.openai.com/docs/guides/fine-tuning) ---
**Author:** ![sounak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sounak/32/19769_2.png) [@sounak](https://community.openai.com/u/sounak)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/10 "2023-01-27T09:17:20Z")
Okay, thanks for the reply. ---
**Author:** ![curt.kennedy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/curt.kennedy/32/709249_2.png) [@curt.kennedy](https://community.openai.com/u/curt.kennedy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/file-upload-api-is-not-working/43903/11 "2023-12-17T18:09:56Z")