How to specify file name when uploading a file with Python API

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1

I am uploading a file using the Python API with the following code:

file = client.files.create(
  file=open("speech.py", "rb"),
  purpose='assistants'
)

However all my uploads appear as “upload” in the file section. How can I change the displayed name to something more friendly? I tried to use the query_param but with no success. Thank you

2

What is the “file section”?

You can write your own file browser and get the file objects, to present as you wish:


{
  "id": "file-abc123",
  "object": "file",
  "bytes": 120000,
  "created_at": 1677610602,
  "filename": "salesOverview.pdf",
  "purpose": "assistants",
}

There is no other metadata that you can add, except by tracking with your own database.

You could thus make your own “assistants file attacher” interface or such.

3

You can use a tuple like this:

with open("speech.py", "rb") as fp:
    file = client.files.create(
        file=("speech.py", fp),
        purpose='assistants'
    )

After struggling with the same problem, I found the answer by digging through the OpenAI code: openai._types.FileTypes.

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