How to insert a file uploaded to openAI into a conversation

[Bimbimz]

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• This is a feature request for the Node library

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hello how to insert a file uploaded to openAI into a conversation?

const file = await client.files.create({
        file: await fetch(url),
        purpose: 'assistants'
    })
    console.log(file.id)

const stream = await client.chat.completions.create({
        model: 'gpt-4.1',
        stream: true,
        messages: [
            {
                role: 'user',
                content: [
                    { type: 'text', text: 'what is file?' },
                    { type: 'file', file_id: 'file-xxx' }
                ]
            }
        ]
    })

    for await (const chunk of stream) {
        process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content || '')
    }
    res.end()

I am new to openAI, and where can I make questions like this in the future?

thanks

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[RobertCraigie]

I am new to openAI, and where can I make questions like this in the future?

The community forum at community.openai.com is the best place for questions like this!

[princeaden1]

Hi, just noting that I recently opened this Doc PR that shows how to send both text and an image_url in a chat request. In this case, the image is accessible via a public URL. This might not directly solve this issue, but I hope it’s still helpful while you're exploring options in the community forum.

const response = await openai.responses.create({
    model: 'gpt-4o',
    input: [
      {
        role: 'user',
        content: [
          {
            type: 'input_text',
            text: 'What is in this image?',
          },
          {
            type: 'input_image',
            detail: 'auto', //can be 'low', 'high', or 'auto'
            // Replace with a real, accessible image
            image_url: 'https://example.com/image.jpg',
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
  });