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# Files API¶

---¶

The Files API lets you upload and manage files to use with the Claude API without re-uploading content with each request. This is particularly useful when using the [code execution tool](/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/code-execution-tool) to provide inputs (e.g. datasets and documents) and then download outputs (e.g. charts). You can also use the Files API to prevent having to continually re-upload frequently used documents and images across multiple API calls. You can [explore the API reference directly](/docs/en/api/files-create), in addition to this guide.¶

<Note>¶
The Files API is in beta. Reach out through the [feedback form](https://forms.gle/tisHyierGwgN4DUE9) to share your experience with the Files API.¶
</Note>¶

<Note>¶
This feature is in beta and is **not** covered by [Zero Data Retention (ZDR)](/docs/en/build-with-claude/zero-data-retention) arrangements. Beta features are excluded from ZDR.¶
</Note>¶

## Supported models¶

Referencing a `file_id` in a Messages request is supported in all models that support the given file type. For example, [images](/docs/en/build-with-claude/vision) are supported in all Claude 3+ models, [PDFs](/docs/en/build-with-claude/pdf-support) in all Claude 3.5+ models, and [various other file types](/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/code-execution-tool#supported-file-types) for the code execution tool in Claude Haiku 4.5 plus all Claude 3.7+ models.¶

The Files API is currently not supported on Amazon Bedrock or Google Vertex AI.¶

## How the Files API works¶

The Files API provides a simple create-once, use-many-times approach for working with files:¶

- **Upload files** to our secure storage and receive a unique `file_id`¶
- **Download files** that are created from skills or the code execution tool¶
- **Reference files** in [Messages](/docs/en/api/messages) requests using the `file_id` instead of re-uploading content¶
- **Manage your files** with list, retrieve, and delete operations¶

## How to use the Files API¶

<Note>¶
To use the Files API, you'll need to include the beta feature header: `anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14`.¶
</Note>¶

### Uploading a file¶

Upload a file to be referenced in future API calls:¶

<CodeGroup>¶
```bash Shell¶
curl -X POST https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files \¶
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \¶
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \¶
-H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14" \¶
-F "file=@/path/to/document.pdf"¶
```¶

```python Python
nocheck
import anthropic¶

client = anthropic.Anthropic()¶
client.beta.files.upload(¶
file=("document.pdf", open("/path/to/document.pdf", "rb"), "application/pdf"),¶
)¶
```¶

```typescript TypeScript
nocheck
import Anthropic, { toFile } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶
import fs from "fs";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶

await anthropic.beta.files.upload(
{
{¶
file: await toFile(fs.createReadStream("/path/to/document.pdf"), undefined, {¶
type: "application/pdf"¶
})¶
}),¶
{ betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"] }
});¶
```¶

```
java Java¶
import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;¶
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;¶
import java.nio.file.Path;¶

AnthropicClient
csharp C# nocheck¶
using Anthropic;¶

var
client = new AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnvClient();¶

var file =
await client.bBeta().files().upload(¶
Path.of("/path/to/document.pdf")¶
);¶

System.out.println
.Files.Upload(¶
new FileUploadParams¶
{¶
File = File.OpenRead("/path/to/document.pdf")¶
});¶

Console.WriteLine
(file.id()Id);¶
```¶

```go Go¶
package main¶

import (¶
"context"¶
"fmt"¶
"os"¶

"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"¶
)¶

func main() {¶
client := anthropic.NewClient()¶

file, _ := os.Open("/path/to/document.pdf")¶
defer file.Close()¶

response, _ := client.Beta.Files.Upload(context.Background(),¶
anthropic.BetaFileUploadParams{¶
File: file,¶
})¶

fmt.Println(response.ID)¶
}¶
```¶

```
ruby Ruby¶
require "
java Java¶
import com.
anthropic"¶

.client = .Anthropic::Client.new¶

file = client.beta.files.upload(¶
file: File.open("/path/to/document.pdf", "rb")¶
)¶

puts file.id¶
```¶

```csharp C#¶
using
;¶
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;¶
import java.nio.file.Path;¶

Anthropic;¶

var
Client client = new AnthropicClientOkHttpClient.fromEnv();¶

var file =
await client.Bbeta.Files.UploadAsync(¶
new FileUploadParams¶
{¶
File = File.OpenRead("/path/to/document.pdf")¶
});¶

Console.WriteLine
().files().upload(¶
Path.of("/path/to/document.pdf")¶
);¶

System.out.println
(file.Idid());¶
```¶

```php PHP
nocheck
<?php¶

use Anthropic\Client;¶

$client = new Client(¶
apiKey: getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")¶
);¶

$file = $client->beta->files->upload(
[
'file' =>: fopen('/path/to/document.pdf', 'r')
]);¶

echo $file->id;
,¶
betas: ['files-api-2025-04-14'],¶
);¶

echo $file->id;¶
```¶

```ruby Ruby¶
require "anthropic"¶

client = Anthropic::Client.new¶

file = client.beta.files.upload(¶
file: File.open("/path/to/document.pdf", "rb")¶
)¶

puts file.id

```¶
</CodeGroup>¶

The response from uploading a file will include:¶

```json¶
{¶
"id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",¶
"type": "file",¶
"filename": "document.pdf",¶
"mime_type": "application/pdf",¶
"size_bytes": 1024000,¶
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",¶
"downloadable": false¶
}¶
```¶

### Using a file in messages¶

Once uploaded, reference the file using its `file_id`:¶

<CodeGroup>¶
```bash Shell¶
curl -X POST https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages \¶
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \¶
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \¶
-H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14" \¶
-H "content-type: application/json" \¶
-d '{¶
"model": "claude-opus-4-6",¶
"max_tokens": 1024,¶
"messages": [¶
{¶
"role": "user",¶
"content": [¶
{¶
"type": "text",¶
"text": "Please summarize this document for me."¶
},¶
{¶
"type": "document",¶
"source": {¶
"type": "file",¶
"file_id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
}¶
}¶
]¶
}¶
]¶
}'¶
```¶

```python Python
nocheck hidelines={1..4,-1}
import anthropic¶

client = anthropic.Anthropic()¶

response = client.beta.messages.create(¶
model="claude-opus-4-6",¶
max_tokens=1024,¶
messages=[¶
{¶
"role": "user",¶
"content": [¶
{"type": "text", "text": "Please summarize this document for me."},¶
{¶
"type": "document",¶
"source": {¶
"type": "file",¶
"file_id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",¶
},¶
},¶
],¶
}¶
],¶
betas=["files-api-2025-04-14"],¶
)¶
print(response)¶
```¶

```typescript TypeScript
nocheck hidelines={1..4}
import
{ Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶

const response = await anthropic.beta.messages.create({¶
model: "claude-opus-4-6",¶
max_tokens: 1024,¶
messages: [¶
{¶
role: "user",¶
content: [¶
{¶
type: "text",¶
text: "Please summarize this document for me."¶
},¶
{¶
type: "document",¶
source: {¶
type: "file",¶
file_id: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
}¶
}¶
]¶
}¶
],¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});¶

console.log(response);¶
```¶

```
java Java¶
import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;¶
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;¶
import com.anthropic.models.messages.*;¶

AnthropicClient client = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv();¶

MessageCreateParams params = MessageCreateParams.builder()¶
.model(Model.CLAUDE_OPUS_4_6)¶
.maxTokens(1024)¶
.addMessage(MessageParam.builder()¶
.role(Role.USER)¶
.content(ContentBlockParam.ofText("Please summarize this document for me."))¶
.content(ContentBlockParam.ofDocument(DocumentBlockParam.builder()¶
.source(DocumentBlockParam.Source.ofFile(¶
DocumentBlockParam.Source.File.builder()¶
.fileId("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")¶
.build()))¶
.build()))¶
.build())¶
.build();¶

Message message = client.beta().messages().create(params);¶
System.out.println(message);¶
```¶

```go Go¶
package main¶

import (¶
"context"¶
"fmt"¶

"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"¶
)¶

func main() {¶
client := anthropic.NewClient()¶

response, _ := client.Beta.Messages.New(context.Background(),¶
anthropic.BetaMessageNewParams{¶
Model: anthropic.ModelClaudeOpus4_6,¶
MaxTokens: 1024,¶
Betas: []anthropic.AnthropicBeta{anthropic.AnthropicBetaFilesAPI2025_04_14},¶
Messages: []anthropic.BetaMessageParam{¶
{¶
Role: "user",¶
Content: []anthropic.BetaContentBlockParam{¶
anthropic.NewBetaTextBlock("Please summarize this document for me."),¶
{¶
Type: "document",¶
Source: &anthropic.BetaDocumentSourceParam{¶
Type: "file",¶
FileID: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",¶
},¶
},¶
},¶
},¶
},¶
})¶

fmt.Println(response)¶
}¶
```¶

```ruby Ruby¶
require "anthropic"¶

client = Anthropic::Client.new¶

response = client.beta.messages.create(¶
model: "claude-opus-4-6",¶
max_tokens: 1024,¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"],¶
messages: [¶
{¶
role: "user",¶
content: [¶
{ type: "text", text: "Please summarize this document for me." },¶
{¶
type: "document",¶
source: {¶
type: "file",¶
file_id: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
}¶
}¶
]¶
}¶
]¶
)¶

puts response¶
```¶

```csharp C#¶
using Anthropic;¶

var client = new AnthropicClient();¶

var response = await client.Beta.Messages.CreateAsync(¶
new BetaMessageCreateParams¶
{¶
Model = "claude-opus-4-6",¶
MaxTokens = 1024,¶
Betas = new[] { "files-api-2025-04-14" },¶
Messages = new[]¶
{¶
new BetaMessageParam¶
{¶
Role = "user",¶
Content = new object[]¶
{¶
new { type = "text", text = "Please summarize this document for me." },¶
new¶
{¶
type = "document",¶
source = new¶
{¶
type = "file",¶
file_id = "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
}¶
}¶
}¶
}¶
}¶
});¶

Console.WriteLine(response);¶
```¶

```php PHP¶
<?php¶

use Anthropic\Client;¶

$client = new Client(¶
apiKey: getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")¶
);¶

$response = $client->beta->messages->create([¶
'model' => 'claude-opus-4-6',¶
'max_tokens' => 1024,¶
'betas' => ['files-api-2025-04-14'],¶
'messages' => [¶
[¶
'role' => 'user',¶
'content' => [¶
['type' => 'text', 'text' => 'Please summarize this document for me.'],¶
[¶
'type' => 'document',¶
'source' => [¶
'type' => 'file',¶
'file_id' => 'file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w'¶
]¶
]¶
]¶
]¶
]¶
]);¶

print_r($response);
csharp C# nocheck¶
using Anthropic;¶

var client = new AnthropicClient();¶

var response = await client.Beta.Messages.Create(¶
new MessageCreateParams¶
{¶
Model = "claude-opus-4-6",¶
MaxTokens = 1024,¶
Betas = new[] { "files-api-2025-04-14" },¶
Messages = new[]¶
{¶
new BetaMessageParam¶
{¶
Role = "user",¶
Content = new object[]¶
{¶
new { type = "text", text = "Please summarize this document for me." },¶
new¶
{¶
type = "document",¶
source = new¶
{¶
type = "file",¶
file_id = "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
}¶
}¶
}¶
}¶
}¶
});¶

Console.WriteLine(response);¶
```¶

```go Go¶
package main¶

import (¶
"context"¶
"fmt"¶

"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"¶
)¶

func main() {¶
client := anthropic.NewClient()¶

response, _ := client.Beta.Messages.New(context.Background(),¶
anthropic.BetaMessageNewParams{¶
Model: anthropic.ModelClaudeOpus4_6,¶
MaxTokens: 1024,¶
Betas: []anthropic.AnthropicBeta{anthropic.AnthropicBetaFilesAPI2025_04_14},¶
Messages: []anthropic.BetaMessageParam{¶
{¶
Role: "user",¶
Content: []anthropic.BetaContentBlockParam{¶
anthropic.NewBetaTextBlock("Please summarize this document for me."),¶
{¶
Type: "document",¶
Source: &anthropic.BetaDocumentSourceParam{¶
Type: "file",¶
FileID: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",¶
},¶
},¶
},¶
},¶
},¶
})¶

fmt.Println(response)¶
}¶
```¶

```java Java¶
import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;¶
import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;¶
import com.anthropic.models.messages.*;¶

AnthropicClient client = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv();¶

MessageCreateParams params = MessageCreateParams.builder()¶
.model(Model.CLAUDE_OPUS_4_6)¶
.maxTokens(1024)¶
.addMessage(MessageParam.builder()¶
.role(Role.USER)¶
.content(ContentBlockParam.ofText("Please summarize this document for me."))¶
.content(ContentBlockParam.ofDocument(DocumentBlockParam.builder()¶
.source(DocumentBlockParam.Source.ofFile(¶
DocumentBlockParam.Source.File.builder()¶
.fileId("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")¶
.build()))¶
.build()))¶
.build())¶
.build();¶

Message message = client.beta().messages().create(params);¶
System.out.println(message);¶
```¶

```php PHP nocheck¶
<?php¶

use Anthropic\Client;¶

$client = new Client(¶
apiKey: getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")¶
);¶

$response = $client->beta->messages->create(¶
maxTokens: 1024,¶
messages: [¶
[¶
'role' => 'user',¶
'content' => [¶
['type' => 'text', 'text' => 'Please summarize this document for me.'],¶
[¶
'type' => 'document',¶
'source' => [¶
'type' => 'file',¶
'file_id' => 'file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w'¶
]¶
]¶
]¶
]¶
],¶
model: 'claude-opus-4-6',¶
betas: ['files-api-2025-04-14'],¶
);¶

print_r($response);¶
```¶

```ruby Ruby¶
require "anthropic"¶

client = Anthropic::Client.new¶

response = client.beta.messages.create(¶
model: "claude-opus-4-6",¶
max_tokens: 1024,¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"],¶
messages: [¶
{¶
role: "user",¶
content: [¶
{ type: "text", text: "Please summarize this document for me." },¶
{¶
type: "document",¶
source: {¶
type: "file",¶
file_id: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
}¶
}¶
]¶
}¶
]¶
)¶

puts response

```¶
</CodeGroup>¶

### File types and content blocks¶

The Files API supports different file types that correspond to different content block types:¶

| File Type | MIME Type | Content Block Type | Use Case |¶
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |¶
| PDF | `application/pdf` | `document` | Text analysis, document processing |¶
| Plain text | `text/plain` | `document` | Text analysis, processing |¶
| Images | `image/jpeg`, `image/png`, `image/gif`, `image/webp` | `image` | Image analysis, visual tasks |¶
| [Datasets, others](/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/code-execution-tool#supported-file-types) | Varies | `container_upload` | Analyze data, create visualizations |¶

### Working with other file formats¶

For file types that are not supported as `document` blocks (.csv, .txt, .md, .docx, .xlsx), convert the files to plain text, and include the content directly in your message:¶

<CodeGroup>¶
```bash Shell¶
# Example: Reading a text file and sending it as plain text¶
# Note: For files with special characters, consider base64 encoding¶
TEXT_CONTENT=$(cat document.txt | jq -Rs .)¶

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages \¶
-H "content-type: application/json" \¶
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \¶
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \¶
-d @- <<EOF¶
{¶
"model": "claude-opus-4-6",¶
"max_tokens": 1024,¶
"messages": [¶
{¶
"role": "user",¶
"content": [¶
{¶
"type": "text",¶
"text": "Here's the document content:\n\n${TEXT_CONTENT}\n\nPlease summarize this document."¶
}¶
]¶
}¶
]¶
}¶
EOF¶
```¶

```python Python
nocheck hidelines={2..4,-1}
import pandas as pd¶
import anthropic¶

client = anthropic.Anthropic()¶

# Example: Reading a CSV file¶
df = pd.read_csv("data.csv")¶
csv_content = df.to_string()¶

# Send as plain text in the message¶
response = client.messages.create(¶
model="claude-opus-4-6",¶
max_tokens=1024,¶
messages=[¶
{¶
"role": "user",¶
"content": [¶
{¶
"type": "text",¶
"text": f"Here's the CSV data:\n\n{csv_content}\n\nPlease analyze this data.",¶
}¶
],¶
}¶
],¶
)¶

print(response.content[0].text)¶
```¶

```typescript TypeScript

import { Anthropic }
nocheck hidelines={1}¶
import Anthropic
from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶
import fs from "fs/promises";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶

async function analyzeDocument() {¶
// Example: Reading a text file¶
const textContent = await fs.readFile("document.txt", "utf-8");¶

// Send as plain text in the message¶
const response = await anthropic.messages.create({¶
model: "claude-opus-4-6",¶
max_tokens: 1024,¶
messages: [¶
{¶
role: "user",¶
content: [¶
{¶
type: "text",¶
text: `Here's the document content:\n\n${textContent}\n\nPlease summarize this document.`¶
}¶
]¶
}¶
]¶
});¶

cons
ole.log(response.content[0].text);¶
}¶

analyzeDocument();
t block = response.content[0];¶
if (block.type === "text") {¶
console.log(block.text);¶
}¶
}¶

analyzeDocument();¶
```¶

```csharp C# nocheck¶
using System;¶
using System.IO;¶
using System.Threading.Tasks;¶
using Anthropic;¶
using Anthropic.Models.Messages;¶

class Program¶
{¶
static async Task Main(string[] args)¶
{¶
AnthropicClient client = new();¶

// Example: Reading a text file¶
string textContent = await File.ReadAllTextAsync("document.txt");¶

var parameters = new MessageCreateParams¶
{¶
Model = Model.ClaudeOpus4_6,¶
MaxTokens = 1024,¶
Messages = [new()¶
{¶
Role = Role.User,¶
Content = $"Here's the document content:\n\n{textContent}\n\nPlease summarize this document."¶
}]¶
};¶

var message = await client.Messages.Create(parameters);¶
Console.WriteLine(message);¶
}¶
}

```¶
</CodeGroup>¶

<Note>¶
For .docx files containing images, convert them to PDF format first, then use [PDF support](/docs/en/build-with-claude/pdf-support) to take advantage of the built-in image parsing. This allows using citations from the PDF document.¶
</Note>¶

#### Document blocks¶

For PDFs and text files, use the `document` content block:¶

```json¶
{¶
"type": "document",¶
"source": {¶
"type": "file",¶
"file_id": "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
},¶
"title": "Document Title", // Optional¶
"context": "Context about the document", // Optional¶
"citations": { "enabled": true } // Optional, enables citations¶
}¶
```¶

#### Image blocks¶

For images, use the `image` content block:¶

```json¶
{¶
"type": "image",¶
"source": {¶
"type": "file",¶
"file_id": "file_011CPMxVD3fHLUhvTqtsQA5w"¶
}¶
}¶
```¶

### Managing files¶

#### List files¶

Retrieve a list of your uploaded files:¶

<CodeGroup>¶
```bash Shell¶
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files \¶
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \¶
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \¶
-H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14"¶
```¶

```python Python
hidelines={1..3}
import anthropic¶

client = anthropic.Anthropic()¶
files = client.beta.files.list()¶
```¶

```typescript TypeScript¶
import
{ Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶
const files = await anthropic.beta.files.list({¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});¶
```


```csharp C# nocheck¶
using System;¶
using System.Threading.Tasks;¶
using Anthropic;¶
using Anthropic.Models.Beta.Files;¶

class Program¶
{¶
static async Task Main(string[] args)¶
{¶
AnthropicClient client = new();¶

var files = await client.Beta.Files.List(new FileListParams¶
{¶
Betas = ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});¶
Console.WriteLine(files);¶
}¶
}¶
```

</CodeGroup>¶

#### Get file metadata¶

Retrieve information about a specific file:¶

<CodeGroup>¶
```bash Shell¶
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files/file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w \¶
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \¶
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \¶
-H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14"¶
```¶

```python Python
nocheck hidelines={1..3}
import anthropic¶

client = anthropic.Anthropic()¶
file = client.beta.files.retrieve_metadata("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")¶
```¶

```typescript TypeScript

import { Anthropic }
nocheck¶
import Anthropic
from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶
const file = await anthropic.beta.files.retrieveMetadata("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});¶
```


```csharp C# nocheck¶
using System;¶
using System.Threading.Tasks;¶
using Anthropic;¶

class Program¶
{¶
static async Task Main(string[] args)¶
{¶
AnthropicClient client = new();¶

var file = await client.Beta.Files.RetrieveMetadata("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w");¶
Console.WriteLine(file);¶
}¶
}¶
```

</CodeGroup>¶

#### Delete a file¶

Remove a file from your workspace:¶

<CodeGroup>¶
```bash Shell¶
curl -X DELETE https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files/file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w \¶
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \¶
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \¶
-H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14"¶
```¶

```python Python
nocheck hidelines={1..3}
import anthropic¶

client = anthropic.Anthropic()¶
result = client.beta.files.delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")¶
```¶

```typescript TypeScript

import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶
const result = await anthropic.beta.files.delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});
nocheck¶
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶
await anthropic.beta.files.delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});¶
```¶

```csharp C# nocheck¶
using System;¶
using System.Threading.Tasks;¶
using Anthropic;¶

class Program¶
{¶
static async Task Main()¶
{¶
AnthropicClient client = new();¶

await client.Beta.Files.Delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w");¶
}¶
}

```¶
</CodeGroup>¶

### Downloading a file¶

Download files that have been created by skills or the code execution tool:¶

<CodeGroup>¶
```bash Shell¶
curl -X GET "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/files/file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w/content" \¶
-H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \¶
-H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \¶
-H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14" \¶
--output downloaded_file.txt¶
```¶

```python Python
nocheck hidelines={1..3}
import anthropic¶

client = anthropic.Anthropic()¶
file_content = client.beta.files.download("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")¶

# Save to file¶
with open("downloaded_file.txt", "w") as f:¶
f.write(file_content.decode("utf-8"))¶
```¶

```typescript TypeScript

import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶
import fs from "fs/promises";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶

const fileContent = await anthropic.beta.files.download("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});¶

// Save to file¶
await fs.writeFile("downloaded_file.txt", fileContent);
nocheck hidelines={1}¶
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";¶
import fs from "fs/promises";¶

const anthropic = new Anthropic();¶

const response = await anthropic.beta.files.download("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {¶
betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]¶
});¶

// Save to file¶
const content = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());¶
await fs.writeFile("downloaded_file.txt", content);¶
```¶

```csharp C# nocheck¶
using System;¶
using System.IO;¶
using System.Threading.Tasks;¶
using Anthropic;¶

class Program¶
{¶
static async Task Main(string[] args)¶
{¶
AnthropicClient client = new();¶

byte[] fileContent = await client.Beta.Files.Download("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w");¶

await File.WriteAllBytesAsync("downloaded_file.txt", fileContent);¶
}¶
}

```¶
</CodeGroup>¶

<Note>¶
You can only download files that were created by [skills](/docs/en/build-with-claude/skills-guide) or the [code execution tool](/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/code-execution-tool). Files that you uploaded cannot be downloaded.¶
</Note>¶

---¶

## File storage and limits¶

### Storage limits¶

- **Maximum file size:** 500 MB per file¶
- **Total storage:** 100 GB per organization¶

### File lifecycle¶

- Files are scoped to the workspace of the API key. Other API keys can use files created by any other API key associated with the same workspace¶
- Files persist until you delete them¶
- Deleted files cannot be recovered¶
- Files are inaccessible via the API shortly after deletion, but they may persist in active `Messages` API calls and associated tool uses¶
- Files that users delete will be deleted in accordance with our [data retention policy](https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/7996866-how-long-do-you-store-my-organization-s-data).¶

---¶

## Error handling¶

Common errors when using the Files API include:¶

- **File not found (404):** The specified `file_id` doesn't exist or you don't have access to it¶
- **Invalid file type (400):** The file type doesn't match the content block type (e.g., using an image file in a document block)¶
- **Exceeds context window size (400):** The file is larger than the context window size (e.g. using a 500 MB plaintext file in a `/v1/messages` request)¶
- **Invalid filename (400):** Filename doesn't meet the length requirements (1-255 characters) or contains forbidden characters (`<`, `>`, `:`, `"`, `|`, `?`, `*`, `\`, `/`, or unicode characters 0-31)¶
- **File too large (413):** File exceeds the 500 MB limit¶
- **Storage limit exceeded (403):** Your organization has reached the 100 GB storage limit¶

```json¶
{¶
"type": "error",¶
"error": {¶
"type": "invalid_request_error",¶
"message": "File not found: file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"¶
}¶
}¶
```¶

## Usage and billing¶

File API operations are **free**:¶
- Uploading files¶
- Downloading files¶
- Listing files¶
- Getting file metadata¶
- Deleting files¶

File content used in `Messages` requests are priced as input tokens. You can only download files created by [skills](/docs/en/build-with-claude/skills-guide) or the [code execution tool](/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/code-execution-tool).¶

### Rate limits¶

During the beta period:¶
- File-related API calls are limited to approximately 100 requests per minute¶
- [Contact us](mailto:sales@anthropic.com) if you need higher limits for your use case

Unified Diff

--- a/build-with-claude/files.md
+++ b/build-with-claude/files.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   -F "file=@/path/to/document.pdf"
 ```
 
-```python Python
+```python Python nocheck
 import anthropic
 
 client = anthropic.Anthropic()
@@ -55,20 +55,58 @@
 )
 ```
 
-```typescript TypeScript
+```typescript TypeScript nocheck
 import Anthropic, { toFile } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 import fs from "fs";
 
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
 
-await anthropic.beta.files.upload(
-  {
-    file: await toFile(fs.createReadStream("/path/to/document.pdf"), undefined, {
-      type: "application/pdf"
-    })
-  },
-  { betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"] }
-);
+await anthropic.beta.files.upload({
+  file: await toFile(fs.createReadStream("/path/to/document.pdf"), undefined, {
+    type: "application/pdf"
+  }),
+  betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]
+});
+```
+
+```csharp C# nocheck
+using Anthropic;
+
+var client = new AnthropicClient();
+
+var file = await client.Beta.Files.Upload(
+    new FileUploadParams
+    {
+        File = File.OpenRead("/path/to/document.pdf")
+    });
+
+Console.WriteLine(file.Id);
+```
+
+```go Go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	client := anthropic.NewClient()
+
+	file, _ := os.Open("/path/to/document.pdf")
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	response, _ := client.Beta.Files.Upload(context.Background(),
+		anthropic.BetaFileUploadParams{
+			File: file,
+		})
+
+	fmt.Println(response.ID)
+}
 ```
 
 ```java Java
@@ -85,30 +123,21 @@
 System.out.println(file.id());
 ```
 
-```go Go
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	client := anthropic.NewClient()
-
-	file, _ := os.Open("/path/to/document.pdf")
-	defer file.Close()
-
-	response, _ := client.Beta.Files.Upload(context.Background(),
-		anthropic.BetaFileUploadParams{
-			File: file,
-		})
-
-	fmt.Println(response.ID)
-}
+```php PHP nocheck
+<?php
+
+use Anthropic\Client;
+
+$client = new Client(
+    apiKey: getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")
+);
+
+$file = $client->beta->files->upload(
+    file: fopen('/path/to/document.pdf', 'r'),
+    betas: ['files-api-2025-04-14'],
+);
+
+echo $file->id;
 ```
 
 ```ruby Ruby
@@ -121,36 +150,6 @@
 )
 
 puts file.id
-```
-
-```csharp C#
-using Anthropic;
-
-var client = new AnthropicClient();
-
-var file = await client.Beta.Files.UploadAsync(
-    new FileUploadParams
-    {
-        File = File.OpenRead("/path/to/document.pdf")
-    });
-
-Console.WriteLine(file.Id);
-```
-
-```php PHP
-<?php
-
-use Anthropic\Client;
-
-$client = new Client(
-    apiKey: getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")
-);
-
-$file = $client->beta->files->upload([
-    'file' => fopen('/path/to/document.pdf', 'r')
-]);
-
-echo $file->id;
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@
   }'
 ```
 
-```python Python
+```python Python nocheck hidelines={1..4,-1}
 import anthropic
 
 client = anthropic.Anthropic()
@@ -231,8 +230,8 @@
 print(response)
 ```
 
-```typescript TypeScript
-import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+```typescript TypeScript nocheck hidelines={1..4}
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
 
@@ -263,107 +262,13 @@
 console.log(response);
 ```
 
-```java Java
-import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;
-import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;
-import com.anthropic.models.messages.*;
-
-AnthropicClient client = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv();
-
-MessageCreateParams params = MessageCreateParams.builder()
-    .model(Model.CLAUDE_OPUS_4_6)
-    .maxTokens(1024)
-    .addMessage(MessageParam.builder()
-        .role(Role.USER)
-        .content(ContentBlockParam.ofText("Please summarize this document for me."))
-        .content(ContentBlockParam.ofDocument(DocumentBlockParam.builder()
-            .source(DocumentBlockParam.Source.ofFile(
-                DocumentBlockParam.Source.File.builder()
-                    .fileId("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")
-                    .build()))
-            .build()))
-        .build())
-    .build();
-
-Message message = client.beta().messages().create(params);
-System.out.println(message);
-```
-
-```go Go
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	client := anthropic.NewClient()
-
-	response, _ := client.Beta.Messages.New(context.Background(),
-		anthropic.BetaMessageNewParams{
-			Model:     anthropic.ModelClaudeOpus4_6,
-			MaxTokens: 1024,
-			Betas:     []anthropic.AnthropicBeta{anthropic.AnthropicBetaFilesAPI2025_04_14},
-			Messages: []anthropic.BetaMessageParam{
-				{
-					Role: "user",
-					Content: []anthropic.BetaContentBlockParam{
-						anthropic.NewBetaTextBlock("Please summarize this document for me."),
-						{
-							Type: "document",
-							Source: &anthropic.BetaDocumentSourceParam{
-								Type:   "file",
-								FileID: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		})
-
-	fmt.Println(response)
-}
-```
-
-```ruby Ruby
-require "anthropic"
-
-client = Anthropic::Client.new
-
-response = client.beta.messages.create(
-  model: "claude-opus-4-6",
-  max_tokens: 1024,
-  betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"],
-  messages: [
-    {
-      role: "user",
-      content: [
-        { type: "text", text: "Please summarize this document for me." },
-        {
-          type: "document",
-          source: {
-            type: "file",
-            file_id: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"
-          }
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  ]
-)
-
-puts response
-```
-
-```csharp C#
+```csharp C# nocheck
 using Anthropic;
 
 var client = new AnthropicClient();
 
-var response = await client.Beta.Messages.CreateAsync(
-    new BetaMessageCreateParams
+var response = await client.Beta.Messages.Create(
+    new MessageCreateParams
     {
         Model = "claude-opus-4-6",
         MaxTokens = 1024,
@@ -393,7 +298,72 @@
 Console.WriteLine(response);
 ```
 
-```php PHP
+```go Go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-go"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	client := anthropic.NewClient()
+
+	response, _ := client.Beta.Messages.New(context.Background(),
+		anthropic.BetaMessageNewParams{
+			Model:     anthropic.ModelClaudeOpus4_6,
+			MaxTokens: 1024,
+			Betas:     []anthropic.AnthropicBeta{anthropic.AnthropicBetaFilesAPI2025_04_14},
+			Messages: []anthropic.BetaMessageParam{
+				{
+					Role: "user",
+					Content: []anthropic.BetaContentBlockParam{
+						anthropic.NewBetaTextBlock("Please summarize this document for me."),
+						{
+							Type: "document",
+							Source: &anthropic.BetaDocumentSourceParam{
+								Type:   "file",
+								FileID: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+
+	fmt.Println(response)
+}
+```
+
+```java Java
+import com.anthropic.client.AnthropicClient;
+import com.anthropic.client.okhttp.AnthropicOkHttpClient;
+import com.anthropic.models.messages.*;
+
+AnthropicClient client = AnthropicOkHttpClient.fromEnv();
+
+MessageCreateParams params = MessageCreateParams.builder()
+    .model(Model.CLAUDE_OPUS_4_6)
+    .maxTokens(1024)
+    .addMessage(MessageParam.builder()
+        .role(Role.USER)
+        .content(ContentBlockParam.ofText("Please summarize this document for me."))
+        .content(ContentBlockParam.ofDocument(DocumentBlockParam.builder()
+            .source(DocumentBlockParam.Source.ofFile(
+                DocumentBlockParam.Source.File.builder()
+                    .fileId("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")
+                    .build()))
+            .build()))
+        .build())
+    .build();
+
+Message message = client.beta().messages().create(params);
+System.out.println(message);
+```
+
+```php PHP nocheck
 <?php
 
 use Anthropic\Client;
@@ -402,11 +372,9 @@
     apiKey: getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")
 );
 
-$response = $client->beta->messages->create([
-    'model' => 'claude-opus-4-6',
-    'max_tokens' => 1024,
-    'betas' => ['files-api-2025-04-14'],
-    'messages' => [
+$response = $client->beta->messages->create(
+    maxTokens: 1024,
+    messages: [
         [
             'role' => 'user',
             'content' => [
@@ -420,10 +388,41 @@
                 ]
             ]
         ]
-    ]
-]);
+    ],
+    model: 'claude-opus-4-6',
+    betas: ['files-api-2025-04-14'],
+);
 
 print_r($response);
+```
+
+```ruby Ruby
+require "anthropic"
+
+client = Anthropic::Client.new
+
+response = client.beta.messages.create(
+  model: "claude-opus-4-6",
+  max_tokens: 1024,
+  betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"],
+  messages: [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content: [
+        { type: "text", text: "Please summarize this document for me." },
+        {
+          type: "document",
+          source: {
+            type: "file",
+            file_id: "file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w"
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+)
+
+puts response
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@
 EOF
 ```
 
-```python Python
+```python Python nocheck hidelines={2..4,-1}
 import pandas as pd
 import anthropic
 
@@ -501,8 +500,8 @@
 print(response.content[0].text)
 ```
 
-```typescript TypeScript
-import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+```typescript TypeScript nocheck hidelines={1}
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
@@ -528,10 +527,46 @@
     ]
   });
 
-  console.log(response.content[0].text);
+  const block = response.content[0];
+  if (block.type === "text") {
+    console.log(block.text);
+  }
 }
 
 analyzeDocument();
+```
+
+```csharp C# nocheck
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Anthropic;
+using Anthropic.Models.Messages;
+
+class Program
+{
+    static async Task Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        AnthropicClient client = new();
+
+        // Example: Reading a text file
+        string textContent = await File.ReadAllTextAsync("document.txt");
+
+        var parameters = new MessageCreateParams
+        {
+            Model = Model.ClaudeOpus4_6,
+            MaxTokens = 1024,
+            Messages = [new()
+            {
+                Role = Role.User,
+                Content = $"Here's the document content:\n\n{textContent}\n\nPlease summarize this document."
+            }]
+        };
+
+        var message = await client.Messages.Create(parameters);
+        Console.WriteLine(message);
+    }
+}
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
@@ -584,7 +619,7 @@
   -H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14"
 ```
 
-```python Python
+```python Python hidelines={1..3}
 import anthropic
 
 client = anthropic.Anthropic()
@@ -592,12 +627,33 @@
 ```
 
 ```typescript TypeScript
-import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
 const files = await anthropic.beta.files.list({
   betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]
 });
+```
+
+```csharp C# nocheck
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Anthropic;
+using Anthropic.Models.Beta.Files;
+
+class Program
+{
+    static async Task Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        AnthropicClient client = new();
+
+        var files = await client.Beta.Files.List(new FileListParams
+        {
+            Betas = ["files-api-2025-04-14"]
+        });
+        Console.WriteLine(files);
+    }
+}
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
@@ -613,20 +669,37 @@
   -H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14"
 ```
 
-```python Python
+```python Python nocheck hidelines={1..3}
 import anthropic
 
 client = anthropic.Anthropic()
 file = client.beta.files.retrieve_metadata("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")
 ```
 
-```typescript TypeScript
-import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+```typescript TypeScript nocheck
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
 const file = await anthropic.beta.files.retrieveMetadata("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {
   betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]
 });
+```
+
+```csharp C# nocheck
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Anthropic;
+
+class Program
+{
+    static async Task Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        AnthropicClient client = new();
+
+        var file = await client.Beta.Files.RetrieveMetadata("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w");
+        Console.WriteLine(file);
+    }
+}
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
@@ -642,20 +715,36 @@
   -H "anthropic-beta: files-api-2025-04-14"
 ```
 
-```python Python
+```python Python nocheck hidelines={1..3}
 import anthropic
 
 client = anthropic.Anthropic()
 result = client.beta.files.delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w")
 ```
 
-```typescript TypeScript
-import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+```typescript TypeScript nocheck
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
-const result = await anthropic.beta.files.delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {
+await anthropic.beta.files.delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {
   betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]
 });
+```
+
+```csharp C# nocheck
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Anthropic;
+
+class Program
+{
+    static async Task Main()
+    {
+        AnthropicClient client = new();
+
+        await client.Beta.Files.Delete("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w");
+    }
+}
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
@@ -672,7 +761,7 @@
   --output downloaded_file.txt
 ```
 
-```python Python
+```python Python nocheck hidelines={1..3}
 import anthropic
 
 client = anthropic.Anthropic()
@@ -683,18 +772,38 @@
     f.write(file_content.decode("utf-8"))
 ```
 
-```typescript TypeScript
-import { Anthropic } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+```typescript TypeScript nocheck hidelines={1}
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
 
-const fileContent = await anthropic.beta.files.download("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {
+const response = await anthropic.beta.files.download("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w", {
   betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"]
 });
 
 // Save to file
-await fs.writeFile("downloaded_file.txt", fileContent);
+const content = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());
+await fs.writeFile("downloaded_file.txt", content);
+```
+
+```csharp C# nocheck
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Anthropic;
+
+class Program
+{
+    static async Task Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        AnthropicClient client = new();
+
+        byte[] fileContent = await client.Beta.Files.Download("file_011CNha8iCJcU1wXNR6q4V8w");
+
+        await File.WriteAllBytesAsync("downloaded_file.txt", fileContent);
+    }
+}
 ```
 </CodeGroup>