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Query Files

Deprecated
POST/api/v1/beta/files/query

Query files with flexible filtering and pagination.

Deprecated: Use GET /files instead for listing files with query parameters.

Args: request: The query request with filters and pagination project: Validated project from dependency db: Database session

Returns: Paginated response with files

Query ParametersExpand Collapse
organization_id: optional string
project_id: optional string
Cookie ParametersExpand Collapse
session: optional string
Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
filter: optional object { data_source_id, external_file_id, file_ids, 3 more }

Filter parameters for file queries.

data_source_id: optional string

Filter by data source ID

formatuuid
external_file_id: optional string

Filter by external file ID

file_ids: optional array of string

Filter by specific file IDs

file_name: optional string

Filter by file name

only_manually_uploaded: optional boolean

Filter only manually uploaded files (data_source_id is null)

project_id: optional string

Filter by project ID

formatuuid
order_by: optional string

A comma-separated list of fields to order by, sorted in ascending order. Use 'field_name desc' to specify descending order.

page_size: optional number

The maximum number of items to return. The service may return fewer than this value. If unspecified, a default page size will be used. The maximum value is typically 1000; values above this will be coerced to the maximum.

page_token: optional string

A page token, received from a previous list call. Provide this to retrieve the subsequent page.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
items: array of object { id, name, project_id, 5 more }

The list of items.

id: string

Unique file identifier

name: string

File name including extension

maxLength3000
minLength1
project_id: string

Project this file belongs to

formatuuid
expires_at: optional string

When the file expires and may be automatically removed. Null means no expiration.

formatdate-time
external_file_id: optional string

Optional ID for correlating with an external system

file_type: optional string

File extension (pdf, docx, png, etc.)

maxLength3000
minLength1
last_modified_at: optional string

When the file was last modified (ISO 8601)

formatdate-time
purpose: optional string

How the file will be used: user_data, parse, extract, classify, split, sheet, or agent_app

next_page_token: optional string

A token, which can be sent as page_token to retrieve the next page. If this field is omitted, there are no subsequent pages.

total_size: optional number

The total number of items available. This is only populated when specifically requested. The value may be an estimate and can be used for display purposes only.

Query Files

curl https://api.cloud.llamaindex.ai/api/v1/beta/files/query \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY" \
    -d '{}'
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
      "name": "invoice.pdf",
      "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "external_file_id": "ext-12345",
      "file_type": "pdf",
      "last_modified_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "purpose": "parse"
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": "next_page_token",
  "total_size": 0
}
Returns Examples
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
      "name": "invoice.pdf",
      "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "external_file_id": "ext-12345",
      "file_type": "pdf",
      "last_modified_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "purpose": "parse"
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": "next_page_token",
  "total_size": 0
}