curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/vector_stores/vs_abc123/files' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "file_id": "file-id"
}'

# POST /vector_stores/{vector_store_id}/files (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI API key; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create vector store file

## Critical Gotchas
* The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.
* Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/vector_stores/vs_abc123/files' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "file_id": "file-id"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| vector_store_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the vector store for which to create a File.  |
| file_id | body | string | Yes | A [File](https://developers.openai.com/api/reference/resources/files) ID that... |
| chunking_strategy | body | object | No | The chunking strategy used to chunk the file(s). If not set, will use the `au... |
| attributes | body | object | No | Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be usef... |

## Response example
{"id":"string","object":"vector_store.file"}

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POST /vector_stores/{vector_store_id}/files — OpenAI API

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Create vector store file

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Critical gotchas

The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.

Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/vector_stores/vs_abc123/files' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "file_id": "file-id"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
vector_store_id	path	string	Yes	The ID of the vector store for which to create a File.
file_id	body	string	Yes	A [File](https://developers.openai.com/api/reference/resources/files) ID that the vector store should use. Useful for tools like `file_search` that can access files. For multi-file ingestion, we recommend [`file_batches`](https://developers.openai.com/api/reference/resources/vector_stores/subresources/file_batches/methods/create) to minimize per-vector-store write requests.
chunking_strategy	body	object	No	The chunking strategy used to chunk the file(s). If not set, will use the `auto` strategy.
attributes	body	object	No	Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters, booleans, or numbers.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "object": "vector_store.file",
  "usage_bytes": 0,
  "created_at": 0,
  "vector_store_id": "string",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "last_error": {
    "code": "server_error",
    "message": "string"
  },
  "chunking_strategy": {
    "type": "static",
    "static": {
      "max_chunk_size_tokens": 0,
      "chunk_overlap_tokens": 0
    }
  },
  "attributes": {}
}

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