curl -X GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/models/gpt-6-astra' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

# GET /models/{model} (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI API key; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Retrieve model

## 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 GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/models/gpt-6-astra' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| model | path | string | Yes | The ID of the model to use for this request |

## Response example
{"id":"string","created":0,"object":"model","owned_by":"string","shutdown_date":"2026-09-03"}

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GET /models/{model} — OpenAI API

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OpenAI API

Retrieve model

Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <OPENAI_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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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 GET 'https://api.openai.com/v1/models/gpt-6-astra' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY"

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
model	path	string	Yes	The ID of the model to use for this request

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "created": 0,
  "object": "model",
  "owned_by": "string",
  "shutdown_date": "2026-09-03"
}

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