Create a batch | Respan Docs

curl -X POST https://api.respan.ai/api/v1/batches \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <respanApiKey>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "input_file_id": "file-abc123",
  "endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
  "completion_window": "24h",
  "provider_id": "string"
}'

{
  "id": "batch_abc123",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "object": "batch",
  "endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
  "input_file_id": "file-abc123",
  "output_file_id": "string",
  "error_file_id": "string",
  "completion_window": "24h",
  "created_at": 1710000000,
  "in_progress_at": 1,
  "expires_at": 1,
  "finalizing_at": 1,
  "completed_at": 1,
  "failed_at": 1,
  "expired_at": 1,
  "cancelling_at": 1,
  "cancelled_at": 1,
  "request_counts": {
    "total": 100,
    "completed": 97,
    "failed": 3
  },
  "metadata": {},
  "errors": null
}

Create an OpenAI-compatible batch processing job from an uploaded JSONL file. provider_id is required and selects the customer-owned provider credential used for the batch.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Use your Respan API key for Respan API authentication. Enter only the Respan API key value; clients send Authorization: Bearer <RESPAN_API_KEY>. For /api/responses, provider credentials such as Perplexity, OpenAI, or Azure OpenAI go in Settings -> Providers or respan_params.credential_override in the request body, not in this authentication field.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

input_file_idstringRequired

Uploaded JSONL file ID.

endpointenumRequired

Endpoint each JSONL request targets.

Allowed values:

completion_windowenumRequired

Allowed values:

provider_idstringRequired

Provider route with customer-owned credentials.

metadatamap from strings to anyOptional

Custom metadata for tracking.

customer_identifierstringOptional

End-user identifier for logging.

custom_identifierstringOptional

Custom identifier for querying.

thread_identifierstringOptional

Conversation thread identifier.

environmentstringOptional

Environment tag.

Response

Created batch.

idstring

Batch ID.

statusenum

objectstringOptional

endpointstringOptional

input_file_idstringOptional

output_file_idstring or nullOptional

Output file ID, available when the batch completes.

error_file_idstring or nullOptional

Error file ID, when provider errors are available.

completion_windowstringOptional

created_atintegerOptional

Unix timestamp.

in_progress_atinteger or nullOptional

expires_atinteger or nullOptional

finalizing_atinteger or nullOptional

completed_atinteger or nullOptional

failed_atinteger or nullOptional

expired_atinteger or nullOptional

cancelling_atinteger or nullOptional

cancelled_atinteger or nullOptional

request_countsobjectOptional

metadatamap from strings to anyOptional

errorsany or nullOptional

Provider error details, when available.

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

Authentication

Headers

Request

Response

Errors