---
title: "ChunkingStrategyRequestParam"
url: "https://kongair.terwilligar.com/apis/openai-api-2-3-0/versions/ea92d048-c746-4ead-a6a8-da28d93137d1/schemas/ChunkingStrategyRequestParam"
---

> Full API specification: https://kongair.terwilligar.com/apis/openai-api-2-3-0/versions/ea92d048-c746-4ead-a6a8-da28d93137d1.md

# ChunkingStrategyRequestParam

The chunking strategy used to chunk the file(s). If not set, will use the `auto` strategy.

## OpenAPI definition

```yaml
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: OpenAI API
  version: 2.3.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.openai.com/v1
components:
  schemas:
    AutoChunkingStrategyRequestParam:
      type: object
      title: Auto Chunking Strategy
      description: The default strategy. This strategy currently uses a
        `max_chunk_size_tokens` of `800` and `chunk_overlap_tokens` of `400`.
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Always `auto`.
          enum:
            - auto
          x-stainless-const: true
      required:
        - type
    StaticChunkingStrategyRequestParam:
      type: object
      title: Static Chunking Strategy
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Always `static`.
          enum:
            - static
          x-stainless-const: true
        static:
          $ref: "#/components/schemas/StaticChunkingStrategy"
      required:
        - type
        - static
    StaticChunkingStrategy:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        max_chunk_size_tokens:
          type: integer
          minimum: 100
          maximum: 4096
          description: The maximum number of tokens in each chunk. The default value is
            `800`. The minimum value is `100` and the maximum value is `4096`.
        chunk_overlap_tokens:
          type: integer
          description: >
            The number of tokens that overlap between chunks. The default value
            is `400`.


            Note that the overlap must not exceed half of
            `max_chunk_size_tokens`.
      required:
        - max_chunk_size_tokens
        - chunk_overlap_tokens
    ChunkingStrategyRequestParam:
      type: object
      description: The chunking strategy used to chunk the file(s). If not set, will
        use the `auto` strategy.
      oneOf:
        - $ref: "#/components/schemas/AutoChunkingStrategyRequestParam"
        - $ref: "#/components/schemas/StaticChunkingStrategyRequestParam"
      x-oaiExpandable: true
```