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

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

# CreateVectorStoreRequest

## OpenAPI definition

```yaml
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: OpenAI API
  version: 2.3.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.openai.com/v1
components:
  schemas:
    VectorStoreExpirationAfter:
      type: object
      title: Vector store expiration policy
      description: The expiration policy for a vector store.
      properties:
        anchor:
          description: "Anchor timestamp after which the expiration policy applies.
            Supported anchors: `last_active_at`."
          type: string
          enum:
            - last_active_at
          x-stainless-const: true
        days:
          description: The number of days after the anchor time that the vector store will
            expire.
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 365
      required:
        - anchor
        - days
    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
    Metadata:
      type: object
      description: >
        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.
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
      x-oaiTypeLabel: map
      nullable: true
    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
    CreateVectorStoreRequest:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        file_ids:
          description: A list of [File](/docs/api-reference/files) IDs that the vector
            store should use. Useful for tools like `file_search` that can
            access files.
          type: array
          maxItems: 500
          items:
            type: string
        name:
          description: The name of the vector store.
          type: string
        expires_after:
          $ref: "#/components/schemas/VectorStoreExpirationAfter"
        chunking_strategy:
          type: object
          description: The chunking strategy used to chunk the file(s). If not set, will
            use the `auto` strategy. Only applicable if `file_ids` is non-empty.
          oneOf:
            - $ref: "#/components/schemas/AutoChunkingStrategyRequestParam"
            - $ref: "#/components/schemas/StaticChunkingStrategyRequestParam"
          x-oaiExpandable: true
        metadata:
          $ref: "#/components/schemas/Metadata"
```