Batches

Portkey exposes OpenAI’s Batch API through one consistent endpoint, so you can run large, asynchronous evaluation jobs at 50 % lower cost. Use batches when you need to run large jobs offline — e.g. nightly evals, A/B tests, or bulk embeddings.

Create Batch Job

Upload your .jsonl file first — see Files API for more details and then use the following code to create a batch job.

from portkey_ai import Portkey

# Initialize the Portkey client
portkey = Portkey(
    api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY",  # Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider="@PROVIDER"   
)

start_batch_response = portkey.batches.create(
  input_file_id="file_id", # file id of the input file
  endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
  completion_window="24h",
  metadata={} # metadata for the batch
)

print(start_batch_response)

import { Portkey } from 'portkey-ai';

// Initialize the Portkey client
const portkey = new Portkey({
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY",  // Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider:"@PROVIDER"   
});

const startBatch = async () => {
  const startBatchResponse = await portkey.batches.create({
    input_file_id: "file_id", // file id of the input file
    endpoint: "/v1/chat/completions",
    completion_window: "24h",
    metadata: {} // metadata for the batch
  });

  console.log(startBatchResponse);
}

await startBatch();

curl --location 'https://api.portkey.ai/v1/batches' \
--header 'x-portkey-api-key: <portkey_api_key>' \
--header 'x-portkey-provider: @provider' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "input_file_id": "<file_id>",
    "endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
    "completion_window": "24h",
    "metadata": {}
}'

import OpenAI from 'openai'; // We're using the v4 SDK
import { PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders } from 'portkey-ai'

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'OPENAI_API_KEY', // defaults to process.env["OPENAI_API_KEY"],
  baseURL: PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
  defaultHeaders: createHeaders({
    provider: "openai",
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY" // defaults to process.env["PORTKEY_API_KEY"]
  })
});

const startBatch = async () => {
  const startBatchResponse = await openai.batches.create({
    input_file_id: "file_id", // file id of the input file
    endpoint: "/v1/chat/completions",
    completion_window: "24h",
    metadata: {} // metadata for the batch
  });

  console.log(startBatchResponse);
}

await startBatch();

from openai import OpenAI
from portkey_ai import PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders

openai = OpenAI(
    api_key='OPENAI_API_KEY',
    base_url=PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
    default_headers=createHeaders(
        provider="openai",
        api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY"
    )
)

start_batch_response = openai.batches.create(
  input_file_id="file_id", # file id of the input file
  endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
  completion_window="24h",
  metadata={} # metadata for the batch
)

print(start_batch_response)

List Batch Jobs

from portkey_ai import Portkey

# Initialize the Portkey client
portkey = Portkey(
    api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY",  # Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider="@PROVIDER"   
)

batches = portkey.batches.list()

print(batches)

import { Portkey } from 'portkey-ai';

// Initialize the Portkey client
const portkey = new Portkey({
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY",  // Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider:"@PROVIDER"   
});

const listBatches = async () => {
  const batches = await portkey.batches.list();

  console.log(batches);
}

await listBatches();

curl --location 'https://api.portkey.ai/v1/batches' \
--header 'x-portkey-api-key: <portkey_api_key>' \
--header 'x-portkey-provider: @provider'

import OpenAI from 'openai'; // We're using the v4 SDK
import { PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders } from 'portkey-ai'

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'OPENAI_API_KEY', // defaults to process.env["OPENAI_API_KEY"],
  baseURL: PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
  defaultHeaders: createHeaders({
    provider: "openai",
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY" // defaults to process.env["PORTKEY_API_KEY"]
  })
});

const listBatches = async () => {
  const batches = await openai.batches.list();

  console.log(batches);
}

await listBatches();

from openai import OpenAI
from portkey_ai import PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders

openai = OpenAI(
    api_key='OPENAI_API_KEY',
    base_url=PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
    default_headers=createHeaders(
        provider="openai",
        api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY"
    )
)

batches = openai.batches.list()

print(batches)

Get Batch Job Details

from portkey_ai import Portkey


# Initialize the Portkey client
portkey = Portkey(
    api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY",  # Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider="@PROVIDER"   
)

batch = portkey.batches.retrieve(batch_id="batch_id")

print(batch)

import { Portkey } from 'portkey-ai';

// Initialize the Portkey client
const portkey = new Portkey({
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY",  // Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider:"@PROVIDER"   
});

const getBatch = async () => {
  const batch = await portkey.batches.retrieve(batch_id="batch_id");

  console.log(batch);
}

await getBatch();

curl --location 'https://api.portkey.ai/v1/batches/<batch_id>' \
--header 'x-portkey-api-key: <portkey_api_key>' \
--header 'x-portkey-provider: @provider'

import OpenAI from 'openai'; // We're using the v4 SDK
import { PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders } from 'portkey-ai'

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'OPENAI_API_KEY', // defaults to process.env["OPENAI_API_KEY"],
  baseURL: PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
  defaultHeaders: createHeaders({
    provider: "openai",
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY" // defaults to process.env["PORTKEY_API_KEY"]
  })
});

const getBatch = async () => {
  const batch = await openai.batches.retrieve(batch_id="batch_id");

  console.log(batch);
}

await getBatch();

from openai import OpenAI
from portkey_ai import PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders

openai = OpenAI(
    api_key='OPENAI_API_KEY',
    base_url=PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
    default_headers=createHeaders(
        provider="openai",
        api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY"
    )
)

batch = openai.batches.retrieve(batch_id="batch_id")

print(batch)

The status of a given Batch object can be any of the following:

Status	Description
validating	the input file is being validated before the batch can begin
failed	the input file has failed the validation process
file_upload_failed	the batch job failed to upload the file to the provider after validation
batch_start_failed	the file upload succeeded but the batch job submission to the provider failed
in_progress	the input file was successfully validated and the batch is currently being run
finalizing	the batch has completed and the results are being prepared
completed	the batch has been completed and the results are ready
expired	the batch was not able to be completed within the 24-hour time window
cancelling	the batch is being cancelled (may take up to 10 minutes)
cancelled	the batch was cancelled

Get Batch Output

curl --location 'https://api.portkey.ai/v1/batches/<batch_id>/output' \
--header 'x-portkey-api-key: <portkey_api_key>' \
--header 'x-portkey-provider: @provider'

Cancel Batch Job

from portkey_ai import Portkey

# Initialize the Portkey client
portkey = Portkey(
    api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY",  # Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider="@PROVIDER"   
)

cancel_batch_response = portkey.batches.cancel(batch_id="batch_id")

print(cancel_batch_response)

import { Portkey } from 'portkey-ai';

// Initialize the Portkey client
const portkey = new Portkey({
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY",  // Replace with your Portkey API key
    provider:"@PROVIDER"   
});

const cancelBatch = async () => {
  const cancel_batch_response = await portkey.batches.cancel(batch_id="batch_id");

  console.log(cancel_batch_response);
}

await cancelBatch();

curl --request POST --location 'https://api.portkey.ai/v1/batches/<batch_id>/cancel' \
--header 'x-portkey-api-key: <portkey_api_key>' \
--header 'x-portkey-provider: @provider'

import OpenAI from 'openai'; // We're using the v4 SDK
import { PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders } from 'portkey-ai'

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'OPENAI_API_KEY', // defaults to process.env["OPENAI_API_KEY"],
  baseURL: PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
  defaultHeaders: createHeaders({
    provider: "openai",
    apiKey: "PORTKEY_API_KEY" // defaults to process.env["PORTKEY_API_KEY"]
  })
});

const cancelBatch = async () => {
  const cancel_batch_response = await openai.batches.cancel(batch_id="batch_id");

  console.log(cancel_batch_response);
}

await cancelBatch();

from openai import OpenAI
from portkey_ai import PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL, createHeaders

openai = OpenAI(
    api_key='OPENAI_API_KEY',
    base_url=PORTKEY_GATEWAY_URL,
    default_headers=createHeaders(
        provider="openai",
        api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY"
    )
)

cancel_batch_response = openai.batches.cancel(batch_id="batch_id")

print(cancel_batch_response)

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