---
title: "Retrieve container (OpenAI format)"
method: GET
path: "/openai/v1/containers/{container_id}"
tags: ["OpenAI Integration"]
---

# Retrieve container (OpenAI format)

`GET /openai/v1/containers/{container_id}`

Retrieves a specific container by ID.

**Note:** This endpoint also works without the `/v1` prefix (e.g., `/openai/containers/{container_id}`).

## Path parameters

- `container_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `provider` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object
  - `id` string — The unique identifier for the container
  - `object` string — The object type (always "container")
  - `name` string — The name of the container
  - `created_at` integer — Unix timestamp of when the container was created
  - `status` 'running' — The status of a container
  - `expires_after` object — Expiration configuration for a container
    - `anchor` string — The anchor point for expiration (e.g., "last_active_at")
    - `minutes` integer — Number of minutes after anchor point
  - `last_active_at` integer — Unix timestamp of last activity
  - `memory_limit` string — Memory limit for the container
  - `metadata` object — User-provided metadata
  - `extra_fields` BifrostResponseExtraFields — Additional fields included in responses
    - `request_type` string — Type of request that was made
    - `provider` 'openai' | 'azure' | 'anthropic' | 'bedrock' | 'cohere' | 'vertex' | 'vllm' | 'mistral' | 'ollama' | 'groq' | 'sgl' | 'parasail' | 'perplexity' | 'replicate' | 'cerebras' | 'deepseek' | 'gemini' | 'openrouter' | 'elevenlabs' | 'huggingface' | 'nebius' | 'xai' | 'runway' | 'fireworks' — AI model provider identifier
    - `model_requested` string — The model that was requested
    - `model_deployment` string — The actual model deployment used
    - `latency` integer — Request latency in milliseconds
    - `chunk_index` integer — Index of the chunk for streaming responses
    - `raw_request` object — Raw request if enabled
    - `raw_response` object — Raw response if enabled
    - `cache_debug` BifrostCacheDebug
      - `cache_hit` boolean
      - `cache_id` string
      - `hit_type` string
      - `requested_provider` string
      - `requested_model` string
      - `provider_used` string
      - `model_used` string
      - `input_tokens` integer
      - `threshold` number
      - `similarity` number

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `500` — Internal server error

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