Create eval

Create the structure of an evaluation that can be used to test a model’s performance. An evaluation is a set of testing criteria and a datasource. After creating an evaluation, you can run it on different models and model parameters. We support several types of graders and datasources. For more information, see the Evals guide.

POST /evals

Create eval

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.openai.com/v1/evals \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "data_source_config": {
    "type": "custom",
    "item_schema": "{\n  \"type\": \"object\",\n  \"properties\": {\n    \"name\": {\"type\": \"string\"},\n    \"age\": {\"type\": \"integer\"}\n  },\n  \"required\": [\"name\", \"age\"]\n}\n",
    "include_sample_schema": false
  },
  "testing_criteria": [
    {
      "type": "label_model",
      "name": "<string>",
      "model": "<string>",
      "input": [
        {
          "role": "<string>",
          "content": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "labels": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "passing_labels": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "name": "<string>",
  "metadata": {},
  "share_with_openai": false
}
'

201

{
  "object": "eval",
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "Chatbot effectiveness Evaluation",
  "data_source_config": {
    "type": "custom",
    "schema": "{\n  \"type\": \"object\",\n  \"properties\": {\n    \"item\": {\n      \"type\": \"object\",\n      \"properties\": {\n        \"label\": {\"type\": \"string\"},\n      },\n      \"required\": [\"label\"]\n    }\n  },\n  \"required\": [\"item\"]\n}\n"
  },
  "testing_criteria": "eval",
  "created_at": 123,
  "metadata": {},
  "share_with_openai": true
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

data_source_config · CustomDataSourceConfig · object · required

A CustomDataSourceConfig object that defines the schema for the data source used for the evaluation runs. This schema is used to define the shape of the data that will be:

• Used to define your testing criteria and
• What data is required when creating a run

CustomDataSourceConfig

StoredCompletionsDataSourceConfig

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testing_criteria · (LabelModelGrader · object | StringCheckGrader · object | TextSimilarityGrader · object)[] · required

A list of graders for all eval runs in this group.

A LabelModelGrader object which uses a model to assign labels to each item in the evaluation.

LabelModelGrader

StringCheckGrader

TextSimilarityGrader

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name · string

The name of the evaluation.

metadata · object | null

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.

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share_with_openai · boolean · default: false

Indicates whether the evaluation is shared with OpenAI.

Response

201 - application/json

OK

An Eval object with a data source config and testing criteria. An Eval represents a task to be done for your LLM integration. Like:

• Improve the quality of my chatbot
• See how well my chatbot handles customer support
• Check if o3-mini is better at my usecase than gpt-4o

object · enum<string> · default: eval · required

The object type.

Available options: eval

id · string · required

Unique identifier for the evaluation.

name · string · required

The name of the evaluation.

Example:

"Chatbot effectiveness Evaluation"

data_source_config · CustomDataSourceConfig · object · required

A CustomDataSourceConfig which specifies the schema of your item and optionally sample namespaces. The response schema defines the shape of the data that will be:

• Used to define your testing criteria and
• What data is required when creating a run

CustomDataSourceConfig

StoredCompletionsDataSourceConfig

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testing_criteria · (LabelModelGrader · object | StringCheckGrader · object | TextSimilarityGrader · object)[] · required

A list of testing criteria.

A LabelModelGrader object which uses a model to assign labels to each item in the evaluation.

LabelModelGrader

StringCheckGrader

TextSimilarityGrader

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created_at · integer · required

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the eval was created.

metadata · object | null · required

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.

Show child attributes

share_with_openai · boolean · required

Indicates whether the evaluation is shared with OpenAI.