MessageStream Class — anthropic-sdk-python Architecture
Architecture documentation for the MessageStream class in _messages.py from the anthropic-sdk-python codebase.
Entity Profile
Dependency Diagram
graph TD e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4["MessageStream"] 738ef0a0_4e16_ebf0_9c79_a17daa58ddef["_messages.py"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|defined in| 738ef0a0_4e16_ebf0_9c79_a17daa58ddef a0f472c2_f937_ec2c_1348_4b9056c82e3d["__init__()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| a0f472c2_f937_ec2c_1348_4b9056c82e3d 056a18bd_ab71_8ac8_b5b1_250b10eac310["response()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 056a18bd_ab71_8ac8_b5b1_250b10eac310 4e401905_dfa7_4197_afed_a62322eef9e6["request_id()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 4e401905_dfa7_4197_afed_a62322eef9e6 5c3a2b33_d013_657e_5a96_174a03fe5e4e["__next__()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 5c3a2b33_d013_657e_5a96_174a03fe5e4e 7d0cdda6_d9e6_0ebb_6ec5_d324350b98f7["__iter__()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 7d0cdda6_d9e6_0ebb_6ec5_d324350b98f7 333dbaf8_f28f_4840_2555_ff42abd8b24d["__enter__()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 333dbaf8_f28f_4840_2555_ff42abd8b24d 89eeec62_b34b_6669_ea96_d4cf2cb99af8["__exit__()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 89eeec62_b34b_6669_ea96_d4cf2cb99af8 804494a0_9cfb_3f57_2cc6_c01a157782f6["close()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 804494a0_9cfb_3f57_2cc6_c01a157782f6 f7d7eda3_f48d_9a94_ee86_5e96ba366fee["get_final_message()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| f7d7eda3_f48d_9a94_ee86_5e96ba366fee 1bc68915_5733_1542_a79b_791f2a5ac05e["get_final_text()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| 1bc68915_5733_1542_a79b_791f2a5ac05e a83262c8_25cd_2a5b_a4bd_500bdcf5b6c5["until_done()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| a83262c8_25cd_2a5b_a4bd_500bdcf5b6c5 d0f3c7f3_9697_e16c_d229_25799a6b7b46["current_message_snapshot()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| d0f3c7f3_9697_e16c_d229_25799a6b7b46 ba051e44_a190_9141_551c_ce3d77cfeefc["__stream__()"] e621e870_ca7f_408e_c8bb_3d408ede66a4 -->|method| ba051e44_a190_9141_551c_ce3d77cfeefc
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Source Code
src/anthropic/lib/streaming/_messages.py lines 33–143
class MessageStream(Generic[ResponseFormatT]):
text_stream: Iterator[str]
"""Iterator over just the text deltas in the stream.
```py
for text in stream.text_stream:
print(text, end="", flush=True)
print()
```
"""
def __init__(
self,
raw_stream: Stream[RawMessageStreamEvent],
output_format: ResponseFormatT | NotGiven,
) -> None:
self._raw_stream = raw_stream
self.text_stream = self.__stream_text__()
self._iterator = self.__stream__()
self.__final_message_snapshot: ParsedMessage[ResponseFormatT] | None = None
self.__output_format = output_format
@property
def response(self) -> httpx.Response:
return self._raw_stream.response
@property
def request_id(self) -> str | None:
return self.response.headers.get("request-id") # type: ignore[no-any-return]
def __next__(self) -> ParsedMessageStreamEvent[ResponseFormatT]:
return self._iterator.__next__()
def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[ParsedMessageStreamEvent[ResponseFormatT]]:
for item in self._iterator:
yield item
def __enter__(self) -> Self:
return self
def __exit__(
self,
exc_type: type[BaseException] | None,
exc: BaseException | None,
exc_tb: TracebackType | None,
) -> None:
self.close()
def close(self) -> None:
"""
Close the response and release the connection.
Automatically called if the response body is read to completion.
"""
self._raw_stream.close()
def get_final_message(self) -> ParsedMessage[ResponseFormatT]:
"""Waits until the stream has been read to completion and returns
the accumulated `Message` object.
"""
self.until_done()
assert self.__final_message_snapshot is not None
return self.__final_message_snapshot
def get_final_text(self) -> str:
"""Returns all `text` content blocks concatenated together.
> [!NOTE]
> Currently the API will only respond with a single content block.
Will raise an error if no `text` content blocks were returned.
"""
message = self.get_final_message()
text_blocks: list[str] = []
for block in message.content:
if block.type == "text":
text_blocks.append(block.text)
if not text_blocks:
raise RuntimeError(
f".get_final_text() can only be called when the API returns a `text` content block.\nThe API returned {','.join([b.type for b in message.content])} content block type(s) that you can access by calling get_final_message().content"
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the MessageStream class?
MessageStream is a class in the anthropic-sdk-python codebase, defined in src/anthropic/lib/streaming/_messages.py.
Where is MessageStream defined?
MessageStream is defined in src/anthropic/lib/streaming/_messages.py at line 33.
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