_prepare_request() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the _prepare_request() function in _base_client.py from the anthropic-sdk-python codebase.

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  4b46ed95_ff71_ea5d_7534_6929dc929bdb["SyncAPIClient"]
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  2cb1e2bf_1a02_d5ea_42a9_c0def162363a["request()"]
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Source Code

src/anthropic/_base_client.py lines 991–1000

    def _prepare_request(
        self,
        request: httpx.Request,  # noqa: ARG002
    ) -> None:
        """This method is used as a callback for mutating the `Request` object
        after it has been constructed.
        This is useful for cases where you want to add certain headers based off of
        the request properties, e.g. `url`, `method` etc.
        """
        return None