view() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

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Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  460f1285_af24_2579_35b7_ffa668dec7e8["view()"]
  c2730250_7059_6f44_aa62_71ce88c5a804["LocalFilesystemMemoryTool"]
  460f1285_af24_2579_35b7_ffa668dec7e8 -->|defined in| c2730250_7059_6f44_aa62_71ce88c5a804
  42a84966_de9f_298e_a98d_c527baf8aa0e["_validate_path()"]
  460f1285_af24_2579_35b7_ffa668dec7e8 -->|calls| 42a84966_de9f_298e_a98d_c527baf8aa0e
  style 460f1285_af24_2579_35b7_ffa668dec7e8 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

examples/memory/basic.py lines 78–110

    def view(self, command: BetaMemoryTool20250818ViewCommand) -> str:
        full_path = self._validate_path(command.path)

        if full_path.is_dir():
            items: List[str] = []
            try:
                for item in sorted(full_path.iterdir()):
                    if item.name.startswith("."):
                        continue
                    items.append(f"{item.name}/" if item.is_dir() else item.name)
                return f"Directory: {command.path}" + "\n".join([f"- {item}" for item in items])
            except Exception as e:
                raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot read directory {command.path}: {e}") from e

        elif full_path.is_file():
            try:
                content = full_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
                lines = content.splitlines()
                view_range = command.view_range
                if view_range:
                    start_line = max(1, view_range[0]) - 1
                    end_line = len(lines) if view_range[1] == -1 else view_range[1]
                    lines = lines[start_line:end_line]
                    start_num = start_line + 1
                else:
                    start_num = 1

                numbered_lines = [f"{i + start_num:4d}: {line}" for i, line in enumerate(lines)]
                return "\n".join(numbered_lines)
            except Exception as e:
                raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot read file {command.path}: {e}") from e
        else:
            raise RuntimeError(f"Path not found: {command.path}")