read_file_content() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

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Dependency Diagram

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Source Code

src/anthropic/_files.py lines 77–80

def read_file_content(file: FileContent) -> HttpxFileContent:
    if isinstance(file, os.PathLike):
        return pathlib.Path(file).read_bytes()
    return file