_transform_file() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

Function python AnthropicClient SyncAPI calls 2 called by 1

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Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  b8087977_732a_4a4d_c940_30a2bc3ff47f["_transform_file()"]
  e20f2c32_b105_01cb_557f_c10174db767d["_files.py"]
  b8087977_732a_4a4d_c940_30a2bc3ff47f -->|defined in| e20f2c32_b105_01cb_557f_c10174db767d
  fe1e967b_1ba5_59ce_0b67_87ce63fe58e9["to_httpx_files()"]
  fe1e967b_1ba5_59ce_0b67_87ce63fe58e9 -->|calls| b8087977_732a_4a4d_c940_30a2bc3ff47f
  9a63633c_8e74_26f9_c6a1_f20798823de1["is_file_content()"]
  b8087977_732a_4a4d_c940_30a2bc3ff47f -->|calls| 9a63633c_8e74_26f9_c6a1_f20798823de1
  5b752d55_a978_6fad_1fd7_3d1a5ad6e905["read_file_content()"]
  b8087977_732a_4a4d_c940_30a2bc3ff47f -->|calls| 5b752d55_a978_6fad_1fd7_3d1a5ad6e905
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Source Code

src/anthropic/_files.py lines 63–74

def _transform_file(file: FileTypes) -> HttpxFileTypes:
    if is_file_content(file):
        if isinstance(file, os.PathLike):
            path = pathlib.Path(file)
            return (path.name, path.read_bytes())

        return file

    if is_tuple_t(file):
        return (file[0], read_file_content(file[1]), *file[2:])

    raise TypeError(f"Expected file types input to be a FileContent type or to be a tuple")