validate_output_format() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

Function python AnthropicClient SyncAPI calls 2 called by 2

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Source Code

src/anthropic/resources/beta/messages/messages.py lines 3707–3711

def validate_output_format(output_format: object) -> None:
    if inspect.isclass(output_format) and issubclass(output_format, pydantic.BaseModel):
        raise TypeError(
            "You tried to pass a `BaseModel` class to `beta.messages.create()`; You must use `beta.messages.parse()` instead"
        )