iter_bytes() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

Function python AnthropicClient SyncAPI calls 2 called by 2

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Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355["iter_bytes()"]
  8968fc97_d184_e3da_727e_c38832cb23a5["AsyncAPIResponse"]
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355 -->|defined in| 8968fc97_d184_e3da_727e_c38832cb23a5
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08["iter_bytes()"]
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08 -->|calls| 681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9["stream_to_file()"]
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9 -->|calls| 681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08["iter_bytes()"]
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  484b3879_bf87_4601_d355_eb6e18237685["aiter_bytes()"]
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355 -->|calls| 484b3879_bf87_4601_d355_eb6e18237685
  style 681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

src/anthropic/_response.py lines 491–498

    async def iter_bytes(self, chunk_size: int | None = None) -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
        """
        A byte-iterator over the decoded response content.

        This automatically handles gzip, deflate and brotli encoded responses.
        """
        async for chunk in self.http_response.aiter_bytes(chunk_size):
            yield chunk