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 1 called by 7

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Dependency Diagram

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  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08["iter_bytes()"]
  c5dafd2e_e591_b4ff_d0c8_67a1204aef83["APIResponse"]
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08 -->|defined in| c5dafd2e_e591_b4ff_d0c8_67a1204aef83
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355["iter_bytes()"]
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  368da297_37b7_ab67_d177_ee29db8d5086["_parse()"]
  368da297_37b7_ab67_d177_ee29db8d5086 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  dc4c979e_1f25_e27f_cc3e_f1bcdc3b27d0["parse()"]
  dc4c979e_1f25_e27f_cc3e_f1bcdc3b27d0 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  cd4d4a4e_4ea8_4346_3324_a03f797485c7["parse()"]
  cd4d4a4e_4ea8_4346_3324_a03f797485c7 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083["write_to_file()"]
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef["write_to_file()"]
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0["stream_to_file()"]
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355["iter_bytes()"]
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08 -->|calls| 681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355
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Source Code

src/anthropic/_response.py lines 384–391

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

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