stream_to_file() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

Function python AnthropicClient SyncAPI calls 2 called by 1

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Dependency Diagram

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  ff66b87c_6be7_7e75_c963_dea1a8d15297["AsyncStreamedBinaryAPIResponse"]
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9 -->|defined in| ff66b87c_6be7_7e75_c963_dea1a8d15297
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0["stream_to_file()"]
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0 -->|calls| 75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9
  ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0["stream_to_file()"]
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9 -->|calls| ea69a70a_bcb1_501c_f2ae_a116ad0240b0
  681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355["iter_bytes()"]
  75908e93_44b8_03f4_f643_bd225d9c2df9 -->|calls| 681781bd_bf17_30fc_c2f4_93e275856355
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Source Code

src/anthropic/_response.py lines 582–595

    async def stream_to_file(
        self,
        file: str | os.PathLike[str],
        *,
        chunk_size: int | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        """Streams the output to the given file.

        Accepts a filename or any path-like object, e.g. pathlib.Path
        """
        path = anyio.Path(file)
        async with await path.open(mode="wb") as f:
            async for data in self.iter_bytes(chunk_size):
                await f.write(data)