write_to_file() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the write_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

graph TD
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef["write_to_file()"]
  bbd3ea26_8d54_610d_41cb_3ac713029b47["AsyncBinaryAPIResponse"]
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef -->|defined in| bbd3ea26_8d54_610d_41cb_3ac713029b47
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083["write_to_file()"]
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083 -->|calls| e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083["write_to_file()"]
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef -->|calls| deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08["iter_bytes()"]
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  style e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

src/anthropic/_response.py lines 547–562

    async def write_to_file(
        self,
        file: str | os.PathLike[str],
    ) -> None:
        """Write the output to the given file.

        Accepts a filename or any path-like object, e.g. pathlib.Path

        Note: if you want to stream the data to the file instead of writing
        all at once then you should use `.with_streaming_response` when making
        the API request, e.g. `.with_streaming_response.get_binary_response()`
        """
        path = anyio.Path(file)
        async with await path.open(mode="wb") as f:
            async for data in self.iter_bytes():
                await f.write(data)