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 AsyncAPI calls 2 called by 1

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Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083["write_to_file()"]
  05ceaa32_22bc_1d4b_0106_148d5206e33f["BinaryAPIResponse"]
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083 -->|defined in| 05ceaa32_22bc_1d4b_0106_148d5206e33f
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef["write_to_file()"]
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef -->|calls| deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083
  e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef["write_to_file()"]
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083 -->|calls| e9237435_4608_fcc5_c600_9a3c756b13ef
  27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08["iter_bytes()"]
  deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083 -->|calls| 27750240_c560_f486_8702_e6672cb66e08
  style deb631da_c08f_054c_d5f9_873fa302a083 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

src/anthropic/_response.py lines 522–536

    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()`
        """
        with open(file, mode="wb") as f:
            for data in self.iter_bytes():
                f.write(data)