async_stream() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

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Dependency Diagram

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Source Code

examples/text_completions_streaming.py lines 29–40

async def async_stream() -> None:
    stream = await async_client.completions.create(
        prompt=f"{HUMAN_PROMPT} {question}{AI_PROMPT}",
        model="claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929",
        stream=True,
        max_tokens_to_sample=300,
    )

    async for completion in stream:
        print(completion.completion, end="", flush=True)

    print()