maybe_transform() — anthropic-sdk-python Function Reference

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

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Source Code

src/anthropic/_utils/_transform.py lines 78–88

def maybe_transform(
    data: object,
    expected_type: object,
) -> Any | None:
    """Wrapper over `transform()` that allows `None` to be passed.

    See `transform()` for more details.
    """
    if data is None:
        return None
    return transform(data, expected_type)