anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python
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# Claude SDK for Python
[](https://pypi.org/project/anthropic/)
The Claude SDK for Python provides access to the [Claude API](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/) from Python applications.
## Documentation
Full documentation is available at **[platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/sdks/python](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/sdks/python)**.
## Installation
pip install anthropic
## Getting started
import os
from anthropic import Anthropic
client = Anthropic(
api_key=os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
message = client.messages.create(
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Hello, Claude",
}
],
model="claude-opus-4-6",
)
print(message.content)
## Requirements
Python 3.9+
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.