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Anthropic Messages
Use the Anthropic Messages API through CometAPI to access Claude models with extended thinking, prompt caching, tool use, web search/fetch, streaming, and effort control.
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic(
base_url="https://api.cometapi.com",
api_key="<COMETAPI_KEY>",
)
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=1024,
system="You are a helpful assistant.",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, world"}
],
)
print(message.content[0].text){
"id": "<string>",
"type": "message",
"role": "assistant",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "<string>",
"thinking": "<string>",
"signature": "<string>",
"id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"input": {}
}
],
"model": "<string>",
"stop_reason": "end_turn",
"stop_sequence": "<string>",
"usage": {
"input_tokens": 123,
"output_tokens": 123,
"cache_creation_input_tokens": 123,
"cache_read_input_tokens": 123,
"cache_creation": {
"ephemeral_5m_input_tokens": 123,
"ephemeral_1h_input_tokens": 123
}
}
}Overview
CometAPI supports the Anthropic Messages API natively, giving you direct access to Claude models with all Anthropic-specific features. Use this endpoint for Claude-exclusive capabilities like extended thinking, prompt caching, and effort control.Quick Start
Use the official Anthropic SDK — just set the base URL to CometAPI:import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic(
base_url="https://api.cometapi.com",
api_key="<COMETAPI_KEY>",
)
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(message.content[0].text)
x-api-key and Authorization: Bearer headers are supported for authentication. The official Anthropic SDKs use x-api-key by default.Extended Thinking
Enable Claude’s step-by-step reasoning with thethinking parameter. The response includes thinking content blocks showing Claude’s internal reasoning before the final answer.
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=16000,
thinking={
"type": "enabled",
"budget_tokens": 10000,
},
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Prove that there are infinitely many primes."}
],
)
for block in message.content:
if block.type == "thinking":
print(f"Thinking: {block.thinking[:200]}...")
elif block.type == "text":
print(f"Answer: {block.text}")
budget_tokens of 1,024. Thinking tokens count towards your max_tokens limit — set max_tokens high enough to accommodate both thinking and the response.Prompt Caching
Cache large system prompts or conversation prefixes to reduce latency and cost on subsequent requests. Addcache_control to content blocks that should be cached:
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=1024,
system=[
{
"type": "text",
"text": "You are an expert code reviewer. [Long detailed instructions...]",
"cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"},
}
],
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Review this code..."}],
)
usage field:
cache_creation_input_tokens— tokens written to cache (billed at a higher rate)cache_read_input_tokens— tokens read from cache (billed at a reduced rate)
Streaming
Stream responses using Server-Sent Events (SSE) by settingstream: true. Events arrive in this order:
message_start— contains the message metadata and initial usagecontent_block_start— marks the beginning of each content blockcontent_block_delta— incremental text chunks (text_delta)content_block_stop— marks the end of each content blockmessage_delta— finalstop_reasonand completeusagemessage_stop— signals the end of the stream
with client.messages.stream(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=256,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
) as stream:
for text in stream.text_stream:
print(text, end="")
Effort Control
Control how much effort Claude puts into generating a response withoutput_config.effort:
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-opus-4-6",
max_tokens=4096,
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this briefly."}
],
output_config={"effort": "low"}, # "low", "medium", or "high"
)
Server Tools
Claude supports server-side tools that run on Anthropic’s infrastructure:- Web Fetch
- Web Search
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Analyze the content at https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.03385"}
],
tools=[
{"type": "web_fetch_20250910", "name": "web_fetch", "max_uses": 5}
],
)
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=1024,
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "What are the latest developments in AI?"}
],
tools=[
{"type": "web_search_20250305", "name": "web_search", "max_uses": 5}
],
)
Response Example
A typical response from CometAPI’s Anthropic endpoint:{
"id": "msg_bdrk_01UjHdmSztrL7QYYm7CKBDFB",
"type": "message",
"role": "assistant",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "Hello!"
}
],
"model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
"stop_reason": "end_turn",
"stop_sequence": null,
"usage": {
"input_tokens": 19,
"cache_creation_input_tokens": 0,
"cache_read_input_tokens": 0,
"cache_creation": {
"ephemeral_5m_input_tokens": 0,
"ephemeral_1h_input_tokens": 0
},
"output_tokens": 4
}
}
Key Differences from OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint
| Feature | Anthropic Messages (/v1/messages) | OpenAI-Compatible (/v1/chat/completions) |
|---|---|---|
| Extended thinking | thinking parameter with budget_tokens | Not available |
| Prompt caching | cache_control on content blocks | Not available |
| Effort control | output_config.effort | Not available |
| Web fetch/search | Server tools (web_fetch, web_search) | Not available |
| Auth header | x-api-key or Bearer | Bearer only |
| Response format | Anthropic format (content blocks) | OpenAI format (choices, message) |
| Models | Claude only | Multi-provider (GPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) |
Authorizations
Your CometAPI key passed via the x-api-key header. Authorization: Bearer <key> is also supported.
Headers
The Anthropic API version to use. Defaults to 2023-06-01.
"2023-06-01"
Comma-separated list of beta features to enable. Examples: max-tokens-3-5-sonnet-2024-07-15, pdfs-2024-09-25, output-128k-2025-02-19.
Body
The Claude model to use. See the Models page for current Claude model IDs.
"claude-sonnet-4-6"
The conversation messages. Must alternate between user and assistant roles. Each message's content can be a string or an array of content blocks (text, image, document, tool_use, tool_result). There is a limit of 100,000 messages per request.
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The maximum number of tokens to generate. The model may stop before reaching this limit. When using thinking, the thinking tokens count towards this limit.
x >= 11024
System prompt providing context and instructions to Claude. Can be a plain string or an array of content blocks (useful for prompt caching).
Controls randomness in the response. Range: 0.0–1.0. Use lower values for analytical tasks and higher values for creative tasks. Defaults to 1.0.
0 <= x <= 1Nucleus sampling threshold. Only tokens with cumulative probability up to this value are considered. Range: 0.0–1.0. Use either temperature or top_p, not both.
0 <= x <= 1Only sample from the top K most probable tokens. Recommended for advanced use cases only.
x >= 0If true, stream the response incrementally using Server-Sent Events (SSE). Events include message_start, content_block_start, content_block_delta, content_block_stop, message_delta, and message_stop.
Custom strings that cause the model to stop generating when encountered. The stop sequence is not included in the response.
Enable extended thinking — Claude's step-by-step reasoning process. When enabled, the response includes thinking content blocks before the answer. Requires a minimum budget_tokens of 1,024.
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Tools the model may use. Supports client-defined functions, web search (web_search_20250305), web fetch (web_fetch_20250910), code execution (code_execution_20250522), and more.
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Controls how the model uses tools.
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Request metadata for tracking and analytics.
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Configuration for output behavior.
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The service tier to use. auto tries priority capacity first, standard_only uses only standard capacity.
auto, standard_only Response
Successful response. When stream is true, the response is a stream of SSE events.
Unique identifier for this message (e.g., msg_01XFDUDYJgAACzvnptvVoYEL).
Always message.
message Always assistant.
assistant The response content blocks. May include text, thinking, tool_use, and other block types.
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The specific model version that generated this response (e.g., claude-sonnet-4-6).
Why the model stopped generating.
end_turn, max_tokens, stop_sequence, tool_use, pause_turn The stop sequence that caused the model to stop, if applicable.
Token usage statistics.
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import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic(
base_url="https://api.cometapi.com",
api_key="<COMETAPI_KEY>",
)
message = client.messages.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
max_tokens=1024,
system="You are a helpful assistant.",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, world"}
],
)
print(message.content[0].text){
"id": "<string>",
"type": "message",
"role": "assistant",
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "<string>",
"thinking": "<string>",
"signature": "<string>",
"id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"input": {}
}
],
"model": "<string>",
"stop_reason": "end_turn",
"stop_sequence": "<string>",
"usage": {
"input_tokens": 123,
"output_tokens": 123,
"cache_creation_input_tokens": 123,
"cache_read_input_tokens": 123,
"cache_creation": {
"ephemeral_5m_input_tokens": 123,
"ephemeral_1h_input_tokens": 123
}
}
}