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vllm.entrypoints.anthropic.serving

Anthropic Messages API serving handler

AnthropicServingMessages

Bases: OpenAIServingChat

Handler for Anthropic Messages API requests

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/anthropic/serving.py
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class AnthropicServingMessages(OpenAIServingChat):
    """Handler for Anthropic Messages API requests"""

    def __init__(
        self,
        engine_client: EngineClient,
        models: OpenAIServingModels,
        response_role: str,
        *,
        request_logger: RequestLogger | None,
        chat_template: str | None,
        chat_template_content_format: ChatTemplateContentFormatOption,
        return_tokens_as_token_ids: bool = False,
        reasoning_parser: str = "",
        enable_auto_tools: bool = False,
        tool_parser: str | None = None,
        enable_prompt_tokens_details: bool = False,
        enable_force_include_usage: bool = False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            engine_client=engine_client,
            models=models,
            response_role=response_role,
            request_logger=request_logger,
            chat_template=chat_template,
            chat_template_content_format=chat_template_content_format,
            return_tokens_as_token_ids=return_tokens_as_token_ids,
            reasoning_parser=reasoning_parser,
            enable_auto_tools=enable_auto_tools,
            tool_parser=tool_parser,
            enable_prompt_tokens_details=enable_prompt_tokens_details,
            enable_force_include_usage=enable_force_include_usage,
        )
        self.stop_reason_map = {
            "stop": "end_turn",
            "length": "max_tokens",
            "tool_calls": "tool_use",
        }

    @staticmethod
    def _convert_image_source_to_url(source: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
        """Convert an Anthropic image source to an OpenAI-compatible URL.

        Anthropic supports two image source types:
        - base64: {"type": "base64", "media_type": "image/jpeg", "data": "..."}
        - url: {"type": "url", "url": "https://..."}

        For base64 sources, this constructs a proper data URI that
        downstream processors (e.g. vLLM's media connector) can handle.
        """
        source_type = source.get("type")
        if source_type == "url":
            return source.get("url", "")
        # Default to base64 processing if type is "base64"
        # or missing, ensuring a proper data URI is always
        # constructed for non-URL sources.
        media_type = source.get("media_type", "image/jpeg")
        data = source.get("data", "")
        return f"data:{media_type};base64,{data}"

    @classmethod
    def _convert_anthropic_to_openai_request(
        cls, anthropic_request: AnthropicMessagesRequest
    ) -> ChatCompletionRequest:
        """Convert Anthropic message format to OpenAI format"""
        openai_messages = []

        # Add system message if provided
        if anthropic_request.system:
            if isinstance(anthropic_request.system, str):
                openai_messages.append(
                    {"role": "system", "content": anthropic_request.system}
                )
            else:
                system_prompt = ""
                for block in anthropic_request.system:
                    if block.type == "text" and block.text:
                        system_prompt += block.text
                openai_messages.append({"role": "system", "content": system_prompt})

        for msg in anthropic_request.messages:
            openai_msg: dict[str, Any] = {"role": msg.role}  # type: ignore
            if isinstance(msg.content, str):
                openai_msg["content"] = msg.content
            else:
                # Handle complex content blocks
                content_parts: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
                tool_calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
                reasoning_parts: list[str] = []

                for block in msg.content:
                    if block.type == "text" and block.text:
                        content_parts.append({"type": "text", "text": block.text})
                    elif block.type == "image" and block.source:
                        image_url = cls._convert_image_source_to_url(block.source)
                        content_parts.append(
                            {
                                "type": "image_url",
                                "image_url": {"url": image_url},
                            }
                        )
                    elif block.type == "thinking" and block.thinking is not None:
                        reasoning_parts.append(block.thinking)
                    elif block.type == "tool_use":
                        # Convert tool use to function call format
                        tool_call = {
                            "id": block.id or f"call_{int(time.time())}",
                            "type": "function",
                            "function": {
                                "name": block.name or "",
                                "arguments": json.dumps(block.input or {}),
                            },
                        }
                        tool_calls.append(tool_call)
                    elif block.type == "tool_result":
                        if msg.role == "user":
                            # Parse tool_result content which can be
                            # a string or a list of content blocks
                            # (text, image, etc.)
                            tool_text = ""
                            tool_image_urls: list[str] = []
                            if isinstance(block.content, str):
                                tool_text = block.content
                            elif isinstance(block.content, list):
                                text_parts: list[str] = []
                                for item in block.content:
                                    if not isinstance(item, dict):
                                        continue
                                    item_type = item.get("type")
                                    if item_type == "text":
                                        text_parts.append(item.get("text", ""))
                                    elif item_type == "image":
                                        source = item.get("source", {})
                                        url = cls._convert_image_source_to_url(source)
                                        if url:
                                            tool_image_urls.append(url)
                                tool_text = "\n".join(text_parts)
                            openai_messages.append(
                                {
                                    "role": "tool",
                                    "tool_call_id": block.tool_use_id or "",
                                    "content": tool_text or "",
                                }
                            )
                            # OpenAI tool messages only support string
                            # content, so inject images from tool
                            # results as a follow-up user message
                            if tool_image_urls:
                                openai_messages.append(
                                    {
                                        "role": "user",
                                        "content": [  # type: ignore[dict-item]
                                            {
                                                "type": "image_url",
                                                "image_url": {"url": img},
                                            }
                                            for img in tool_image_urls
                                        ],
                                    }
                                )
                        else:
                            # Assistant tool result becomes regular text
                            tool_result_text = (
                                str(block.content) if block.content else ""
                            )
                            content_parts.append(
                                {
                                    "type": "text",
                                    "text": f"Tool result: {tool_result_text}",
                                }
                            )

                if reasoning_parts:
                    openai_msg["reasoning"] = "".join(reasoning_parts)

                # Add tool calls to the message if any
                if tool_calls:
                    openai_msg["tool_calls"] = tool_calls  # type: ignore

                # Add content parts if any
                if content_parts:
                    if len(content_parts) == 1 and content_parts[0]["type"] == "text":
                        openai_msg["content"] = content_parts[0]["text"]
                    else:
                        openai_msg["content"] = content_parts  # type: ignore
                elif not tool_calls and not reasoning_parts:
                    continue

            openai_messages.append(openai_msg)

        req = ChatCompletionRequest(
            model=anthropic_request.model,
            messages=openai_messages,
            max_tokens=anthropic_request.max_tokens,
            max_completion_tokens=anthropic_request.max_tokens,
            stop=anthropic_request.stop_sequences,
            temperature=anthropic_request.temperature,
            top_p=anthropic_request.top_p,
            top_k=anthropic_request.top_k,
        )

        if anthropic_request.stream:
            req.stream = anthropic_request.stream
            req.stream_options = StreamOptions.validate(
                {"include_usage": True, "continuous_usage_stats": True}
            )

        if anthropic_request.tool_choice is None:
            req.tool_choice = None
        elif anthropic_request.tool_choice.type == "auto":
            req.tool_choice = "auto"
        elif anthropic_request.tool_choice.type == "any":
            req.tool_choice = "required"
        elif anthropic_request.tool_choice.type == "tool":
            req.tool_choice = ChatCompletionNamedToolChoiceParam.model_validate(
                {
                    "type": "function",
                    "function": {"name": anthropic_request.tool_choice.name},
                }
            )

        tools = []
        if anthropic_request.tools is None:
            return req
        for tool in anthropic_request.tools:
            tools.append(
                ChatCompletionToolsParam.model_validate(
                    {
                        "type": "function",
                        "function": {
                            "name": tool.name,
                            "description": tool.description,
                            "parameters": tool.input_schema,
                        },
                    }
                )
            )
        if req.tool_choice is None:
            req.tool_choice = "auto"
        req.tools = tools
        return req

    async def create_messages(
        self,
        request: AnthropicMessagesRequest,
        raw_request: Request | None = None,
    ) -> AsyncGenerator[str, None] | AnthropicMessagesResponse | ErrorResponse:
        """
        Messages API similar to Anthropic's API.

        See https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/messages
        for the API specification. This API mimics the Anthropic messages API.
        """
        if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
            logger.debug("Received messages request %s", request.model_dump_json())
        chat_req = self._convert_anthropic_to_openai_request(request)
        if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
            logger.debug("Convert to OpenAI request %s", chat_req.model_dump_json())
        generator = await self.create_chat_completion(chat_req, raw_request)

        if isinstance(generator, ErrorResponse):
            return generator

        elif isinstance(generator, ChatCompletionResponse):
            return self.messages_full_converter(generator)

        return self.message_stream_converter(generator)

    def messages_full_converter(
        self,
        generator: ChatCompletionResponse,
    ) -> AnthropicMessagesResponse:
        result = AnthropicMessagesResponse(
            id=generator.id,
            content=[],
            model=generator.model,
            usage=AnthropicUsage(
                input_tokens=generator.usage.prompt_tokens,
                output_tokens=generator.usage.completion_tokens,
            ),
        )
        choice = generator.choices[0]
        if choice.finish_reason == "stop":
            result.stop_reason = "end_turn"
        elif choice.finish_reason == "length":
            result.stop_reason = "max_tokens"
        elif choice.finish_reason == "tool_calls":
            result.stop_reason = "tool_use"

        content: list[AnthropicContentBlock] = []
        if choice.message.reasoning:
            content.append(
                AnthropicContentBlock(
                    type="thinking",
                    thinking=choice.message.reasoning,
                    signature=uuid.uuid4().hex,
                )
            )
        if choice.message.content:
            content.append(
                AnthropicContentBlock(
                    type="text",
                    text=choice.message.content,
                )
            )

        for tool_call in choice.message.tool_calls:
            anthropic_tool_call = AnthropicContentBlock(
                type="tool_use",
                id=tool_call.id,
                name=tool_call.function.name,
                input=json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments),
            )
            content += [anthropic_tool_call]

        result.content = content

        return result

    async def message_stream_converter(
        self,
        generator: AsyncGenerator[str, None],
    ) -> AsyncGenerator[str, None]:
        try:

            class _ActiveBlockState:
                def __init__(self) -> None:
                    self.content_block_index = 0
                    self.block_type: str | None = None
                    self.block_index: int | None = None
                    self.block_signature: str | None = None
                    self.signature_emitted: bool = False
                    self.tool_use_id: str | None = None

                def reset(self) -> None:
                    self.block_type = None
                    self.block_index = None
                    self.block_signature = None
                    self.signature_emitted = False
                    self.tool_use_id = None

                def start(self, block: AnthropicContentBlock) -> None:
                    self.block_type = block.type
                    self.block_index = self.content_block_index
                    if block.type == "thinking":
                        self.block_signature = uuid.uuid4().hex
                        self.signature_emitted = False
                        self.tool_use_id = None
                    elif block.type == "tool_use":
                        self.block_signature = None
                        self.signature_emitted = True
                        self.tool_use_id = block.id
                    else:
                        self.block_signature = None
                        self.signature_emitted = True
                        self.tool_use_id = None

            first_item = True
            finish_reason = None
            state = _ActiveBlockState()
            # Map from tool call index to tool_use_id
            tool_index_to_id: dict[int, str] = {}

            def stop_active_block():
                events: list[str] = []
                if state.block_type is None:
                    return events
                if (
                    state.block_type == "thinking"
                    and state.block_signature is not None
                    and not state.signature_emitted
                ):
                    chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                        index=state.block_index,
                        type="content_block_delta",
                        delta=AnthropicDelta(
                            type="signature_delta",
                            signature=state.block_signature,
                        ),
                    )
                    data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                    events.append(wrap_data_with_event(data, "content_block_delta"))
                    state.signature_emitted = True
                stop_chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                    index=state.block_index,
                    type="content_block_stop",
                )
                data = stop_chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                events.append(wrap_data_with_event(data, "content_block_stop"))
                state.reset()
                state.content_block_index += 1
                return events

            def start_block(block: AnthropicContentBlock):
                chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                    index=state.content_block_index,
                    type="content_block_start",
                    content_block=block,
                )
                data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                event = wrap_data_with_event(data, "content_block_start")
                state.start(block)
                return event

            async for item in generator:
                if item.startswith("data:"):
                    data_str = item[5:].strip().rstrip("\n")
                    if data_str == "[DONE]":
                        stop_message = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                            type="message_stop",
                        )
                        data = stop_message.model_dump_json(
                            exclude_unset=True, exclude_none=True
                        )
                        yield wrap_data_with_event(data, "message_stop")
                        yield "data: [DONE]\n\n"
                    else:
                        origin_chunk = ChatCompletionStreamResponse.model_validate_json(
                            data_str
                        )

                        if first_item:
                            chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                                type="message_start",
                                message=AnthropicMessagesResponse(
                                    id=origin_chunk.id,
                                    content=[],
                                    model=origin_chunk.model,
                                    stop_reason=None,
                                    stop_sequence=None,
                                    usage=AnthropicUsage(
                                        input_tokens=origin_chunk.usage.prompt_tokens
                                        if origin_chunk.usage
                                        else 0,
                                        output_tokens=0,
                                    ),
                                ),
                            )
                            first_item = False
                            data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                            yield wrap_data_with_event(data, "message_start")
                            continue

                        # last chunk including usage info
                        if len(origin_chunk.choices) == 0:
                            for event in stop_active_block():
                                yield event
                            stop_reason = self.stop_reason_map.get(
                                finish_reason or "stop"
                            )
                            chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                                type="message_delta",
                                delta=AnthropicDelta(stop_reason=stop_reason),
                                usage=AnthropicUsage(
                                    input_tokens=origin_chunk.usage.prompt_tokens
                                    if origin_chunk.usage
                                    else 0,
                                    output_tokens=origin_chunk.usage.completion_tokens
                                    if origin_chunk.usage
                                    else 0,
                                ),
                            )
                            data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                            yield wrap_data_with_event(data, "message_delta")
                            continue

                        if origin_chunk.choices[0].finish_reason is not None:
                            finish_reason = origin_chunk.choices[0].finish_reason
                            # continue

                        # thinking / text content
                        reasoning_delta = origin_chunk.choices[0].delta.reasoning
                        if reasoning_delta is not None:
                            if reasoning_delta == "":
                                pass
                            else:
                                if state.block_type != "thinking":
                                    for event in stop_active_block():
                                        yield event
                                    start_event = start_block(
                                        AnthropicContentBlock(
                                            type="thinking", thinking=""
                                        )
                                    )
                                    yield start_event
                                chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                                    index=(
                                        state.block_index
                                        if state.block_index is not None
                                        else state.content_block_index
                                    ),
                                    type="content_block_delta",
                                    delta=AnthropicDelta(
                                        type="thinking_delta",
                                        thinking=reasoning_delta,
                                    ),
                                )
                                data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                                yield wrap_data_with_event(data, "content_block_delta")

                        if origin_chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
                            if origin_chunk.choices[0].delta.content == "":
                                pass
                            else:
                                if state.block_type != "text":
                                    for event in stop_active_block():
                                        yield event
                                    start_event = start_block(
                                        AnthropicContentBlock(type="text", text="")
                                    )
                                    yield start_event
                                chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                                    index=(
                                        state.block_index
                                        if state.block_index is not None
                                        else state.content_block_index
                                    ),
                                    type="content_block_delta",
                                    delta=AnthropicDelta(
                                        type="text_delta",
                                        text=origin_chunk.choices[0].delta.content,
                                    ),
                                )
                                data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                                yield wrap_data_with_event(data, "content_block_delta")

                        # tool calls - process all tool calls in the delta
                        if len(origin_chunk.choices[0].delta.tool_calls) > 0:
                            for tool_call in origin_chunk.choices[0].delta.tool_calls:
                                if tool_call.id is not None:
                                    # Update mapping for incremental updates
                                    tool_index_to_id[tool_call.index] = tool_call.id
                                    # Only create new block if different tool call
                                    # AND has a name
                                    tool_name = (
                                        tool_call.function.name
                                        if tool_call.function
                                        else None
                                    )
                                    if (
                                        state.tool_use_id != tool_call.id
                                        and tool_name is not None
                                    ):
                                        for event in stop_active_block():
                                            yield event
                                        start_event = start_block(
                                            AnthropicContentBlock(
                                                type="tool_use",
                                                id=tool_call.id,
                                                name=tool_name,
                                                input={},
                                            )
                                        )
                                        yield start_event
                                    # Handle initial arguments if present
                                    if (
                                        tool_call.function
                                        and tool_call.function.arguments
                                        and state.tool_use_id == tool_call.id
                                    ):
                                        chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                                            index=(
                                                state.block_index
                                                if state.block_index is not None
                                                else state.content_block_index
                                            ),
                                            type="content_block_delta",
                                            delta=AnthropicDelta(
                                                type="input_json_delta",
                                                partial_json=tool_call.function.arguments,
                                            ),
                                        )
                                        data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                                        yield wrap_data_with_event(
                                            data, "content_block_delta"
                                        )
                                else:
                                    # Incremental update - use index to find tool_use_id
                                    tool_use_id = tool_index_to_id.get(tool_call.index)
                                    if (
                                        tool_use_id is not None
                                        and tool_call.function
                                        and tool_call.function.arguments
                                        and state.tool_use_id == tool_use_id
                                    ):
                                        chunk = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                                            index=(
                                                state.block_index
                                                if state.block_index is not None
                                                else state.content_block_index
                                            ),
                                            type="content_block_delta",
                                            delta=AnthropicDelta(
                                                type="input_json_delta",
                                                partial_json=tool_call.function.arguments,
                                            ),
                                        )
                                        data = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                                        yield wrap_data_with_event(
                                            data, "content_block_delta"
                                        )
                            continue
                else:
                    error_response = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                        type="error",
                        error=AnthropicError(
                            type="internal_error",
                            message="Invalid data format received",
                        ),
                    )
                    data = error_response.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
                    yield wrap_data_with_event(data, "error")
                    yield "data: [DONE]\n\n"

        except Exception as e:
            logger.exception("Error in message stream converter.")
            error_response = AnthropicStreamEvent(
                type="error",
                error=AnthropicError(type="internal_error", message=str(e)),
            )
            data = error_response.model_dump_json(exclude_unset=True)
            yield wrap_data_with_event(data, "error")
            yield "data: [DONE]\n\n"

_convert_anthropic_to_openai_request classmethod

_convert_anthropic_to_openai_request(
    anthropic_request: AnthropicMessagesRequest,
) -> ChatCompletionRequest

Convert Anthropic message format to OpenAI format

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/anthropic/serving.py
@classmethod
def _convert_anthropic_to_openai_request(
    cls, anthropic_request: AnthropicMessagesRequest
) -> ChatCompletionRequest:
    """Convert Anthropic message format to OpenAI format"""
    openai_messages = []

    # Add system message if provided
    if anthropic_request.system:
        if isinstance(anthropic_request.system, str):
            openai_messages.append(
                {"role": "system", "content": anthropic_request.system}
            )
        else:
            system_prompt = ""
            for block in anthropic_request.system:
                if block.type == "text" and block.text:
                    system_prompt += block.text
            openai_messages.append({"role": "system", "content": system_prompt})

    for msg in anthropic_request.messages:
        openai_msg: dict[str, Any] = {"role": msg.role}  # type: ignore
        if isinstance(msg.content, str):
            openai_msg["content"] = msg.content
        else:
            # Handle complex content blocks
            content_parts: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
            tool_calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
            reasoning_parts: list[str] = []

            for block in msg.content:
                if block.type == "text" and block.text:
                    content_parts.append({"type": "text", "text": block.text})
                elif block.type == "image" and block.source:
                    image_url = cls._convert_image_source_to_url(block.source)
                    content_parts.append(
                        {
                            "type": "image_url",
                            "image_url": {"url": image_url},
                        }
                    )
                elif block.type == "thinking" and block.thinking is not None:
                    reasoning_parts.append(block.thinking)
                elif block.type == "tool_use":
                    # Convert tool use to function call format
                    tool_call = {
                        "id": block.id or f"call_{int(time.time())}",
                        "type": "function",
                        "function": {
                            "name": block.name or "",
                            "arguments": json.dumps(block.input or {}),
                        },
                    }
                    tool_calls.append(tool_call)
                elif block.type == "tool_result":
                    if msg.role == "user":
                        # Parse tool_result content which can be
                        # a string or a list of content blocks
                        # (text, image, etc.)
                        tool_text = ""
                        tool_image_urls: list[str] = []
                        if isinstance(block.content, str):
                            tool_text = block.content
                        elif isinstance(block.content, list):
                            text_parts: list[str] = []
                            for item in block.content:
                                if not isinstance(item, dict):
                                    continue
                                item_type = item.get("type")
                                if item_type == "text":
                                    text_parts.append(item.get("text", ""))
                                elif item_type == "image":
                                    source = item.get("source", {})
                                    url = cls._convert_image_source_to_url(source)
                                    if url:
                                        tool_image_urls.append(url)
                            tool_text = "\n".join(text_parts)
                        openai_messages.append(
                            {
                                "role": "tool",
                                "tool_call_id": block.tool_use_id or "",
                                "content": tool_text or "",
                            }
                        )
                        # OpenAI tool messages only support string
                        # content, so inject images from tool
                        # results as a follow-up user message
                        if tool_image_urls:
                            openai_messages.append(
                                {
                                    "role": "user",
                                    "content": [  # type: ignore[dict-item]
                                        {
                                            "type": "image_url",
                                            "image_url": {"url": img},
                                        }
                                        for img in tool_image_urls
                                    ],
                                }
                            )
                    else:
                        # Assistant tool result becomes regular text
                        tool_result_text = (
                            str(block.content) if block.content else ""
                        )
                        content_parts.append(
                            {
                                "type": "text",
                                "text": f"Tool result: {tool_result_text}",
                            }
                        )

            if reasoning_parts:
                openai_msg["reasoning"] = "".join(reasoning_parts)

            # Add tool calls to the message if any
            if tool_calls:
                openai_msg["tool_calls"] = tool_calls  # type: ignore

            # Add content parts if any
            if content_parts:
                if len(content_parts) == 1 and content_parts[0]["type"] == "text":
                    openai_msg["content"] = content_parts[0]["text"]
                else:
                    openai_msg["content"] = content_parts  # type: ignore
            elif not tool_calls and not reasoning_parts:
                continue

        openai_messages.append(openai_msg)

    req = ChatCompletionRequest(
        model=anthropic_request.model,
        messages=openai_messages,
        max_tokens=anthropic_request.max_tokens,
        max_completion_tokens=anthropic_request.max_tokens,
        stop=anthropic_request.stop_sequences,
        temperature=anthropic_request.temperature,
        top_p=anthropic_request.top_p,
        top_k=anthropic_request.top_k,
    )

    if anthropic_request.stream:
        req.stream = anthropic_request.stream
        req.stream_options = StreamOptions.validate(
            {"include_usage": True, "continuous_usage_stats": True}
        )

    if anthropic_request.tool_choice is None:
        req.tool_choice = None
    elif anthropic_request.tool_choice.type == "auto":
        req.tool_choice = "auto"
    elif anthropic_request.tool_choice.type == "any":
        req.tool_choice = "required"
    elif anthropic_request.tool_choice.type == "tool":
        req.tool_choice = ChatCompletionNamedToolChoiceParam.model_validate(
            {
                "type": "function",
                "function": {"name": anthropic_request.tool_choice.name},
            }
        )

    tools = []
    if anthropic_request.tools is None:
        return req
    for tool in anthropic_request.tools:
        tools.append(
            ChatCompletionToolsParam.model_validate(
                {
                    "type": "function",
                    "function": {
                        "name": tool.name,
                        "description": tool.description,
                        "parameters": tool.input_schema,
                    },
                }
            )
        )
    if req.tool_choice is None:
        req.tool_choice = "auto"
    req.tools = tools
    return req

_convert_image_source_to_url staticmethod

_convert_image_source_to_url(source: dict[str, Any]) -> str

Convert an Anthropic image source to an OpenAI-compatible URL.

Anthropic supports two image source types: - base64: {"type": "base64", "media_type": "image/jpeg", "data": "..."} - url: {"type": "url", "url": "https://..."}

For base64 sources, this constructs a proper data URI that downstream processors (e.g. vLLM's media connector) can handle.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/anthropic/serving.py
@staticmethod
def _convert_image_source_to_url(source: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
    """Convert an Anthropic image source to an OpenAI-compatible URL.

    Anthropic supports two image source types:
    - base64: {"type": "base64", "media_type": "image/jpeg", "data": "..."}
    - url: {"type": "url", "url": "https://..."}

    For base64 sources, this constructs a proper data URI that
    downstream processors (e.g. vLLM's media connector) can handle.
    """
    source_type = source.get("type")
    if source_type == "url":
        return source.get("url", "")
    # Default to base64 processing if type is "base64"
    # or missing, ensuring a proper data URI is always
    # constructed for non-URL sources.
    media_type = source.get("media_type", "image/jpeg")
    data = source.get("data", "")
    return f"data:{media_type};base64,{data}"

create_messages async

create_messages(
    request: AnthropicMessagesRequest,
    raw_request: Request | None = None,
) -> (
    AsyncGenerator[str, None]
    | AnthropicMessagesResponse
    | ErrorResponse
)

Messages API similar to Anthropic's API.

See https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/messages for the API specification. This API mimics the Anthropic messages API.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/anthropic/serving.py
async def create_messages(
    self,
    request: AnthropicMessagesRequest,
    raw_request: Request | None = None,
) -> AsyncGenerator[str, None] | AnthropicMessagesResponse | ErrorResponse:
    """
    Messages API similar to Anthropic's API.

    See https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/messages
    for the API specification. This API mimics the Anthropic messages API.
    """
    if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
        logger.debug("Received messages request %s", request.model_dump_json())
    chat_req = self._convert_anthropic_to_openai_request(request)
    if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
        logger.debug("Convert to OpenAI request %s", chat_req.model_dump_json())
    generator = await self.create_chat_completion(chat_req, raw_request)

    if isinstance(generator, ErrorResponse):
        return generator

    elif isinstance(generator, ChatCompletionResponse):
        return self.messages_full_converter(generator)

    return self.message_stream_converter(generator)