curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches \
     --header "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
     --header "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
     --header "content-type: application/json" \
     --data \
'{
    "requests": [
        {
            "custom_id": "my-first-request",
            "params": {
                "model": "claude-opus-4-6",
                "max_tokens": 1024,
                "messages": [
                    {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, world"}
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "custom_id": "my-second-request",
            "params": {
                "model": "claude-opus-4-6",
                "max_tokens": 1024,
                "messages": [
                    {"role": "user", "content": "Hi again, friend"}
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}'

import anthropic
import time

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

message_batch = None
while True:
    message_batch = client.messages.batches.retrieve(
        MESSAGE_BATCH_ID
    )
    if message_batch.processing_status == "ended":
        break

    print(f"Batch {MESSAGE_BATCH_ID} is still processing...")
    time.sleep(60)
print(message_batch)

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

# Automatically fetches more pages as needed.
for message_batch in client.messages.batches.list(
    limit=20
):
    print(message_batch)

#!/bin/sh
curl "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches/msgbatch_01HkcTjaV5uDC8jWR4ZsDV8d" \
  --header "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  --header "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  | grep -o '"results_url":[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' \
  | cut -d'"' -f4 \
  | while read -r url; do
    curl -s "$url" \
      --header "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
      --header "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
      | sed 's/}{/}\n{/g' \
      | while IFS= read -r line
    do
      result_type=$(echo "$line" | sed -n 's/.*"result":[[:space:]]*{[[:space:]]*"type":[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
      custom_id=$(echo "$line" | sed -n 's/.*"custom_id":[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
      error_type=$(echo "$line" | sed -n 's/.*"error":[[:space:]]*{[[:space:]]*"type":[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')

      case "$result_type" in
        "succeeded")
          echo "Success! $custom_id"
          ;;
        "errored")
          if [ "$error_type" = "invalid_request" ]; then
            # Request body must be fixed before re-sending request
            echo "Validation error: $custom_id"
          else
            # Request can be retried directly
            echo "Server error: $custom_id"
          fi
          ;;
        "expired")
          echo "Expired: $line"
          ;;
      esac
    done
  done

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

message_batch = client.messages.batches.cancel(
    MESSAGE_BATCH_ID,
)
print(message_batch)

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages/batches \
     --header "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
     --header "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
     --header "content-type: application/json" \
     --data \
'{
    "requests": [
        {
            "custom_id": "my-first-request",
            "params": {
                "model": "claude-opus-4-6",
                "max_tokens": 1024,
                "system": [
                    {
                        "type": "text",
                        "text": "You are an AI assistant tasked with analyzing literary works. Your goal is to provide insightful commentary on themes, characters, and writing style.\n"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "text",
                        "text": "<the entire contents of Pride and Prejudice>",
                        "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"}
                    }
                ],
                "messages": [
                    {"role": "user", "content": "Analyze the major themes in Pride and Prejudice."}
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "custom_id": "my-second-request",
            "params": {
                "model": "claude-opus-4-6",
                "max_tokens": 1024,
                "system": [
                    {
                        "type": "text",
                        "text": "You are an AI assistant tasked with analyzing literary works. Your goal is to provide insightful commentary on themes, characters, and writing style.\n"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "text",
                        "text": "<the entire contents of Pride and Prejudice>",
                        "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"}
                    }
                ],
                "messages": [
                    {"role": "user", "content": "Write a summary of Pride and Prejudice."}
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}'