Anthropic Image Input Bytes

Anthropic retired the source's dated Sonnet 4 and Opus 4 models on June 15, 2026. Before running your saved copy, replace claude-sonnet-4-20250514 or claude-opus-4-20250514 with the active claude-sonnet-4-6 model. See model lifecycle status.

image_input_bytes.py

"""
Anthropic Image Input Bytes
===========================

Cookbook example for `anthropic/image_input_bytes.py`.
"""

from pathlib import Path

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import Image
from agno.models.anthropic.claude import Claude
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools
from agno.utils.media import download_image

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-20250514"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    markdown=True,
)

image_path = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("sample.jpg")

download_image(
    url="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg",
    output_path=str(image_path),
)

# Read the image file content as bytes
image_bytes = image_path.read_bytes()

agent.print_response(
    "Tell me about this image and give me the latest news about it.",
    images=[
        Image(content=image_bytes),
    ],
    stream=True,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno anthropic ddgs

Export your Anthropic API key

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"

Update the source model

In your saved copy, replace claude-sonnet-4-20250514 or claude-opus-4-20250514 with claude-sonnet-4-6. Keep the other model settings.

Run the example

Save the code above as image_input_bytes.py, then run:

python image_input_bytes.py

Full source: cookbook/90_models/anthropic/image_input_bytes.py