# Python SDK

[View original](https://ittybit.com/sdks/python)

## Usage

Instantiate and use the ittybit client with the following:

```python
from ittybit import Ittybit

ittybit = Ittybit(
    token="ITTYBIT_API_KEY",
)
ittybit.automations.create()
```

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## Async Client

The SDK also exports an `async` client so that you can make non-blocking calls to our API.

```python
import asyncio

from ittybit import AsyncIttybit

ittybit = AsyncIttybit(
    token="ITTYBIT_API_KEY",
)


async def main() -> None:
    await ittybit.automations.create()


asyncio.run(main())
```

***

## Exception Handling

When the API returns a non-success status code (4xx or 5xx response), a subclass of the following error
will be thrown.

```python
from ittybit.core.api_error import ApiError

try:
    ittybit.automations.create(...)
except ApiError as e:
    print(e.status_code)
    print(e.body)
```

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## Advanced

### Access Raw Response Data

The SDK provides access to raw response data, including headers, through the `.with_raw_response` property.
The `.with_raw_response` property returns a "raw" client that can be used to access the `.headers` and `.data` attributes.

```python
from ittybit import Ittybit

ittybit = Ittybit(
    ...,
)
response = ittybit.automations.with_raw_response.create(...)
print(response.headers)  # access the response headers
print(response.data)  # access the underlying object
```

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### Retries

The SDK is instrumented with automatic retries with exponential backoff. A request will be retried as long
as the request is deemed retryable and the number of retry attempts has not grown larger than the configured
retry limit (default: 2).

A request is deemed retryable when any of the following HTTP status codes is returned:

* [408](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/408) (Timeout)
* [429](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/429) (Too Many Requests)
* [5XX](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500) (Internal Server Errors)

Use the `max_retries` request option to configure this behavior.

```python
ittybit.automations.create(..., request_options={
    "max_retries": 1
})
```

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### Timeouts

The SDK defaults to a 60 second timeout. You can configure this with a timeout option at the client or request level.

```python

from ittybit import Ittybit

ittybit = Ittybit(
    ...,
    timeout=20.0,
)


# Override timeout for a specific method
ittybit.automations.create(..., request_options={
    "timeout_in_seconds": 1
})
```

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### Custom Client

You can override the `httpx` client to customize it for your use-case. Some common use-cases include support for proxies
and transports.

```python
import httpx
from ittybit import Ittybit

ittybit = Ittybit(
    ...,
    httpx_client=httpx.Client(
        proxies="http://my.test.proxy.example.com",
        transport=httpx.HTTPTransport(local_address="0.0.0.0"),
    ),
)
```