clarive-sdk 0.2.0

Official Python SDK for the Clarive Public API

clarive-sdk

The official Python SDK for the Clarive Public API. Fetch prompt entries, render templates with variable substitution, and let the built-in retry and circuit breaker handle the rest.

Requires Python 3.10+. Two runtime dependencies: httpx and tenacity.

Install

pip install clarive-sdk

Quick start

Both async and sync clients are included. Pick whichever fits your project.

Async:

from uuid import UUID
from clarive import ClariveClient, GenerateRequest

async with ClariveClient(api_key="cl_your_api_key") as client:
    # Fetch a published prompt entry
    entry = await client.get_entry(UUID("3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"))

    # Render it with template variables
    result = await client.generate(entry.id, GenerateRequest(
        fields={"companyName": "Acme Corp", "customerMessage": "I need help with my order"}
    ))

    for prompt in result.rendered_prompts:
        print(prompt.content)

Sync:

from clarive import ClariveClientSync, GenerateRequest

with ClariveClientSync(api_key="cl_your_api_key") as client:
    entry = client.get_entry(entry_id)
    result = client.generate(entry.id, GenerateRequest(fields={"name": "Alice"}))

Both clients support manual lifecycle management too — call await client.aclose() or client.close() instead of using context managers.

Resilience

Retry, circuit breaker, and timeout are enabled by default. The defaults:

Setting	Default
Max retries	3
Retry base delay	1 second (exponential backoff + jitter)
Timeout	30 seconds
Circuit breaker threshold	5 consecutive failures
Circuit breaker cooldown	30 seconds

Only transient errors get retried: timeouts, 429 (rate limited), and 5xx responses. Permanent errors like 401, 404, and 422 raise immediately.

Override the defaults:

from clarive import ClariveClient, ClariveOptions, ResilienceOptions

client = ClariveClient(options=ClariveOptions(
    api_key="cl_your_api_key",
    resilience=ResilienceOptions(max_retries=5, timeout=60.0),
))

Or turn it all off:

client = ClariveClient(options=ClariveOptions(
    api_key="cl_your_api_key",
    resilience=ResilienceOptions(enabled=False),
))

Error handling

API errors raise typed exceptions. All API exceptions extend ClariveApiError, which extends ClariveError:

Exception	HTTP status	When
ClariveAuthenticationError	401	Invalid or missing API key
ClariveNotFoundError	404	Entry doesn't exist or is trashed
ClariveValidationError	422	Bad template field values
ClariveRateLimitError	429	Too many requests (limit: 20/min)

ClariveCircuitOpenError extends ClariveError directly — not ClariveApiError — so catching ClariveApiError won't accidentally swallow circuit breaker errors.

from clarive import ClariveApiError, ClariveValidationError, ClariveCircuitOpenError

try:
    result = await client.generate(entry_id, request)
except ClariveValidationError as e:
    for field, error in e.details.items():
        print(f"{field}: {error}")
except ClariveRateLimitError:
    # Back off and retry
    pass
except ClariveApiError as e:
    print(f"API error {e.error_code}: {e}")
except ClariveCircuitOpenError:
    print("Service unavailable — circuit breaker is open")

API reference

ClariveClient / ClariveClientSync

Method	Returns	Description
get_entry(entry_id: UUID)	PromptEntry	Fetches the published version of a prompt entry
generate(entry_id: UUID, request: GenerateRequest)	GenerateResponse	Renders prompts with template variable substitution

Models

All response models are frozen dataclasses. They're immutable once created.

PromptEntry — a published prompt entry.

• id (UUID), title (str), version (int), system_message (str | None), prompts (list[Prompt])

Prompt — a single prompt within an entry.

• content (str), order (int), is_template (bool), template_fields (list[TemplateField] | None)

TemplateField — a {{variable}} placeholder definition.

• name, type (string/int/float/enum), enum_values, default_value, min, max

GenerateRequest — request body for generate().

• fields (dict[str, str] | None) — variable names to values

GenerateResponse — rendered output.

• id, title, version, system_message, rendered_prompts (list[RenderedPrompt])

RenderedPrompt — a prompt with variables replaced.

• content (str), order (int)

Configuration

ClariveOptions controls SDK behavior:

Property	Type	Default	Description
api_key	str	""	Your API key (required, starts with cl_)
base_url	str	https://app.clarive.com	Clarive instance URL
allow_insecure_http	bool	False	Permit HTTP URLs (local dev only)
resilience	ResilienceOptions	Enabled	Retry, circuit breaker, and timeout settings

HTTPS is enforced by default. For local development against http://localhost, set allow_insecure_http=True.

The api_key field is excluded from repr() output, so printing or logging a ClariveOptions object won't leak your key.

Build and test

cd sdks/python
uv venv && uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
uv run pytest
uv run ruff check src/ tests/
uv run mypy --strict src/

License

See the repository root for license information.