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Name: candidhealth
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# Candid Python Library

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The Candid Python library provides convenient access to the Candid APIs from Python.

## Table of Contents

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Reference](#reference)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Async Client](#async-client)
- [Exception Handling](#exception-handling)
- [Oauth Token Override](#oauth-token-override)
- [Advanced](#advanced)
  - [Access Raw Response Data](#access-raw-response-data)
  - [Retries](#retries)
  - [Timeouts](#timeouts)
  - [Custom Client](#custom-client)
- [Contributing](#contributing)

## Installation

```sh
pip install candidhealth
```

## Reference

A full reference for this library is available [here](https://github.com/candidhealth/candid-python/blob/HEAD/./reference.md).

## Usage

Instantiate and use the client with the following:

```python
from candid import CandidApiClient
from candid.resources.pre_encounter.resources.coverages.resources.v_1 import (
    MemberInfo,
)
from candid.resources.pre_encounter.resources.eligibility_checks.resources.v_1 import (
    EligibilityRequest,
    IndividualProvider,
)

client = CandidApiClient(
    client_id="YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    client_secret="YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
)
client.pre_encounter.eligibility_checks.v_1.post(
    request=EligibilityRequest(
        payer_id="payer_id",
        provider=IndividualProvider(
            npi="npi",
        ),
        subscriber=MemberInfo(
            first_name="first_name",
            last_name="last_name",
        ),
    ),
)
```

## Async Client

The SDK also exports an `async` client so that you can make non-blocking calls to our API. Note that if you are constructing an Async httpx client class to pass into this client, use `httpx.AsyncClient()` instead of `httpx.Client()` (e.g. for the `httpx_client` parameter of this client).

```python
import asyncio

from candid import AsyncCandidApiClient
from candid.resources.pre_encounter.resources.coverages.resources.v_1 import (
    MemberInfo,
)
from candid.resources.pre_encounter.resources.eligibility_checks.resources.v_1 import (
    EligibilityRequest,
    IndividualProvider,
)

client = AsyncCandidApiClient(
    client_id="YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    client_secret="YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
)


async def main() -> None:
    await client.pre_encounter.eligibility_checks.v_1.post(
        request=EligibilityRequest(
            payer_id="payer_id",
            provider=IndividualProvider(
                npi="npi",
            ),
            subscriber=MemberInfo(
                first_name="first_name",
                last_name="last_name",
            ),
        ),
    )


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 candid.core.api_error import ApiError

try:
    client.pre_encounter.eligibility_checks.v_1.post(...)
except ApiError as e:
    print(e.status_code)
    print(e.body)
```

## Oauth Token Override

This SDK supports two authentication methods: OAuth client credentials flow (automatic token management) or direct bearer token authentication. You can choose between these options when initializing the client:

```python
from candid import CandidApiClient

# Option 1: Direct bearer token (bypass OAuth flow)
client = CandidApiClient(..., token="my-pre-generated-bearer-token")

from candid import CandidApiClient

# Option 2: OAuth client credentials flow (automatic token management)
client = CandidApiClient(
    ..., client_id="your-client-id", client_secret="your-client-secret"
)
```

## 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 candid import CandidApiClient

client = CandidApiClient(
    ...,
)
response = client.pre_encounter.eligibility_checks.v_1.with_raw_response.post(
    ...
)
print(response.headers)  # access the response headers
print(response.data)  # access the underlying object
```

### 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
client.pre_encounter.eligibility_checks.v_1.post(..., request_options={
    "max_retries": 1
})
```

### 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 candid import CandidApiClient

client = CandidApiClient(
    ...,
    timeout=20.0,
)


# Override timeout for a specific method
client.pre_encounter.eligibility_checks.v_1.post(..., request_options={
    "timeout_in_seconds": 1
})
```

### 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 candid import CandidApiClient

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

## Contributing

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically.
Additions made directly to this library would have to be moved over to our generation code,
otherwise they would be overwritten upon the next generated release. Feel free to open a PR as
a proof of concept, but know that we will not be able to merge it as-is. We suggest opening
an issue first to discuss with us!

On the other hand, contributions to the README are always very welcome!

