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title: Client
slug: /sdk/python/api-reference/client
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# module `client`
Python API REST wrapper and helpers 



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## class `RetryException`
API Client retry exception 





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## class `APIError`
Represent API related error. error.status_code will have http status code. 

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### method `__init__`

```python
__init__(error, http_error=None)
```






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#### property code

Return error code 

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#### property request

Handle requests error 

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#### property response

Handle response error :return: 

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#### property status_code

Return response status code 



**Returns:**
  int 




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## class `ClientConfig`
:param raw_data: should we return api response raw or wrap it with  Entity objects. 





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## class `REST`
REST client wrapper to manage requests with retries, auth and error handling. 

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### method `__init__`

```python
__init__(config: ClientConfig)
```








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### method `close`

```python
close()
```

Close requests session 

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### method `delete`

```python
delete(path, data=None)
```

DELETE method 



**Parameters:**
  path (str):  data (): 



**Returns:**
  Response 

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### method `get`

```python
get(path, data=None)
```

GET method 



**Parameters:**
  path (str):  data (): 



**Returns:**
  Response 

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### method `patch`

```python
patch(path, data=None)
```

PATCH method 



**Parameters:**
  path (str):  data (): 



**Returns:**
  Response 

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### method `post`

```python
post(path, data=None)
```

POST method 



**Parameters:**
  path (str):  data (): 



**Returns:**
  Response 

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### method `put`

```python
put(path, data=None)
```

PUT method 



**Parameters:**
  path (str):  data (): 



**Returns:**
  Response 




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