API batch processing reporting 403 when processing images

[kuzma-long]

When I use the batch processing SDK in the Java SDK, I replace addUserMessage in example/BatchExample with addUserMessageOfBlockParams to support the input of image + text blocks, but this will report an error "com.anthropic.errors.PermissionDeniedException: 403: {error={type=forbidden, message=Request not allowed}}". After my detailed test, if addUserMessageOfBlockParams is followed by an ImageBlock, an error will be reported, but not for TextBlock. This shows that batch processing is not supported as long as there are images in the input. What is the reason and how to solve this problem?

public List<String> generateBatch(List<List<ContentBlockParam>> blocks) throws InterruptedException {
        BatchCreateParams.Builder builder = BatchCreateParams.builder();
        IntStream.range(0, blocks.size()).forEach(i ->
                builder.addRequest(
                        BatchCreateParams.Request.builder()
                                .customId(String.valueOf(i))
                                .params(
                                        BatchCreateParams.Request.Params.builder()
                                                .model(Model.CLAUDE_3_5_SONNET_LATEST)
                                                .addUserMessageOfBlockParams(blocks.get(i))
                                                .maxTokens(512L)
                                                .build()
                                )
                                .build()
                )
        );
        BatchCreateParams createParams = builder.build();

        MessageBatch batch = client.messages()
                .batches()
                .create(createParams);

I made a slight modification in BatchExample

BatchCreateParams createParams = BatchCreateParams.builder()
                .addRequest(BatchCreateParams.Request.builder()
                        .customId("best-sdk")
                        .params(BatchCreateParams.Request.Params.builder()
                                .model(Model.CLAUDE_3_5_SONNET_LATEST)
                                .maxTokens(2048)
                                .addUserMessageOfBlockParams(Collections.singletonList(ContentBlockParam.ofImage(
                                        ImageBlockParam.builder()
                                                .source(Base64ImageSource.builder()
                                                        .data(base64)
                                                        .mediaType(IMAGE_PNG)
                                                        .build())
                                                .build()
                                )))
                                .build())
                        .build())
                .addRequest(BatchCreateParams.Request.builder()
                        .customId("sdk-company")
                        .params(BatchCreateParams.Request.Params.builder()
                                .model(Model.CLAUDE_3_5_SONNET_LATEST)
                                .maxTokens(2048)
                                .addUserMessage("Which company made of metal generates SDKs?")
                                .build())
                        .build())
                .build();

The detailed error information is as follows:

com.anthropic.errors.PermissionDeniedException: 403: {error={type=forbidden, message=Request not allowed}}

	at com.anthropic.errors.PermissionDeniedException$Builder.build(PermissionDeniedException.kt:74)
	at com.anthropic.core.handlers.ErrorHandler$withErrorHandler$1.handle(ErrorHandler.kt:55)
	at com.anthropic.services.blocking.messages.BatchServiceImpl$WithRawResponseImpl$create$1.invoke(BatchServiceImpl.kt:97)
	at com.anthropic.services.blocking.messages.BatchServiceImpl$WithRawResponseImpl$create$1.invoke(BatchServiceImpl.kt:95)
	at com.anthropic.core.http.HttpResponseForKt$parseable$1$parsed$2.invoke(HttpResponseFor.kt:14)
	at kotlin.SynchronizedLazyImpl.getValue(LazyJVM.kt:74)
	at com.anthropic.core.http.HttpResponseForKt$parseable$1.getParsed(HttpResponseFor.kt:14)
	at com.anthropic.core.http.HttpResponseForKt$parseable$1.parse(HttpResponseFor.kt:16)
	at com.anthropic.services.blocking.messages.BatchServiceImpl.create(BatchServiceImpl.kt:43)
	at com.anthropic.services.blocking.messages.BatchService.create(BatchService.kt:37)
	at com.clong.springboot3.example.BatchExample.generateBatch(BatchExample.java:67)
	at com.clong.springboot3.Springboot3ApplicationTests.testGenerationBatch(Springboot3ApplicationTests.java:71)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:569)
	at org.junit.platform.commons.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:727)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.MethodInvocation.proceed(MethodInvocation.java:60)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$ValidatingInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:131)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.intercept(TimeoutExtension.java:156)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestableMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:147)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:86)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InterceptingExecutableInvoker$ReflectiveInterceptorCall.lambda$ofVoidMethod$0(InterceptingExecutableInvoker.java:103)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InterceptingExecutableInvoker.lambda$invoke$0(InterceptingExecutableInvoker.java:93)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$InterceptedInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:106)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:64)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.chainAndInvoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:45)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.invoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:37)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InterceptingExecutableInvoker.invoke(InterceptingExecutableInvoker.java:92)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InterceptingExecutableInvoker.invoke(InterceptingExecutableInvoker.java:86)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.lambda$invokeTestMethod$7(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:217)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.invokeTestMethod(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:213)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:138)
	at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:68)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$6(NodeTestTask.java:151)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:141)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:137)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$9(NodeTestTask.java:139)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:138)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:95)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.invokeAll(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:41)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$6(NodeTestTask.java:155)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:141)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:137)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$9(NodeTestTask.java:139)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:138)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:95)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.invokeAll(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:41)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$6(NodeTestTask.java:155)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:141)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:137)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$9(NodeTestTask.java:139)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:138)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:95)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.submit(SameThreadHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:35)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.HierarchicalTestExecutor.execute(HierarchicalTestExecutor.java:57)
	at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.HierarchicalTestEngine.execute(HierarchicalTestEngine.java:54)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.execute(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:147)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.execute(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:127)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.execute(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:90)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.lambda$execute$0(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:55)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.withInterceptedStreams(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:102)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.EngineExecutionOrchestrator.execute(EngineExecutionOrchestrator.java:54)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncher.java:114)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncher.java:86)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.DefaultLauncherSession$DelegatingLauncher.execute(DefaultLauncherSession.java:86)
	at org.junit.platform.launcher.core.SessionPerRequestLauncher.execute(SessionPerRequestLauncher.java:53)
	at com.intellij.junit5.JUnit5IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit5IdeaTestRunner.java:57)
	at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater$1.execute(IdeaTestRunner.java:38)
	at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.TestsRepeater.repeat(TestsRepeater.java:11)
	at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:35)
	at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:232)
	at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:55)

[TomerAberbach]

@michael-cohen-io does this look like an API issue to you?

[kuzma-long]

I found that the 403 error was caused by the size of the image I uploaded exceeding 1MB. When the size of my image was less than 1MB, there would be no error. However, the official document clearly states that the image size can be as long as it does not exceed 5MB. Why is there a limit here?
https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/vision?q=image+exceeds+5+MB+maximum#is-there-a-limit-to-the-image-file-size-i-can-upload

[HabiburRahmaan]

When working with image and text block processing in APIs, a common issue is receiving a 403 Forbidden error, which typically points to incorrect permissions or unsupported API endpoints for the specific operation.

To resolve this, consider the following steps:

1. Verify Permissions: Ensure that the API credentials you are using have the correct permissions to perform the requested operation, especially if you are dealing with sensitive data or restricted features.

2. Check API Endpoints: Some operations, like handling images alongside text blocks, may require specific API endpoints that are configured for such tasks. Ensure that you are calling the correct endpoint that supports image processing features.

3. Consult the Documentation: Always refer to the SDK documentation to confirm that the methods and endpoints being used are correct for the task you are performing. This can help identify potential configuration issues or missing setup steps.

Here’s an example of how to send a request for image and text block processing using the appropriate endpoint:

`// Example of using an API endpoint that supports image and text block processing
AnthropicClient client = new AnthropicClient("YOUR_API_KEY");

// Prepare input data for processing (image and text)
List messages = new ArrayList<>();
messages.add(new UserMessage("Here is some text."));
messages.add(new UserMessageOfBlockParams("image", "path/to/image.jpg"));

// Send request to the API
try {
ApiResponse response = client.batchProcess(messages);
System.out.println("Response: " + response.getBody());
} catch (PermissionDeniedException e) {
System.err.println("Error: Permission Denied. Ensure correct permissions.");
}`

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