fix(client): correctly parse binary response | stream

stainless-app[bot] · stainless-app[bot] · commit fceaf952e4f8 · 2025-06-12T16:48:16.000Z
diff --git a/src/cloudflare/_base_client.py b/src/cloudflare/_base_client.py
@@ -1113,7 +1113,14 @@ def _process_response(
     ) -> ResponseT:
         origin = get_origin(cast_to) or cast_to
 
-        if inspect.isclass(origin) and issubclass(origin, BaseAPIResponse):
+        if (
+            inspect.isclass(origin)
+            and issubclass(origin, BaseAPIResponse)
+            # we only want to actually return the custom BaseAPIResponse class if we're
+            # returning the raw response, or if we're not streaming SSE, as if we're streaming
+            # SSE then `cast_to` doesn't actively reflect the type we need to parse into
+            and (not stream or bool(response.request.headers.get(RAW_RESPONSE_HEADER)))
+        ):
             if not issubclass(origin, APIResponse):
                 raise TypeError(f"API Response types must subclass {APIResponse}; Received {origin}")
 
@@ -1618,7 +1625,14 @@ async def _process_response(
     ) -> ResponseT:
         origin = get_origin(cast_to) or cast_to
 
-        if inspect.isclass(origin) and issubclass(origin, BaseAPIResponse):
+        if (
+            inspect.isclass(origin)
+            and issubclass(origin, BaseAPIResponse)
+            # we only want to actually return the custom BaseAPIResponse class if we're
+            # returning the raw response, or if we're not streaming SSE, as if we're streaming
+            # SSE then `cast_to` doesn't actively reflect the type we need to parse into
+            and (not stream or bool(response.request.headers.get(RAW_RESPONSE_HEADER)))
+        ):
             if not issubclass(origin, AsyncAPIResponse):
                 raise TypeError(f"API Response types must subclass {AsyncAPIResponse}; Received {origin}")
 
