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Expand Up @@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ When enabled, generates utility methods for working with union types, including
Feature flag that removes the usage of request objects, and instead uses parameters in function signatures where possible.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="lazy_import" type="bool" default="true" required={false} toc={true}>
Enables lazy loading of client imports. When enabled, modules and classes are imported only when first accessed rather than at package initialization. This reduces memory footprint when using a small portion of a large API, at the cost of a latency penalty when first accessing a client.

Set to `false` to restore eager loading behavior.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="package-name" type="string" default="null" required={false} toc={true}>

Specifies the Python package name that users will import your generated client
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<ParamField path="use_inheritance_for_extended_models" type="bool" default="true" toc={true}>
Generate Pydantic models that implement inheritance when a model utilizes the Fern `extends` keyword.
</ParamField>
</ParamField>