From 45701b2dbbf7a7cf84fbfe562c5a7c75a69d9fae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hassieb Pakzad <68423100+hassiebp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:19:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(api): expose public api client

---
 langfuse/client.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/langfuse/client.py b/langfuse/client.py
index e9a4a5a59..df59647db 100644
--- a/langfuse/client.py
+++ b/langfuse/client.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.httpx_client = httpx_client or httpx.Client(timeout=timeout)
 
-        self.client = FernLangfuse(
+        public_api_client = FernLangfuse(
             base_url=self.base_url,
             username=public_key,
             password=secret_key,
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ def __init__(
             timeout=timeout,
         )
 
+        self.api = public_api_client
+        self.client = public_api_client  # legacy, to be removed in next major release
+
         langfuse_client = LangfuseClient(
             public_key=public_key,
             secret_key=secret_key,