From 72dd21dc472b23beafc60700b69575676397eba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishaan Jaff <ishaanjaffer0324@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:29:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix linting error

---
 litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
index ed5773be83..e63bd3f545 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/http_handler.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
 import traceback
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import litellm
 
 from .types import httpxSpecialProvider
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm import LlmProviders
+else:
+    LlmProviders = Any
+
 try:
     from litellm._version import version
 except:
@@ -381,7 +386,7 @@ class HTTPHandler:
 
 
 def get_async_httpx_client(
-    llm_provider: Union[litellm.LlmProviders, httpxSpecialProvider],
+    llm_provider: Union[LlmProviders, httpxSpecialProvider],
     params: Optional[dict] = None,
 ) -> AsyncHTTPHandler:
     """