Python

Install and update the Gen AI SDK for Python by running this command.

pip install --upgrade google-genai

Set environment variables:

# Replace the `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID` and `GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION` values
# with appropriate values for your project.
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=global
export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=True
    

Go

Install and update the Gen AI SDK for Go by running this command.

go get google.golang.org/genai

Set environment variables:

# Replace the `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID` and `GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION` values
# with appropriate values for your project.
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=global
export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=True
    

Node.js

Install and update the Gen AI SDK for Node.js by running this command.

npm install @google/genai

Set environment variables:

# Replace the `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID` and `GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION` values
# with appropriate values for your project.
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=global
export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=True
    

Java

Install and update the Gen AI SDK for Java by running this command.

Maven

Add the following to your pom.xml:

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
    <version>0.7.0</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>
    

Set environment variables:

# Replace the `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID` and `GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION` values
# with appropriate values for your project.
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=global
export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=True
    

REST

Set environment variables:

GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID
GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION="global"
API_ENDPOINT="https://aiplatform.googleapis.com"
MODEL_ID="gemini-2.5-flash"
GENERATE_CONTENT_API="generateContent"
    

Replace GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID with your Google Cloud project ID.

Python

Go

Node.js

Java

C#

REST

To send this prompt request, run the curl command from the command line or include the REST call in your application.

curl \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
"${API_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT}/locations/${GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION}/publishers/google/models/${MODEL_ID}:${GENERATE_CONTENT_API}" -d \
$'{
  "contents": {
    "role": "user",
    "parts": {
      "text": "Explain how AI works in a few words"
    }
  }
}'

The model returns a response. Note that the response is generated in sections with each section separately evaluated for safety.