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Gemini Generation API

Generate content from prompts

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Gemini Generation API is one of 20 APIs that Gemini publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Generation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1beta.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com.

2 operations 2 paths 8 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1beta
Base URL
https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Contact
Gemini API Documentation
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Gemini Generation API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (apiKeyQuery). An API key is passed in the header as x-goog-api-key (apiKeyHeader). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyQuery — Gemini API key from Google AI Studio
  • apiKeyHeader — Gemini API key passed via header

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Generation 2

Generate content from prompts

POST
/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent
Generate content
generateContent 1 param body → 200
POST
/v1beta/models/{model}:streamGenerateContent
Stream generated content
streamGenerateContent 1 param body → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GenerationConfig (7 properties), GenerateContentRequest (5 properties), Candidate (4 properties), Part (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UsageMetadata
object
3 properties
SafetySetting
object
2 properties
Part
object
3 properties
GenerateContentRequest
object
5 properties 1 required
Content
object
2 properties
Candidate
object
4 properties
GenerateContentResponse
object
2 properties
GenerationConfig
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gemini-generation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
gemini:gemini-generation-api
Base URL
https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com
Docs
https://ai.google.dev/api
Provider
Gemini
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