📌 Explore Generative AI with Gemini API: Challenge Lab | Gen AI Program by Google

Описание: Welcome to another advanced hands-on walkthrough from the Generative AI Exchange Program by Google Cloud and Hack2Skill! 🚀

In this video, we tackle the Gemini API Challenge Lab, where we explore how to use Gemini for dynamic prompt-response workflows using REST API and streaming. You’ll gain experience in using tools like curl and Google’s GenAI SDK to send and manage prompts from real-world apps.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Task 1. Generate text using Gemini
06:00 Task 2. Open the notebook in Vertex AI Workbench
14:10 Task 3. Create a function call using Gemini
17:30 Task 4. Describe video contents using Gemini

🔍 What you'll learn in this video:

How to call Gemini API using cURL and REST

Difference between generateContent and generate_content_stream

Installing and using the Vertex AI Python SDK

Managing authentication and request formatting

Submitting your Challenge Lab and earning your badge

🧰 Key Commands Used in This Video:

🔹 Install Vertex AI SDK:

pip3 install --upgrade --user google-cloud-aiplatform

🔹 Make an API call using curl:

curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "contents": [ { "role": "USER", "parts": { "text": "Why is the sky blue?" } } ] }' \
https://${API_ENDPOINT}/v1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/publishers/google/models/gemini-2.0-flash-001:generateContent

🔹 Stream API Method Used:

generate_content_stream

📖 Also check out my Medium blog on completing the Rich Document + Multimodal RAG lab:
👉   / completed-inspect-rich-documents-with-gemi...  

🎓 Course Link:
👉 https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/c...

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