Controlled generation JSON output

This code sample demonstrates how to get a response in the JSON format.

Code sample

C#

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public async Task<string> GenerateContentWithResponseMimeType(
    string projectId = "your-project-id",
    string location = "us-central1",
    string publisher = "google",
    string model = "gemini-2.0-flash-001")
{

    var predictionServiceClient = new PredictionServiceClientBuilder
    {
        Endpoint = $"{location}-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
    }.Build();

    string prompt = @"
        List a few popular cookie recipes using this JSON schema:
        Recipe = {""recipe_name"": str}
        Return: `list[Recipe]`";

    var generateContentRequest = new GenerateContentRequest
    {
        Model = $"projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/publishers/{publisher}/models/{model}",
        Contents =
        {
            new Content
            {
                Role = "USER",
                Parts =
                {
                    new Part { Text = prompt }
                }
            }
        },
        GenerationConfig = new GenerationConfig
        {
            ResponseMimeType = "application/json"
        },
    };

    GenerateContentResponse response = await predictionServiceClient.GenerateContentAsync(generateContentRequest);

    string responseText = response.Candidates[0].Content.Parts[0].Text;
    Console.WriteLine(responseText);

    return responseText;
}

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