Generate text by using a context cache

Generate text by using an existing context cache.

Code sample

C#

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using Google.Cloud.AIPlatform.V1Beta1;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class UseContextCache
{
    public async Task<string> Use(string projectId, CachedContentName name)
    {
        var predictionServiceClient = new PredictionServiceClientBuilder
        {
            Endpoint = $"us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
        }.Build();

        var generateContentRequest = new GenerateContentRequest
        {
            CachedContentAsCachedContentName = name,
            Model = $"projects/{projectId}/locations/us-central1/publishers/google/models/gemini-1.5-pro-001",
            Contents =
            {
                new Content
                {
                    Role = "USER",
                    Parts =
                    {
                        new Part { Text = "What are the papers about?" },
                    }
                }
            }
        };

        GenerateContentResponse response = await predictionServiceClient.GenerateContentAsync(generateContentRequest);

        string responseText = response.Candidates[0].Content.Parts[0].Text;
        Console.WriteLine($"Response: {responseText}");

        return responseText;
    }
}

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