Generate responses using the RAG file

This sample demonstrates how to generate the content using a RAG file.

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from vertexai import rag
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel, Tool
import vertexai

# TODO(developer): Update and un-comment below lines
# PROJECT_ID = "your-project-id"
# corpus_name = "projects/{PROJECT_ID}/locations/us-central1/ragCorpora/{rag_corpus_id}"

# Initialize Vertex AI API once per session
vertexai.init(project=PROJECT_ID, location="us-central1")

rag_retrieval_tool = Tool.from_retrieval(
    retrieval=rag.Retrieval(
        source=rag.VertexRagStore(
            rag_resources=[
                rag.RagResource(
                    rag_corpus=corpus_name,
                    # Optional: supply IDs from `rag.list_files()`.
                    # rag_file_ids=["rag-file-1", "rag-file-2", ...],
                )
            ],
            rag_retrieval_config=rag.RagRetrievalConfig(
                top_k=10,
                filter=rag.utils.resources.Filter(vector_distance_threshold=0.5),
            ),
        ),
    )
)

rag_model = GenerativeModel(
    model_name="gemini-2.0-flash-001", tools=[rag_retrieval_tool]
)
response = rag_model.generate_content("Why is the sky blue?")
print(response.text)
# Example response:
#   The sky appears blue due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering.
#   Sunlight, which contains all colors of the rainbow, is scattered
#   by the tiny particles in the Earth's atmosphere....
#   ...

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