Configurations to generate content with Multimodal AI Model

This sample demonstrates how to provide user configurations to a Multimodal AI Model

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Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	genai "google.golang.org/genai"
)

// generateWithConfig shows how to generate text using a text prompt and custom configuration.
func generateWithConfig(w io.Writer) error {
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, &genai.ClientConfig{
		HTTPOptions: genai.HTTPOptions{APIVersion: "v1"},
	})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create genai client: %w", err)
	}

	modelName := "gemini-2.5-flash"
	contents := genai.Text("Why is the sky blue?")
	// See the documentation: https://googleapis.github.io/python-genai/genai.html#genai.types.GenerateContentConfig
	config := &genai.GenerateContentConfig{
		Temperature:      genai.Ptr(float32(0.0)),
		CandidateCount:   int32(1),
		ResponseMIMEType: "application/json",
	}

	resp, err := client.Models.GenerateContent(ctx, modelName, contents, config)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate content: %w", err)
	}

	respText := resp.Text()

	fmt.Fprintln(w, respText)
	// Example response:
	// {
	//   "explanation": "The sky is blue due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering ...
	// }

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


import com.google.genai.Client;
import com.google.genai.types.GenerateContentConfig;
import com.google.genai.types.GenerateContentResponse;
import com.google.genai.types.HttpOptions;

public class TextGenerationConfigWithText {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String modelId = "gemini-2.5-flash";
    generateContent(modelId);
  }

  // Generates text with text input and optional configurations
  public static String generateContent(String modelId) {
    // Client Initialization. Once created, it can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (Client client =
        Client.builder()
            .location("global")
            .vertexAI(true)
            .httpOptions(HttpOptions.builder().apiVersion("v1").build())
            .build()) {

      // Set optional configuration parameters
      GenerateContentConfig contentConfig =
          GenerateContentConfig.builder()
              .temperature(0.0F)
              .candidateCount(1)
              .responseMimeType("application/json")
              .topP(0.95F)
              .topK(20F)
              .seed(5)
              .maxOutputTokens(500)
              .stopSequences("STOP!")
              .presencePenalty(0.0F)
              .frequencyPenalty(0.0F)
              .build();

      // Generate content using optional configuration
      GenerateContentResponse response =
          client.models.generateContent(modelId, "Why is the sky blue?", contentConfig);

      System.out.print(response.text());
      // Example response:
      // {
      //  "explanation": "The sky appears blue due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering.
      // Sunlight, which appears white, is actually composed of all the colors of the rainbow...
      // }
      return response.text();
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

const {GoogleGenAI} = require('@google/genai');

const GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT;
const GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION || 'global';

async function generateContent(
  projectId = GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT,
  location = GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION
) {
  const client = new GoogleGenAI({
    vertexai: true,
    project: projectId,
    location: location,
  });

  const config = {
    temperature: 0,
    candidateCount: 1,
    responseMimeType: 'application/json',
    topP: 0.95,
    topK: 20,
    seed: 5,
    maxOutputTokens: 500,
    stopSequences: ['STOP!'],
    presencePenalty: 0.0,
    frequencyPenalty: 0.0,
  };

  const response = await client.models.generateContent({
    model: 'gemini-2.5-flash',
    contents: 'Why is the sky blue?',
    config: config,
  });

  console.log(response.text);

  // Example response:
  // {
  //   "explanation": "The sky appears blue due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. When ...
  // }

  return response.text;
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google import genai
from google.genai.types import GenerateContentConfig, HttpOptions

client = genai.Client(http_options=HttpOptions(api_version="v1"))
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents="Why is the sky blue?",
    # See the SDK documentation at
    # https://googleapis.github.io/python-genai/genai.html#genai.types.GenerateContentConfig
    config=GenerateContentConfig(
        temperature=0,
        candidate_count=1,
        response_mime_type="application/json",
        top_p=0.95,
        top_k=20,
        seed=5,
        max_output_tokens=500,
        stop_sequences=["STOP!"],
        presence_penalty=0.0,
        frequency_penalty=0.0,
    ),
)
print(response.text)
# Example response:
# {
#   "explanation": "The sky appears blue due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering. When ...
# }

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