Gemini API

The Gemini API is the fastest path from prompt to production with Gemini, Veo, Nano Banana, and more. It lets you integrate these generative models into your applications to generate text and images, analyze multimodal inputs, and build conversational agents.

Code Examples

Python

from google import genai

client = genai.Client()

interaction = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-4-argon",
    input="Explain how AI works in a few words"
)

print(interaction.output_text)

JavaScript

import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});

const interaction = await ai.interactions.create({
  model: "gemini-4-argon",
  input: "Explain how AI works in a few words",
});

console.log(interaction.output_text);

Java

import com.google.genai.Client;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.CreateModelInteraction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Interaction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.InteractionsInput;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Model;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.operations.CreateInteractionRequestBody;

Client client = new Client();

CreateModelInteraction params =
    CreateModelInteraction.builder()
        .model(Model.of("gemini-4-argon"))
        .input(InteractionsInput.of("Explain how AI works in a few words"))
        .build();

Interaction interaction =
    client.interactions.create(CreateInteractionRequestBody.of(params)).interaction().get();

System.out.println(interaction.outputText().orElse(""));

Go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

"google.golang.org/genai"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/interactions"
    "google.golang.org/genai/interactions/models/operations"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

res, err := client.Interactions.Create(ctx, operations.CreateInteractionRequest{
        Body: operations.NewCreateInteractionRequestBody(interactions.CreateModelInteraction{
            Model: interactions.Model("gemini-4-argon"),
            Input: interactions.NewInteractionsInput("Explain how AI works in a few words"),
        }),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    if res.Interaction.OutputText != nil {
        fmt.Println(*res.Interaction.OutputText)
    }
}

Curl

curl -X POST "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-4-argon",
    "input": "Explain how AI works in a few words"
  }'

Meet the models

Gemini 4 Argon

Our flagship reasoning model with a shared 1M context window and long decodes up to 1M tokens.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Our most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise workflows.

Nano Banana

State-of-the-art image generation and editing models.

Interactions API

The Interactions API has become our default interface as of June 2026 and is the best way to build with Gemini models and agents going forward. If you're starting a new project, you should use the Interactions API.