Los tokens efímeros son tokens de autenticación de corta duración para acceder a la API de Gemini a través de WebSockets. Están diseñadas para mejorar la seguridad cuando te conectas directamente desde el dispositivo de un usuario a la API (una implementación de cliente a servidor). Al igual que las claves de API estándar, los tokens efímeros se pueden extraer de aplicaciones del cliente, como navegadores web o aplicaciones para dispositivos móviles. Sin embargo, debido a que los tokens efímeros vencen rápidamente y se pueden restringir, reducen significativamente los riesgos de seguridad en un entorno de producción.
Cómo funcionan los tokens efímeros
A continuación, se explica cómo funcionan los tokens efímeros a un nivel general:
Tu cliente (p.ej., una app web) se autentica con tu backend.
Tu backend solicita un token efímero al servicio de aprovisionamiento de la API de Gemini.
La API de Gemini emite un token de corta duración.
Tu backend envía el token al cliente para las conexiones de WebSocket a la API de Live. Para ello, reemplaza tu clave de API por un token efímero.
Luego, el cliente usa el token como si fuera una clave de API.
Esto mejora la seguridad porque, incluso si se extrae, el token es de corta duración, a diferencia de una clave de API de larga duración implementada del lado del cliente. Dado que el cliente envía datos directamente a Gemini, esto también mejora la latencia y evita que tus backends necesiten proxy para los datos en tiempo real.
Crea un token efímero
A continuación, se muestra un ejemplo simplificado de cómo obtener un token efímero de Gemini.
De forma predeterminada, tendrás 1 minuto para iniciar nuevas sesiones de la API de Live con el token de esta solicitud (newSessionExpireTime) y 30 minutos para enviar mensajes a través de esa conexión (expireTime).
Python
importdatetimenow=datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc)client=genai.Client(http_options={'api_version':'v1alpha',})token=client.auth_tokens.create(config={'uses':1,# The ephemeral token can only be used to start a single session'expire_time':now+datetime.timedelta(minutes=30),# Default is 30 minutes in the future# 'expire_time': '2025-05-17T00:00:00Z', # Accepts isoformat.'new_session_expire_time':now+datetime.timedelta(minutes=1),# Default 1 minute in the future'http_options':{'api_version':'v1alpha'},})# You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it
JavaScript
import{GoogleGenAI}from"@google/genai";constclient=newGoogleGenAI({});constexpireTime=newDate(Date.now()+30*60*1000).toISOString();consttoken:AuthToken=awaitclient.authTokens.create({config:{uses:1,// The defaultexpireTime:expireTime// Default is 30 minsnewSessionExpireTime:newDate(Date.now()+(1*60*1000)),// Default 1 minute in the futurehttpOptions:{apiVersion:'v1alpha'},},});
Para conocer las restricciones, los valores predeterminados y otras especificaciones del campo expireTime, consulta la referencia de la API.
Dentro del período de expireTime, deberás sessionResumption para volver a conectar la llamada cada 10 minutos (esto se puede hacer con el mismo token incluso si uses: 1).
También es posible bloquear un token efímero para un conjunto de configuraciones. Esto puede ser útil para mejorar aún más la seguridad de tu aplicación y mantener las instrucciones del sistema en el servidor.
Python
client=genai.Client(http_options={'api_version':'v1alpha',})token=client.auth_tokens.create(config={'uses':1,'live_connect_constraints':{'model':'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001','config':{'session_resumption':{},'temperature':0.7,'response_modalities':['TEXT']}},'http_options':{'api_version':'v1alpha'},})# You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it
JavaScript
import{GoogleGenAI}from"@google/genai";constclient=newGoogleGenAI({});constexpireTime=newDate(Date.now()+30*60*1000).toISOString();consttoken=awaitclient.authTokens.create({config:{uses:1,// The defaultexpireTime:expireTime,liveConnectConstraints:{model:'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001',config:{sessionResumption:{},temperature:0.7,responseModalities:['TEXT']}},httpOptions:{apiVersion:'v1alpha'}}});// You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it
También puedes bloquear un subconjunto de campos. Consulta la documentación del SDK para obtener más información.
Conéctate a la API de Live con un token efímero
Una vez que tengas un token efímero, úsalo como si fuera una clave de API (pero recuerda que solo funciona para la API en vivo y solo con la versión v1alpha de la API).
Ten en cuenta que el uso de tokens efímeros solo agrega valor cuando se implementan aplicaciones que siguen el enfoque de implementación de cliente a servidor.
JavaScript
import{GoogleGenAI,Modality}from'@google/genai';// Use the token generated in the "Create an ephemeral token" section hereconstai=newGoogleGenAI({apiKey:token.name});constmodel='gemini-2.0-flash-live-001';constconfig={responseModalities:[Modality.TEXT]};asyncfunctionmain(){constsession=awaitai.live.connect({model:model,config:config,callbacks:{...},});// Send content...session.close();}main();
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Like standard API keys, ephemeral tokens can be extracted from\nclient-side applications such as web browsers or mobile apps. But because\nephemeral tokens expire quickly and can be restricted, they significantly reduce\nthe security risks in a production environment.\n| **Note:** Ephemeral tokens are only compatible with [Live API](/gemini-api/docs/live) at this time. You should use them when accessing the Live API directly from client-side applications to enhance API key security.\n\nHow ephemeral tokens work\n-------------------------\n\nHere's how ephemeral tokens work at a high level:\n\n1. Your client (e.g. web app) authenticates with your backend.\n2. Your backend requests an ephemeral token from Gemini API's provisioning service.\n3. Gemini API issues a short-lived token.\n4. Your backend sends the token to the client for WebSocket connections to Live API. You can do this by swapping your API key with an ephemeral token.\n5. The client then uses the token as if it were an API key.\n\nThis enhances security because even if extracted, the token is short-lived,\nunlike a long-lived API key deployed client-side. Since the client sends data\ndirectly to Gemini, this also improves latency and avoids your backends needing\nto proxy the real time data.\n\nCreate an ephemeral token\n-------------------------\n\nHere is a simplified example of how to get an ephemeral token from Gemini.\nBy default, you'll have 1 minute to start new Live API sessions using the token\nfrom this request (`newSessionExpireTime`), and 30 minutes to send messages over\nthat connection (`expireTime`). \n\n### Python\n\n import datetime\n\n now = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc)\n\n client = genai.Client(\n http_options={'api_version': 'v1alpha',}\n )\n\n token = client.auth_tokens.create(\n config = {\n 'uses': 1, # The ephemeral token can only be used to start a single session\n 'expire_time': now + datetime.timedelta(minutes=30), # Default is 30 minutes in the future\n # 'expire_time': '2025-05-17T00:00:00Z', # Accepts isoformat.\n 'new_session_expire_time': now + datetime.timedelta(minutes=1), # Default 1 minute in the future\n 'http_options': {'api_version': 'v1alpha'},\n }\n )\n\n # You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it\n\n### JavaScript\n\n import { GoogleGenAI } from \"@google/genai\";\n\n const client = new GoogleGenAI({});\n const expireTime = new Date(Date.now() + 30 * 60 * 1000).toISOString();\n\n const token: AuthToken = await client.authTokens.create({\n config: {\n uses: 1, // The default\n expireTime: expireTime // Default is 30 mins\n newSessionExpireTime: new Date(Date.now() + (1 * 60 * 1000)), // Default 1 minute in the future\n httpOptions: {apiVersion: 'v1alpha'},\n },\n });\n\nFor `expireTime` value constraints, defaults, and other field specs, see the\n[API reference](https://ai.google.dev/api/live#ephemeral-auth-tokens).\nWithin the `expireTime` timeframe, you'll need\n[`sessionResumption`](/gemini-api/docs/live-session#session-resumption) to\nreconnect the call every 10 minutes (this can be done with the same token even\nif `uses: 1`).\n\nIt's also possible to lock an ephemeral token to a set of configurations. This\nmight be useful to further improve security of your application and keep your\nsystem instructions on the server side. \n\n### Python\n\n client = genai.Client(\n http_options={'api_version': 'v1alpha',}\n )\n\n token = client.auth_tokens.create(\n config = {\n 'uses': 1,\n 'live_connect_constraints': {\n 'model': 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001',\n 'config': {\n 'session_resumption':{},\n 'temperature':0.7,\n 'response_modalities':['TEXT']\n }\n },\n 'http_options': {'api_version': 'v1alpha'},\n }\n )\n\n # You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it\n\n### JavaScript\n\n import { GoogleGenAI } from \"@google/genai\";\n\n const client = new GoogleGenAI({});\n const expireTime = new Date(Date.now() + 30 * 60 * 1000).toISOString();\n\n const token = await client.authTokens.create({\n config: {\n uses: 1, // The default\n expireTime: expireTime,\n liveConnectConstraints: {\n model: 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001',\n config: {\n sessionResumption: {},\n temperature: 0.7,\n responseModalities: ['TEXT']\n }\n },\n httpOptions: {\n apiVersion: 'v1alpha'\n }\n }\n });\n\n // You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it\n\nYou can also lock a subset of fields, see the [SDK documentation](https://googleapis.github.io/python-genai/genai.html#genai.types.CreateAuthTokenConfig.lock_additional_fields)\nfor more info.\n\nConnect to Live API with an ephemeral token\n-------------------------------------------\n\nOnce you have an ephemeral token, you use it as if it were an API key (but\nremember, it only works for the live API, and only with the `v1alpha` version of\nthe API).\n\nNote that use of ephemeral tokens only adds value when deploying applications\nthat follow [client-to-server implementation](/gemini-api/docs/live#implementation-approach) approach. \n\n### JavaScript\n\n import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';\n\n // Use the token generated in the \"Create an ephemeral token\" section here\n const ai = new GoogleGenAI({\n apiKey: token.name\n });\n const model = 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001';\n const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT] };\n\n async function main() {\n\n const session = await ai.live.connect({\n model: model,\n config: config,\n callbacks: { ... },\n });\n\n // Send content...\n\n session.close();\n }\n\n main();\n\n| **Note:** If not using the SDK, note that ephemeral tokens must either be passed in an `access_token` query parameter, or in an HTTP `Authorization` prefixed by the [auth-scheme](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1) `Token`.\n\nSee [Get started with Live API](/gemini-api/docs/live) for more examples.\n\nBest practices\n--------------\n\n- Set a short expiration duration using the `expire_time` parameter.\n- Tokens expire, requiring re-initiation of the provisioning process.\n- Verify secure authentication for your own backend. Ephemeral tokens will only be as secure as your backend authentication method.\n- Generally, avoid using ephemeral tokens for backend-to-Gemini connections, as this path is typically considered secure.\n\nLimitations\n-----------\n\nEphemeral tokens are only compatible with [Live API](/gemini-api/docs/live) at this time.\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Read the Live API [reference](https://ai.google.dev/api/live#ephemeral-auth-tokens) on ephemeral tokens for more information."]]