Gemini API quickstart

This quickstart shows you how to install your SDK of choice and then make your first Gemini API request.

Python Node.js REST Go

Install the Gemini API library

Using Python 3.9+, install the google-genai package using the following pip command:

pip install -q -U google-genai

Make your first request

Get a Gemini API key in Google AI Studio

Use the generateContent method to send a request to the Gemini API.

from google import genai

client = genai.Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.0-flash", contents="Explain how AI works"
)
print(response.text)

What's next

Now that you made your first API request, you might want to explore the following guides which showcase Gemini in action:

• Text generation
• Vision
• Long context