Google Gemini API: Setup and Usage on VPS

Google Gemini API: Setup and Usage

Gemini 1.5 Pro supports up to 1 million token context window. Gemini 1.5 Flash is fast and free for small volumes.

Python SDK

pip install google-generativeai

import google.generativeai as genai, os
genai.configure(api_key=os.environ["GEMINI_API_KEY"])
model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-1.5-flash")
response = model.generate_content("Explain VPS hosting in 3 sentences.")
print(response.text)

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