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Rapidly Prototype Using the Gemini API Quickstart
Get your first AI script running in minutes with AI Studio.
Jumpstart your AI development by generating a free API key in Google AI Studio and using the 'google-genai' library for rapid prototyping.
Google Gemini
The Scenario
You want to build a small script to automate the categorization of customer support emails but don't know where to start.
Before & after
The old way
Researching how to integrate AI and manually testing different complex vendor platforms can take several hours or days of reading documentation.
With AI
Quickly set up a free API key at AI Studio and use the Python or Node.js SDKs to run a 'generateContent' script in under 5 minutes.
The Prompt
To make your first request in Python:
import google.generativeai as genai
import os
genai.configure(api_key="[YOUR_API_KEY]")
model = genai.GenerativeModel('gemini-pro')
response = model.generate_content("[INSERT_PROMPT_HERE]")
print(response.text)Google AI Studio provides a 'no-setup' environment to get a key and test ideas before moving to full enterprise production in Google Cloud.
Source
Release notes | Gemini API | Google AI for Developers"Create one on AI Studio for free to get started: Create a Gemini API Key"