Use AI Studio Developer Logs for Faster API Debugging
Monitor your API calls in real-time through the AI Studio dashboard.
Activate and monitor Developer logs in the AI Studio dashboard to debug Interactions API calls without writing custom logging code.
The Scenario
You are building an AI-powered application and need to debug why certain API calls are failing or returning unexpected results.
Before & after
Manually logging API requests and responses in local code or third-party databases tasks significant setup time and often takes 15-30 minutes to review after an error.
Developers can now enable 'Developer logs' in the AI Studio dashboard to instantly view and debug API call history across models. This reduces troubleshooting time to 1-2 minutes.
The Prompt
I am using the Gemini Interactions API. Help me write a Python script using the 'google-generativeai' library to call the [MODEL_NAME] and include error handling that matches the logs I will see in the AI Studio dashboard.
The Interactions API is now the primary interface for Gemini models, and the addition of developer logs allows for real-time visibility into how models are handling your requests directly within the Google AI Studio environment.
Source
Release notes | Gemini API | Google AI for Developers"logs for supported Interactions API calls are now viewable in the AI Studio dashboard."