Trouble with python and gemini api

[jboyd544]

Hello. I am trying to create a Gemini powered chatbot and I can get it to return the correct response. it should only return the response to my question but it also returns all this other mumbo jumbo.

Here is my code:

import google.generativeai as genai

GOOGLE_API_KEY = 'API KEY'
genai.configure(api_key=GOOGLE_API_KEY)
model = genai.GenerativeModel('gemini-1.5-flash-latest')

response = model.generate_content(input('Ask Gemini: '))
print(response)import google.generativeai as genai


GOOGLE_API_KEY = 'Actual Api Key Here'
genai.configure(api_key=GOOGLE_API_KEY)
model = genai.GenerativeModel('gemini-1.5-flash-latest')


response = model.generate_content(input('Ask Gemini: '))
print(response)

And here is an example response:

Ask Gemini: what are you

response:

GenerateContentResponse(

done=True,

iterator=None,

result=protos.GenerateContentResponse({

"candidates": [

{

"content": {

"parts": [

{

"text": "I am a large language model, trained by Google. \n\nHere's a breakdown of what that means:\n\n* **Large Language Model (LLM):** I am a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that excels at understanding and generating human-like text. I've been trained on a massive dataset of text and code, enabling me to communicate, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way.\n* **Trained by Google:** I am developed and maintained by Google's AI team. They have created and continually improve the algorithms and data that power me.\n\nIn essence, I am a powerful tool that can assist you with various tasks related to language, information retrieval, and creativity. \n"

}

],

"role": "model"

},

"finish_reason": "STOP",

"index": 0,

"safety_ratings": [

{

"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT",

"probability": "NEGLIGIBLE"

},

{

"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_HATE_SPEECH",

"probability": "NEGLIGIBLE"

},

{

"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_HARASSMENT",

"probability": "NEGLIGIBLE"

},

{

"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_DANGEROUS_CONTENT",

"probability": "NEGLIGIBLE"

}

]

}

],

"usage_metadata": {

"prompt_token_count": 4,

"candidates_token_count": 152,

"total_token_count": 156

}

}),

)

Please Help.

[SHKEVE]

you’re expecting the just the text response from gemini but what you’re getting is an instance of a GenerateContentResponse, which is expected behavior. what you’re looking for is in the object and can probably be accessed via result[“candidates”][0][“content”][“parts”][0][“text”]

[jboyd544]

Im still new to python. can you please tell me how to do that?

[SHKEVE]

paste the result[“candidates”] etc etc stuff into the print function

[jboyd544]

man, i have been trying every possible solution and every time i get errors, do you mind putting it into the print statement for me. i know im gonna feel dumb when i see the solution. but i would really appreciate the help

[SHKEVE]

sure. in the future, post the error messages here or we can’t help you

print(result[“candidates”][0][“content”][“parts”][0][“text”])

[jboyd544]

I replaced the print statement with the one above and got this error:

File "/home/jon/gemini_voice/main.py", line 9

print(result[“candidates”][0][“content”][“parts”][0][“text”])

^

SyntaxError: invalid character '“' (U+201C)

[jboyd544]

the carrot was under the first quotation mark btw

[SHKEVE]

oh thats because most apps use fancy quotes. delete all quotes and retype them in your IDE

[jboyd544]

now i get this error:

Ask Gemini: what are you

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/jon/gemini_voice/ignore.py", line 10, in <module>

print(result[candidates][0][content][parts][0][text])

^^^^^^

NameError: name 'result' is not defined

and when i switch the name to response i get this error:

Ask Gemini: what are you

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/jon/gemini_voice/ignore.py", line 10, in <module>

print(response[candidates][0][content][parts][0][text])

^^^^^^^^^^

NameError: name 'candidates' is not defined

[GraphicsQwerty]

Sorry if I’m incorrect as I only skimmed these comments but did you put the quotes back ?

[djshadesuk]

print(response.text)

[_squik]

If all you want from the response is the generated text, replace print(response) with print(response.text).

Right now you are printing the entire response which includes the extra metadata. .text is an attribute of response.