What does models.generateContent return when the request is *not successful*?

[matejsarlija]

Thank you for making SDK.

First of all, when using the AI studio the code in "Get code" does not mesh with the suggested genai SDK.

I have an existing API in place, but can't figure out from your docs what happens when the request fails, or is denied due to non-AI reasons (tokens limit, safety etc.). So how do I parse the usual HTTP status codes from your response?

In the code it's mentioned ~ Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of GenerateContentResponse.

Could you also add what happens when the request is not succesful, as it's really hard to find?

Thanks!

[sararob]

First of all, when using the AI studio the code in "Get code" does not mesh with the suggested genai SDK.

Could you give a specific example?

So how do I parse the usual HTTP status codes from your response?

You can use this error class. For example (this returns a 404):

try:
  client.models.generate_content(
      model="invalid-model-name",
      contents="What is your name?",
  )
except errors.APIError as e:
  print(e)

Could you also add what happens when the request is not succesful

Yes good suggestion, we'll update our docs.

[matejsarlija]

Thank you for the errors, that helped. In regard to the "get code" from Google AI Studio, you get something in the lines of the following -

import os
import google.generativeai as genai

genai.configure(api_key=os.environ["GEMINI_API_KEY"])

# Create the model
generation_config = {
  "temperature": 1,
  "top_p": 0.95,
  "top_k": 64,
  "max_output_tokens": 8192,
  "response_mime_type": "text/plain",
}

model = genai.GenerativeModel(
  model_name="gemini-2.0-pro-exp-02-05",
  generation_config=generation_config,
)

chat_session = model.start_chat(
  history=[
  ]
)

response = chat_session.send_message("INSERT_INPUT_HERE")

print(response.text)

The google.generativeai repo listed corresponds to the following https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/generative-ai, and not the one we're currently in, right?

[sararob]

We'll get the AI Studio code snippet updated, thanks for your bug report!

[matejsarlija]

Appreciate it. Should I close this now, or how does it work?

[jamg7]

Thanks, @matejsarlija

Closing this ticket for now.