343 google-genai - configuration reference

344 google-genai — configuration reference

Configuration surfaces for google-genai (safety class: safe; category: o-05-ai-engineering-sdks-dev-env) — detected from the upstream documentation at generation time (5 config-surface markers). The invocation reference stays on the main tool page.

344.1 Configuration files

No config-file paths surfaced in the upstream README at generation time — the tool likely takes options through flags or environment instead; see upstream.

344.2 Environment variables

Variable	Upstream context
`GEMINI_API_KEY`	ock for Gemini Developer API client = genai.Client(api_key=‘GEMINI_API_KEY’) python from google import genai # Only run t
`GOOGLE_API_KEY`	rm. Gemini Developer API: Set the `GEMINI_API_KEY` or `GOOGLE_API_KEY`. It will automatically be picked up by the client. It’
`GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_ENTERPRISE`	nd `GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION`, as shown below: bash export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_ENTERPRISE=true export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT='your-pro \| \| `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT` \| ow:bash export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_ENTERPRISE=true export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=‘your-project-id’ export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=’g
`GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION`	E=true export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=‘your-project-id’ export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION=‘global’ python from google import genai
`HTTPS_PROXY`	ILE) by setting the environment variables: ```bash export HTTPS_PROXY='http://username:password@proxy_uri:port' export SSL_CERT_ \| \|SSL_CERT_FILE\| TTPS_PROXY='http://username:password@proxy_uri:port' export SSL_CERT_FILE='client.pem' ``` If you needsocks5`proxy, httpx [sup \| \|`YOUR_IMAGE_PATH`\| a`Partobject. ```python from google.genai import types YOUR_IMAGE_PATH = 'your_image_path' YOUR_IMAGE_MIME_TYPE = 'your_image \| \|YOUR_IMAGE_MIME_TYPE`

Names extracted heuristically from upstream docs — verify each against the tool’s own docs before use.

344.3 Sample configuration (upstream)

from google.genai import types

response = client.models.generate_content(
    model='gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image',
    contents='A cartoon infographic for flying sneakers',
    config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
        response_modalities=["IMAGE"],
        image_config=types.ImageConfig(
            aspect_ratio="9:16",
        ),
    ),
)

for part in response.parts:
    if part.inline_data:
        generated_image = part.as_image()
        generated_image.show()

from google.genai import types

response = client.models.generate_content(
    model='gemini-flash-latest',
    contents='high',
    config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
        system_instruction='I say high, you say low',
        max_output_tokens=3,
    ),
)
print(response.text)

ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14