Google Gemini API

What the Gemini API is

The Gemini API is Google DeepMind's developer interface for the Gemini model family and the open Gemma models. It accepts text, images, audio and video, supports very large context windows, and is reachable through Google AI Studio where prompts, parameters and application logic can be tested before moving to a production cloud setup.

What you can do with it

• Call Gemini and Gemma models through an API
• Send images, audio and video alongside text
• Prototype prompts and parameters in AI Studio
• Build agents and interactive applications
• Migrate a prototype to managed cloud deployment

Who it is for

• Developers building multimodal products
• Teams prototyping before committing to infrastructure
• Applications needing long context

What to watch out for

• Pricing, quotas and data handling differ between the experimental studio and production cloud tiers, so read both
• Very long contexts cost more and can degrade attention; measure quality at your real lengths
• Generated content policies apply to what you build and publish
• Model versions change quickly, so pin what you depend on and watch deprecation notices