v0.8.3

New features

• Search grounding by @shilpakancharla in #558

Updates, bug fixes, and examples

• Preserve quality and optimize transfer of prompt images by @PicardParis in #570
• Remove finish_message by @MarkDaoust in #571
• Stream file upload by @Hamza-nabil in #556
• Update the default model name by @MarkDaoust in #576
• Removing OAuth from tuning for REST by @shilpakancharla in #579

New Contributors

• @PicardParis made their first contribution in #570

Full Changelog: v0.8.2...v0.8.3

v0.8.2 - Add parameters for 002

What's Changed

• Ensure tests are runnable when standalone by @markmcd in #552
• Add 002 parameters and fixes. by @MarkDaoust in #561

Full Changelog: 0.8.1...v0.8.2

v0.8.1 - Bugfix for Kaggle

What's Changed

• Expand .text error descriptions. by @MarkDaoust in #527
• Fix default_metadata for files API. by @MarkDaoust in #548
• Update version for 0.8.1 release. by @MarkDaoust in #554

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...0.8.1

v0.8.0

Breaking changes

• Remove DiscussService and TextService by @shilpakancharla in #512

New features

• Enum support by @MarkDaoust in #529

Minor updatres and bug fixes

• Fix PIL.Image imports. by @MarkDaoust in #447
• Expand PIL image support. by @MarkDaoust in #523
• Using the GEMINI_API_KEY by default instead of the GOOGLE_API_KEY one by @Giom-V in #418
• make caching visible by default by @MarkDaoust in #493
• Fix tests for 3.12.5 by @MarkDaoust in #521
• Update generativemlanguage version (new prompt_feedback and finish_reasons) by @MarkDaoust in #547

Samples

• Sync count tokens examples by @MarkDaoust in #445
• Add code execution python sample by @shilpakancharla in #451
• Update example to show part types. by @MarkDaoust in #452
• move model_configuration samples by @MarkDaoust in #454
• move model_configuration samples by @MarkDaoust in #456
• Format code execution by @shilpakancharla in #457
• Chat REST samples by @shilpakancharla in #449
• Fix END tuned_models_generate_content tag. by @MarkDaoust in #458
• Update count_tokens.py by @rachelsaunders in #459
• Formatting count tokens by @Giom-V in #460
• Adding count_tokens for rest by @shilpakancharla in #444
• add safety settings examples for curl by @shilpakancharla in #433
• Add markdown docs by @MarkDaoust in #462
• Add REST embeddings & system_instruction sample by @shilpakancharla in #429
• text_generation samples for shell by @shilpakancharla in #430
• Added curl examples for files by @shilpakancharla in #480
• Add other functions to count_tokens by @shilpakancharla in #482
• Add pdf samples by @MarkDaoust in #484
• add audio streaming & pdf examples by @shilpakancharla in #483
• Add function calling REST example by @shilpakancharla in #443
• Adding JSON schema curl samples by @shilpakancharla in #434
• Caching cURL sample by @Giom-V in #455
• rename embeddings -> embed by @MarkDaoust in #487
• Code execution for shell by @shilpakancharla in #491
• Fix example by @MarkDaoust in #494
• Ce rest by @shilpakancharla in #495
• Fix response_schema sample. by @MarkDaoust in #498
• Add a README for /samples by @markmcd in #507
• Add additional functions to files & count_tokens. by @shilpakancharla in #490
• REST for tuned models by @shilpakancharla in #496
• Use flash more often. by @MarkDaoust in #517
• Fix the missing closing backticks in CONTRIBUTING by @rakyll in #514
• Avoid making recommendations about regions in README by @rakyll in #538
• Add more enum samples. by @MarkDaoust in #543
• Update controlled_generation.py by @MarkDaoust in #544

New Contributors

• @rachelsaunders made their first contribution in #459
• @rakyll made their first contribution in #514

Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v0.8.0

v0.7.2 - Bugfix

What's Changed

Bugfixes

• Fix bug passing single-string safety settings. by @MarkDaoust in #417
• Fix operator conversion. by @MarkDaoust in #419
• Fix 'ResourceWarning: unclosed <ssl.SSLSocket>' by @MarkDaoust in #422
• Fix list_models by @rozha in #439
• Add PngImagePlugin to imports. by @mbanani in #438
• Add webp to mimetypes by @MarkDaoust in #440

Docs and Samples

• Caching samples by @shilpakancharla in #399
• Model list and get samples by @shilpakancharla in #404
• System instructions sample by @shilpakancharla in #407
• Count tokens samples by @shilpakancharla in #403
• fix genai.GenerativeModel argument name in example by @philippemiron in #394
• Adding text generation samples by @shilpakancharla in #405
• Add samples for chat by @shilpakancharla in #408
• Rename json_mode.py and create function calling sample by @shilpakancharla in #406
• Add tuned_models samples by @MarkDaoust in #409
• Add no json schema sample by @shilpakancharla in #416
• fix list initialization and redundant parentheses by @PandasPirate in #412
• Adding a note about free tier not available in Europe by @Giom-V in #401
• Update text only prompts by @shilpakancharla in #420
• Add cache_from_name and cache_chat by @shilpakancharla in #413
• Add create_audio and create_text to samples/files.py by @shilpakancharla in #414
• Add safety_settings sample by @shilpakancharla in #415
• Add REST sample for listing and getting models by @shilpakancharla in #421
• Cleanup samples/files.py by @MarkDaoust in #402
• format-samples by @MarkDaoust in #410
• Add model configuration sample by @shilpakancharla in #427
• move SI by @MarkDaoust in #428
• No 's' by @MarkDaoust in #431
• Fix snippet name. by @MarkDaoust in #432
• Fix snippet names + reorder. by @MarkDaoust in #435
• move tuning to tuned_models by @MarkDaoust in #436
• Fix typos by @PandasPirate in #437
• Update tuned_models.py by @MarkDaoust in #441
• Check video status. by @MarkDaoust in #442

New Contributors

• @philippemiron made their first contribution in #394
• @Giom-V made their first contribution in #401
• @rozha made their first contribution in #439
• @mbanani made their first contribution in #438

Full Changelog: v0.7.1...v0.7.2

v0.7.1 - Code Execution

What's Changed

• Add code execution by @shilpakancharla in #396

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.7.1

v0.7.0 - Context caching

What's Changed

For a detailed introduction, check out the context caching guide on the site.

Features

• Explicit Caching by @mayureshagashe2105 in #355
• Explicit Caching patch by @mayureshagashe2105 in #377

Bugfixes and small changes

• Delete .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE directory by @ryanwilson in #389
• Update gapic lib to use 0.6.5 and fix tests by @mayureshagashe2105 in #390
• Accept partial file names by @mayureshagashe2105 in #386
• Remove duplicate test by @mayureshagashe2105 in #387

Docs

• remove references to pro-vision by @MarkDaoust in #388

New Contributors

• @ryanwilson made their first contribution in #389

Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.7.0

v0.6.0

What's Changed

Features

• Add genai.protos to discourage direct use of google.ai.generativelanguage by @MarkDaoust in #354
• Add video metadata and error to File by @MarkDaoust in #348
• Restrict Harm category to the subset supported by Gemini by @aertoria in #295
• Improve request_options by @MarkDaoust in #297
• Add GenerateContentResponse.to_dict() by @MarkDaoust in #337
• Quick safety filtering: Allow safety_settings="block_none" by @MarkDaoust in #347

Bugfixes

• Cleanup file data handling. by @MarkDaoust in #321
• Allow count_tokens with no contents. by @MarkDaoust in #342
• improve the no-credentials error message, fail fast for no-credentials in colab. by @MarkDaoust in #352
• Make printing less verbose. by @MarkDaoust in #340
• Add request options to chat. by @MarkDaoust in #341
• Handle image RGBA mode by @MarkDaoust in #374

Docs

• Fix bugs, improve code clarity, and enhance overall reliability across several files. by @Faisal-Alsrheed in #339
• Enhance functions Documentation and Improve Error Messages by @Faisal-Alsrheed in #350
• Fix argument description. by @MarkDaoust in #338
• Update init.py to use the latest model by @logankilpatrick in #362

New Contributors

• @Faisal-Alsrheed made their first contribution in #339
• @logankilpatrick made their first contribution in #362

Full Changelog: v0.5.4...v0.6.0

v0.5.4 - Bugfix: Update client library version to clear timeouts.

What's Changed

• Update version of generativelanguage to fix timeout errors. by @MarkDaoust in #345

v0.5.3

What's Changed

Features

• Extend permissions service support to Tuned Models by @mayureshagashe2105 in #219
• Support improved CountTokens and usage_metadata output by @MarkDaoust in #315
• Add JSON schema support
  • Add response_schema parameter by @shilpakancharla in #302
  • Improve schema support by @MarkDaoust in #309
• Upgrade file handling
  • Add file state by @MarkDaoust in #316
  • Add support for resumable uploads for File API by @TYMichaelChen in #275
  • Return full file details at the end of create. by @MarkDaoust in #314
    • Update client.py by @MarkDaoust in #325

Bugfixes

• update_time defined twice hence removing once. by @PandasPirate in #301

• Add main async code match test by @mayureshagashe2105 in #299

• Copy test cases over for new responder.py by @shilpakancharla in #303

• Add f to f-string by @markmcd in #322

Docs

• Debug docs build. by @MarkDaoust in #298
• Update issue templates to point to the Discourse forum by @ymodak in #304
• typo by @MarkDaoust in #313

New Contributors

• @PandasPirate made their first contribution in #301

Full Changelog: v0.5.2...v0.5.3