Using Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API on GCP Vertex AI

Implementation guide · Gemini 2.0 · Google DeepMind

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GCP Vertex AI exposes Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API through model ID gemini-2.0-flash-live-001. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

1
Create an account at GCP Vertex AI and generate an API key.
2
Use the GCP Vertex AI SDK or REST API to call gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 — see the documentation for request format.
3
You'll be billed $0.50/1M input. See full pricing.

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Code Examples

Install

pip install google-cloud-aiplatform

API key

GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT

Model ID

gemini-2.0-flash-live-001

For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".

import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel

# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("gemini-2.0-flash-live-001")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)