Using Gemini 1.5 Flash on Google Vertex AI (Extended Context) on GCP Vertex AI
Implementation guide · Gemini 1.5 · Google DeepMind
GCP Vertex AI exposes Gemini 1.5 Flash on Google Vertex AI (Extended Context) through model ID vertex-gemini-1.5-flash-extended. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.
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Quick Start
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- 2Use the GCP Vertex AI SDK or REST API to call
vertex-gemini-1.5-flash-extended— see the documentation for request format. - 3
Code Examples
pip install google-cloud-aiplatformGOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECTvertex-gemini-1.5-flash-extendedFor 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("vertex-gemini-1.5-flash-extended")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)Pricing on GCP Vertex AI
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.07 |
| Output tokens | $0.21 |
Capabilities
About Gemini 1.5 Flash on Google Vertex AI (Extended Context)
Gemini 1.5 Flash on Google Vertex AI (Extended Context) is Google DeepMind's Gemini 1.5 model with multimodal text and image input. It offers a 1M-token context window.