Tool use with Live API

import asyncio
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client(api_key="GEMINI_API_KEY")
model = "gemini-2.0-flash-live-001"

# Simple function definitions
turn_on_the_lights = {"name": "turn_on_the_lights"}
turn_off_the_lights = {"name": "turn_off_the_lights"}

tools = [{"function_declarations": [turn_on_the_lights, turn_off_the_lights]}]
config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"], "tools": tools}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        prompt = "Turn on the lights please"
        await session.send_client_content(turns={"parts": [{"text": prompt}]})

        async for chunk in session.receive():
            if chunk.server_content:
                if chunk.text is not None:
                    print(chunk.text)
            elif chunk.tool_call:
                function_responses = []
                for fc in chunk.tool_call.function_calls:
                    function_response = types.FunctionResponse(
                        id=fc.id,
                        name=fc.name,
                        response={ "result": "ok" } # simple, hard-coded function response
                    )
                    function_responses.append(function_response)

                await session.send_tool_response(function_responses=function_responses)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: "GOOGLE_API_KEY" });
const model = 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001';

// Simple function definitions
const turn_on_the_lights = { name: "turn_on_the_lights" } // , description: '...', parameters: { ... }
const turn_off_the_lights = { name: "turn_off_the_lights" }

const tools = [{ functionDeclarations: [turn_on_the_lights, turn_off_the_lights] }]

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
  tools: tools
}

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      } else if (message.toolCall) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  const inputTurns = 'Turn on the lights please';
  session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns });

  let turns = await handleTurn();

  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.modelTurn && turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
      for (const part of turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
        if (part.text) {
          console.debug('Received text: %s\n', part.text);
        }
      }
    }
    else if (turn.toolCall) {
      const functionResponses = [];
      for (const fc of turn.toolCall.functionCalls) {
        functionResponses.push({
          id: fc.id,
          name: fc.name,
          response: { result: "ok" } // simple, hard-coded function response
        });
      }

      console.debug('Sending tool response...\n');
      session.sendToolResponse({ functionResponses: functionResponses });
    }
  }

  // Check again for new messages
  turns = await handleTurn();

  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.modelTurn && turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
      for (const part of turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
        if (part.text) {
          console.debug('Received text: %s\n', part.text);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

  # Non-blocking function definitions
  turn_on_the_lights = {"name": "turn_on_the_lights", "behavior": "NON_BLOCKING"} # turn_on_the_lights will run asynchronously
  turn_off_the_lights = {"name": "turn_off_the_lights"} # turn_off_the_lights will still pause all interactions with the model

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality, Behavior } from '@google/genai';

// Non-blocking function definitions
const turn_on_the_lights = {name: "turn_on_the_lights", behavior: Behavior.NON_BLOCKING}

// Blocking function definitions
const turn_off_the_lights = {name: "turn_off_the_lights"}

const tools = [{ functionDeclarations: [turn_on_the_lights, turn_off_the_lights] }]

# for a non-blocking function definition, apply scheduling in the function response:
  function_response = types.FunctionResponse(
      id=fc.id,
      name=fc.name,
      response={
          "result": "ok",
          "scheduling": "INTERRUPT" # Can also be WHEN_IDLE or SILENT
      }
  )

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality, Behavior, FunctionResponseScheduling } from '@google/genai';

// for a non-blocking function definition, apply scheduling in the function response:
const functionResponse = {
  id: fc.id,
  name: fc.name,
  response: {
    result: "ok",
    scheduling: FunctionResponseScheduling.INTERRUPT  // Can also be WHEN_IDLE or SILENT
  }
}

import asyncio
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client(api_key="GEMINI_API_KEY")
model = "gemini-2.0-flash-live-001"

tools = [{'code_execution': {}}]
config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"], "tools": tools}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        prompt = "Compute the largest prime palindrome under 100000."
        await session.send_client_content(turns={"parts": [{"text": prompt}]})

        async for chunk in session.receive():
            if chunk.server_content:
                if chunk.text is not None:
                    print(chunk.text)

                model_turn = chunk.server_content.model_turn
                if model_turn:
                    for part in model_turn.parts:
                      if part.executable_code is not None:
                        print(part.executable_code.code)

                      if part.code_execution_result is not None:
                        print(part.code_execution_result.output)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: "GOOGLE_API_KEY" });
const model = 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001';

const tools = [{codeExecution: {}}]
const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
  tools: tools
}

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      } else if (message.toolCall) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  const inputTurns = 'Compute the largest prime palindrome under 100000.';
  session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns });

  const turns = await handleTurn();

  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.modelTurn && turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
      for (const part of turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
        if (part.text) {
          console.debug('Received text: %s\n', part.text);
        }
        else if (part.executableCode) {
          console.debug('executableCode: %s\n', part.executableCode.code);
        }
        else if (part.codeExecutionResult) {
          console.debug('codeExecutionResult: %s\n', part.codeExecutionResult.output);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

import asyncio
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client(api_key="GEMINI_API_KEY")
model = "gemini-2.0-flash-live-001"

tools = [{'google_search': {}}]
config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"], "tools": tools}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        prompt = "When did the last Brazil vs. Argentina soccer match happen?"
        await session.send_client_content(turns={"parts": [{"text": prompt}]})

        async for chunk in session.receive():
            if chunk.server_content:
                if chunk.text is not None:
                    print(chunk.text)

                # The model might generate and execute Python code to use Search
                model_turn = chunk.server_content.model_turn
                if model_turn:
                    for part in model_turn.parts:
                      if part.executable_code is not None:
                        print(part.executable_code.code)

                      if part.code_execution_result is not None:
                        print(part.code_execution_result.output)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: "GOOGLE_API_KEY" });
const model = 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001';

const tools = [{googleSearch: {}}]
const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
  tools: tools
}

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      } else if (message.toolCall) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  const inputTurns = 'When did the last Brazil vs. Argentina soccer match happen?';
  session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns });

  const turns = await handleTurn();

  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.modelTurn && turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
      for (const part of turn.serverContent.modelTurn.parts) {
        if (part.text) {
          console.debug('Received text: %s\n', part.text);
        }
        else if (part.executableCode) {
          console.debug('executableCode: %s\n', part.executableCode.code);
        }
        else if (part.codeExecutionResult) {
          console.debug('codeExecutionResult: %s\n', part.codeExecutionResult.output);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

prompt = """
Hey, I need you to do three things for me.

1. Compute the largest prime palindrome under 100000.
2. Then use Google Search to look up information about the largest earthquake in California the week of Dec 5 2024?
3. Turn on the lights

Thanks!
"""

tools = [
    {"google_search": {}},
    {"code_execution": {}},
    {"function_declarations": [turn_on_the_lights, turn_off_the_lights]},
]

config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"], "tools": tools}

# ... remaining model call

const prompt = `Hey, I need you to do three things for me.

1. Compute the largest prime palindrome under 100000.
2. Then use Google Search to look up information about the largest earthquake in California the week of Dec 5 2024?
3. Turn on the lights

Thanks!
`

const tools = [
  { googleSearch: {} },
  { codeExecution: {} },
  { functionDeclarations: [turn_on_the_lights, turn_off_the_lights] }
]

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
  tools: tools
}

// ... remaining model call