Generate text from a video

This sample demonstrates how to use the Gemini API to generate text from a video

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Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	genai "google.golang.org/genai"
)

// generateWithMuteVideo shows how to generate text using a video with no sound as the input.
func generateWithMuteVideo(w io.Writer) error {
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, &genai.ClientConfig{
		HTTPOptions: genai.HTTPOptions{APIVersion: "v1"},
	})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create genai client: %w", err)
	}

	modelName := "gemini-2.5-flash"
	contents := []*genai.Content{
		{Parts: []*genai.Part{
			{Text: "What is in the video?"},
			{FileData: &genai.FileData{
				FileURI:  "gs://cloud-samples-data/generative-ai/video/ad_copy_from_video.mp4",
				MIMEType: "video/mp4",
			}},
		},
			Role: "user"},
	}

	resp, err := client.Models.GenerateContent(ctx, modelName, contents, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate content: %w", err)
	}

	respText := resp.Text()

	fmt.Fprintln(w, respText)

	// Example response:
	// The video shows several surfers riding waves in an ocean setting. The waves are ...

	return nil
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from google import genai
from google.genai.types import HttpOptions, Part

client = genai.Client(http_options=HttpOptions(api_version="v1"))
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents=[
        Part.from_uri(
            file_uri="gs://cloud-samples-data/generative-ai/video/ad_copy_from_video.mp4",
            mime_type="video/mp4",
        ),
        "What is in the video?",
    ],
)
print(response.text)
# Example response:
# The video shows several people surfing in an ocean with a coastline in the background. The camera ...

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