Google Streaming API

Operations related to Streaming

OpenAPI Specification

google-streaming-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Google Books About Streaming API
  description: API for retrieving Bookshelf and Volume resources from Google Books
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Google Books API
    url: https://developers.google.com/books
servers:
- url: https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1
  description: Google Books API v1
tags:
- name: Streaming
  description: Operations related to Streaming
paths:
  /models/{model}:streamGenerateContent:
    post:
      tags:
      - Streaming
      summary: Google Stream Generate Content
      description: Generates text output with streaming responses, receiving GenerateContentResponse instances incrementally
      operationId: streamGenerateContent
      parameters:
      - name: model
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The model to use for generation
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - gemini-2.5-flash
          - gemini-2.5-pro
          example: gemini-2.5-flash
      - name: alt
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Alternative response format
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - sse
          example: sse
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenerateContentRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful streaming response
          content:
            text/event-stream:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModelsPostResponse'
              examples:
                ModelsPostResponseExample:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/ModelsPostResponseExample'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
        dispatcherRules: ModelsPostResponseExample
components:
  schemas:
    Content:
      type: object
      properties:
        role:
          type: string
          enum:
          - user
          - model
          description: The role of the content producer (optional for single-turn, required for multi-turn)
        parts:
          type: array
          description: Ordered parts that constitute a single message
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Part'
      required:
      - parts
    ThinkingConfig:
      type: object
      description: Configuration for thinking mode in Gemini 2.5 models
      properties:
        thinkingBudget:
          type: integer
          description: Thinking budget, set to 0 to disable thinking
          minimum: 0
          default: null
    GenerationConfig:
      type: object
      description: Configuration options for model generation and outputs
      properties:
        stopSequences:
          type: array
          description: Set of character sequences that will stop output generation
          items:
            type: string
          maxItems: 5
        temperature:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Controls randomness of output (default 1.0 for Gemini 3 models)
          minimum: 0.0
          maximum: 2.0
          default: 1.0
        topP:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Maximum cumulative probability of tokens to consider
          minimum: 0.0
          maximum: 1.0
        topK:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum number of tokens to consider
          minimum: 1
        maxOutputTokens:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum number of tokens to generate
          minimum: 1
        thinkingConfig:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThinkingConfig'
          description: Configuration for thinking mode (Gemini 2.5 models)
        response_mime_type:
          type: string
          description: MIME type for structured output (e.g., application/json)
          enum:
          - text/plain
          - application/json
          example: application/json
        response_schema:
          type: object
          description: JSON schema for structured output format
          additionalProperties: true
    ModelsPostResponse:
      type: string
      description: Server-Sent Events stream of GenerateContentResponse objects
    GenerateContentRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - contents
      properties:
        contents:
          type: array
          description: The content of the current conversation with the model
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Content'
        system_instruction:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Content'
          description: System instructions to guide model behavior
        generationConfig:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenerationConfig'
          description: Configuration options for model generation
    FileData:
      type: object
      description: Reference to a file uploaded via the File API or a YouTube URL
      properties:
        mime_type:
          type: string
          description: MIME type of the file (optional for YouTube URLs)
          example: video/mp4
        file_uri:
          type: string
          description: URI of the file from File API or YouTube URL
          examples:
          - https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files/abc123
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hE5-98ZeCg
      required:
      - file_uri
    InlineData:
      type: object
      required:
      - mime_type
      - data
      properties:
        mime_type:
          type: string
          description: MIME type of the data
          enum:
          - image/jpeg
          - image/png
          - image/webp
          - video/mp4
          - video/mpeg
          - video/mov
          - video/avi
          - video/x-flv
          - video/mpg
          - video/webm
          - video/wmv
          - video/3gpp
          - audio/wav
          - audio/mp3
          - audio/aiff
          - audio/aac
          - audio/ogg
          - audio/flac
          - application/pdf
        data:
          type: string
          format: byte
          description: Base64 encoded data
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              description: HTTP status code
            message:
              type: string
              description: Error message
            status:
              type: string
              description: Error status
    Part:
      type: object
      description: A part of the content, can be text, inline data, or file data
      oneOf:
      - type: object
        required:
        - text
        properties:
          text:
            type: string
            description: Text content
      - type: object
        required:
        - inline_data
        properties:
          inline_data:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InlineData'
      - type: object
        required:
        - file_data
        properties:
          file_data:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileData'
          video_metadata:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoMetadata'
            description: Optional metadata for video processing (clipping, FPS)
    VideoMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Metadata for customizing video processing
      properties:
        start_offset:
          type: string
          description: Start time offset for video clipping (format like "1250s")
          pattern: ^\d+s$
          example: 1250s
        end_offset:
          type: string
          description: End time offset for video clipping (format like "1570s")
          pattern: ^\d+s$
          example: 1570s
        fps:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Custom frame rate sampling (frames per second). Default is 1 FPS. Use <1 for long videos, >1 for rapidly changing visuals
          minimum: 0.1
          example: 5
  examples:
    ModelsPostResponseExample:
      summary: Successful 200 response
      value: string-value
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authentication for Google Books API
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/books: Manage your Google Books library