A practical developer guide to Google's Gemini Interactions API, covering the full range of capabilities through JavaScript code examples. Topics include basic text generation, streaming responses, multi-turn conversations using previous_interaction_id, multimodal inputs (images, audio, video), image generation, structured JSON output with Zod schema validation, built-in tools (Google Search, Code Execution, URL Context, etc.), function calling with a local execution loop, managed agents running in remote sandboxes, and background execution with polling for long-running tasks.
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SetupStreamingMulti-turn conversationsMultimodal understandingImage generationStructured outputTools (Google Search)Function callingManaged agentsBackground execution5.7K Impressions