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+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+MEDIA_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../third_party)
+
+IMG_PATH=${MEDIA_DIR}/organ.jpg
+AUDIO_PATH=${MEDIA_DIR}/sample.mp3
+VIDEO_PATH=${MEDIA_DIR}/Big_Buck_Bunny.mp4
+
+BASE_URL="https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com"
+
+if [[ "$(base64 --version 2>&1)" = *"FreeBSD"* ]]; then
+  B64FLAGS="--input"
+else
+  B64FLAGS="-w0"
+fi
+
+echo "[START text_gen_text_only_prompt]"
+# [START text_gen_text_only_prompt]
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[{"text": "Write a story about a magic backpack."}]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null
+# [END text_gen_text_only_prompt]
+
+echo "[START text_gen_text_only_prompt_streaming]"
+# [START text_gen_text_only_prompt_streaming]
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:streamGenerateContent?alt=sse&key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+        -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+        --no-buffer \
+        -d '{ "contents":[{"parts":[{"text": "Write a story about a magic backpack."}]}]}'
+# [END text_gen_text_only_prompt_streaming]
+
+echo "[START text_gen_multimodal_one_image_prompt]"
+# [START text_gen_multimodal_one_image_prompt]
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+            {"text": "Tell me about this instrument"},
+            {
+              "inline_data": {
+                "mime_type":"image/jpeg",
+                "data": "'$(base64 $B64FLAGS $IMG_PATH)'"
+              }
+            }
+        ]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null
+# [END text_gen_multimodal_one_image_prompt]
+
+echo "[START text_gen_multimodal_one_image_prompt_streaming]"
+# [START text_gen_multimodal_one_image_prompt_streaming]
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:streamGenerateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+            {"text": "Tell me about this instrument"},
+            {
+              "inline_data": {
+                "mime_type":"image/jpeg",
+                "data": "'$(base64 $B64FLAGS $IMG_PATH)'"
+              }
+            }
+        ]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null
+# [END text_gen_multimodal_one_image_prompt_streaming]
+
+echo "[START text_gen_multimodal_audio]"
+# [START text_gen_multimodal_audio]
+# Use File API to upload audio data to API request.
+MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${AUDIO_PATH}")
+NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${AUDIO_PATH}")
+DISPLAY_NAME=AUDIO
+
+tmp_header_file=upload-header.tmp
+
+# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
+# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
+curl "${BASE_URL}/upload/v1beta/files?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+  -D upload-header.tmp \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null
+
+upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
+rm "${tmp_header_file}"
+
+# Upload the actual bytes.
+curl "${upload_url}" \
+  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
+  --data-binary "@${AUDIO_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json
+
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+          {"text": "Please describe this file."},
+          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "audio/mpeg", "file_uri": '$file_uri'}}]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null > response.json
+
+cat response.json
+echo
+
+jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json
+# [END text_gen_multimodal_audio]
+
+echo "[START text_gen_multimodal_video_prompt]"
+# [START text_gen_multimodal_video_prompt]
+# Use File API to upload audio data to API request.
+MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${VIDEO_PATH}")
+NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${VIDEO_PATH}")
+DISPLAY_NAME=VIDEO
+
+# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
+# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
+curl "${BASE_URL}/upload/v1beta/files?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+  -D upload-header.tmp \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null
+
+upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
+rm "${tmp_header_file}"
+
+# Upload the actual bytes.
+curl "${upload_url}" \
+  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
+  --data-binary "@${VIDEO_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json
+
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+
+state=$(jq ".file.state" file_info.json)
+echo state=$state
+
+name=$(jq ".file.name" file_info.json)
+echo name=$name
+
+while [[ "($state)" = *"PROCESSING"* ]];
+do
+  echo "Processing video..."
+  sleep 5
+  # Get the file of interest to check state
+  curl https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files/$name > file_info.json
+  state=$(jq ".file.state" file_info.json)
+done
+
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+          {"text": "Please describe this file."},
+          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "video/mp4", "file_uri": '$file_uri'}}]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null > response.json
+
+cat response.json
+echo
+
+jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json
+# [END text_gen_multimodal_video_prompt]
+
+echo "[START text_gen_multimodal_video_prompt_streaming]"
+# [START text_gen_multimodal_video_prompt_streaming]
+# Use File API to upload audio data to API request.
+MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${VIDEO_PATH}")
+NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${VIDEO_PATH}")
+DISPLAY_NAME=VIDEO_PATH
+
+# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
+# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
+curl "${BASE_URL}/upload/v1beta/files?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+  -D upload-header.tmp \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null
+
+upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
+rm "${tmp_header_file}"
+
+# Upload the actual bytes.
+curl "${upload_url}" \
+  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
+  --data-binary "@${VIDEO_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json
+
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+
+state=$(jq ".file.state" file_info.json)
+echo state=$state
+
+while [[ "($state)" = *"PROCESSING"* ]];
+do
+  echo "Processing video..."
+  sleep 5
+  # Get the file of interest to check state
+  curl https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files/$name > file_info.json
+  state=$(jq ".file.state" file_info.json)
+done
+
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:streamGenerateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+          {"text": "Please describe this file."},
+          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "video/mp4", "file_uri": '$file_uri'}}]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null > response.json
+
+cat response.json
+echo
+# [END text_gen_multimodal_video_prompt_streaming]
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