Use the terminal to interact with Google's Gemini AI.

• Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux
• Test command npm run test - Gemini will tell you a joke and explain it
  • The jokes are rarely funny, while the explanations often are
• Chat command npm run chat - Activates the interactive chat prompt
  • Use cases: Ask a question, code review/help, write an article, research
  • Type 'exit' to quit, or press CTRL/CMD+C
• Image command npm run img - Activates the image query and text prompt
  • Use cases: Captioning an image, identifying what an image is, or what's in an image
  • Add images (jpg, png, gif) to the /images/ directory, then select image(s) when prompted

When any command above is first used a prompt with ask you for your Google AI Studio API key.

To skip this step manually create a .env file, then add the API KEY variable with your Google AI Studio API Key.

API_KEY=your-api-key
TOKENS=500
TEMPERATURE=0.9
TOPP=0.95
TOPK=3

By default max tokens is set to 500, which is about 35,000 words.

A token is equivalent to about 4 characters. 100 tokens are about 60-80 English words.

• API Key from Google AI Studio
• Node.js version 20 and above
  • Check Node.js version: node --version
• Git * Optional but recommended
  • Check Git version: git --version

Do not share confidential or personal information with Gemini AI.

1. Get an API Key from Google AI Studio
2. Open a terminal
   • Windows: Right-click the Start button and select: Windows PowerShell
   • Mac: Command + Space to open Spotlight search, type in Terminal and select
   • Linux: Press CTRL + ALT + T simultaneously
3. In the terminal change locations to store this project, such as cd ~/Documents
   • Optionally create a Projects directory instead of using the Documents directory
     • Make the Projects directory: mkdir ~/Projects
     • Change directories into Projects: cd ~/Projects
4. 2 methods to setup the project
   • Method 1 (with Git): Clone the project into the current directory
     • Via HTTPS: git clone https://github.com/ChrisWinters/gemini-chat.git
     • Via SSH: git clone [email protected]:ChrisWinters/gemini-chat.git
     • Via CLI: gh repo clone ChrisWinters/gemini-chat
   • Method 2 (without Git): Use curl to quickly download the pre-packaged zip file into the current directory
     • Windows terminal type: curl, press enter, then copy/paste the following Uri: https://github.com/ChrisWinters/gemini-chat/raw/main/gemini-chat.zip
     • Mac/Linux terminal: curl -c -O https://github.com/ChrisWinters/gemini-chat/raw/main/gemini-chat.zip
     • Unzip the gemini-chat.zip file
       • Windows terminal: tar -xf gemini-chat.zip
       • Mac terminal: tar -xvf gemini-chat.zip
       • Linux terminal: tar -xzf gemini-chat.zip
     • Delete the zip file: rm gemini-chat.zip
5. Change directories into the Gemini chat directory: cd gemini-chat
6. Install build packages: npm install
7. Run any of the commands

Personal Gemini Chat is now ready to use.

• Get started with the Gemini API in Node.js applications
• Master the Gemini API: A Node.js tutorial with real examples

Use at your own risk. The Gemini Chat script comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, NO GUARANTEES, NO MERCHANTABILITY, AND NO FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

• Gemini Apps Privacy Notice

Distributed under Apache 2.0 License