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AI SDK Nano Banana Image
AI SDK Nano Banana Image
Generate images using Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image with prompt optimization. Includes style adaptation and customizable parameters.
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Problems solved
Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
- Generate images with Gemini Flash image models
- Stream or display image outputs in a focused demo UI
- Wire Google image generation through the AI SDK
Use cases
Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
- Marketing image concept tools
- Product photo ideation demos
- Social creative generators
- Gemini Flash image playgrounds
Compare with
Similar patterns, and when each one is the better fit.
AI SDK Nano Banana Image EditUse this when you need to edit an uploaded image with plain-language instructions and keep a version history to compare before and after results.
AI SDK Nano Banana Image MergeUse this when you need to combine two source images into one new composition with Nano Banana, guided by a text prompt and saved version history.
AI SDK Gemini Flash TextUse this when you want to set up Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash provider in the AI SDK for a fast, low-cost text chat or completion UI.
Generate Image (Google Gemini)FreeUse this when you are on Google Gemini and need a starting point for prompt-to-image generation with results shown in a simple UI.
Setup
Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.
Getting started
Pick how you want to pull this pattern in. Then wire env vars and routes the same way.
- 1
Download → Next.js app
Use Download → Next.js app in the preview toolbar. You get a zip scaffold (Pro downloads rewrite preview `/view/.../api/*` paths to `/api/*` automatically).
- 2
Extract the zip and install dependencies
Unzip the archive, then run `pnpm install` (or npm / yarn) in the project folder.
- 3
Fill .env.local
The download includes .env.local placeholders when needed. Add real values for: GOOGLE_AI_API_KEY, AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY.
- 4
Customize the agent and tool files
Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions in the generated project for your product.
- 5
Run the app and open the pattern route
Run `pnpm dev`, open the setup/checklist page if present, then navigate to the generated pattern route and verify responses.
Environment variables
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
generateTextgenerateImageProviders
Gemini
Files added
5 files
app/page.tsxapp/layout.tsxapp/actions.tsxlib/rate-limit.tsREADME.md
Dependencies
9 total
npm packages
6UpstashAISDKlucide-reactNext.jsReactmotion
Registry components
buttondialogtextarea
Critical files
1 file
app/actions.tsxAI image generation using Gemini: uses generateText with gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image model and responseModalities: ['TEXT', 'IMAGE'] to generate images via generateText (not generateImage).
Requirements
- Complexity
- Beginner
- Setup time
- ~20 minutes
- Node
- 24+
- Memory
- 512MB
Upstash Redis for rate limiting
