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Generate Image (Google Gemini)
Generate Image (Google Gemini)
Generate images from text prompts using Google Gemini's image model.
Use this when you are on Google Gemini and need a starting point for prompt-to-image generation with results shown in a simple UI.
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Problems solved
Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
- Generate images from text prompts with Google Gemini image models
- Display generated image results in a simple demo UI
- Wire Gemini image generation through the AI SDK
Use cases
Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
- Gemini image playgrounds
- Prompt-to-image concept tools
- Marketing visual drafts
- AI SDK Google image onboarding demos
Compare with
Similar patterns, and when each one is the better fit.
Gemini Structured OutputFreeUse this when your app runs on Gemini and you want typed JSON from a prompt via generateText with Output.object, delivered all at once.
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Generate Image (Grok Imagine)FreeUse this when your app should generate images on xAI Grok Imagine and you want a starting setup that shows results in a basic UI.
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.
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_GENERATIVE_AI_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
GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEYGet key
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
generateTextProviders
Gemini
Files added
4 files
app/page.tsxapp/layout.tsxcomponents/image-demo.tsxapp/api/generate-image/route.ts
Dependencies
10 total
npm packages
4AISDKlucide-reactNext.jsReact
Registry components
input-groupseparatoremptyalertbuttontooltip
Critical files
1 file
generate-image/route.tsAPI route implementing Gemini image generation using AI SDK generateText with Google image response modalities.
Requirements
- Complexity
- Beginner
