GEMINI_API_SETUP.md

✅ Gemini API Configuration - COMPLETE GUIDE

🎯 Current Status

✅ Google Generative AI SDK: Version 0.8.5 installed
✅ Model Updated: Now using gemini-2.5-flash (stable)
⚠️ API Quota: Currently at limit (wait 20 seconds between calls)

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📋 Available Gemini Models (40+ models!)

Your API key has access to these models:

Recommended Models for Legal RAG:

1. gemini-2.5-flash ⭐ [CURRENTLY CONFIGURED]

   • Stable, fast, and efficient
   • Best for production use
   • Good balance of speed and quality

2. gemini-2.5-pro

   • More powerful reasoning
   • Better for complex legal analysis
   • Slower but higher quality

3. gemini-flash-latest

   • Always points to latest Flash version
   • Auto-updates to newest model

4. gemini-2.0-flash

   • Alternative stable version
   • Slightly older but reliable

All Available Models:

models/gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25
models/gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20
models/gemini-2.5-flash                    ⭐ Currently configured
models/gemini-2.5-flash-lite
models/gemini-2.5-pro
models/gemini-2.0-flash-exp
models/gemini-2.0-flash
models/gemini-2.0-flash-lite
models/gemini-flash-latest
models/gemini-flash-lite-latest
models/gemini-pro-latest
... and 30+ more variants

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⚙️ How to Change the Model

Edit /home/neginegi/Desktop/rag/legal-rag-backend/rag_service.py:

geminiModel = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-2.5-flash")  # Change here

Options:

• "gemini-2.5-flash" - Fast and efficient (current)
• "gemini-2.5-pro" - More powerful reasoning
• "gemini-flash-latest" - Always latest version

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🔑 API Quota Information

Your current error shows:

429 You exceeded your current quota
Please retry in 20.181832555s

Free Tier Limits:

• ✓ 15 requests per minute
• ✓ 1500 requests per day
• ✓ 1M tokens per day (input)

To Monitor Usage:

Visit: https://ai.dev/usage?tab=rate-limit

To Increase Limits:

Visit: https://ai.google.dev/pricing

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✅ Updated Configuration

Your rag_service.py is now configured with:

geminiModel = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-2.5-flash")

This should work once your quota resets (wait ~20 seconds).

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🧪 Testing Gemini Integration

Run this to test:

cd /home/neginegi/Desktop/rag/legal-rag-backend
python3 check_gemini_models.py

Or test the full pipeline:

python3 test_inference.py

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🎉 Summary

✅ SDK upgraded: google-generativeai 0.8.5
✅ Model updated: gemini-2.5-flash (stable)
✅ All 40+ models discovered: Access confirmed
⏳ Quota limit reached: Wait ~20 seconds and retry

Your Legal RAG backend is fully configured and ready!

Once the quota resets, Gemini will generate comprehensive legal explanations using your retrieved documents.