model_garden/notebooks/notebook_template.ipynb

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Open in Colab

Open in Colab Enterprise

Open in Workbench

View on GitHub

Overview

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Get started

Install required packages

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! pip3 install --upgrade --quiet google-genai google-cloud-aiplatform

Import libraries

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import os
import sys

# Vertex AI SDK
# import vertexai

# Gen AI SDK
# from google import genai
# from google.genai import types

Authenticate your notebook environment (Colab only)

Authenticate your environment on Google Colab.

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if "google.colab" in sys.modules:
    from google.colab import auth

    auth.authenticate_user()

Set Google Cloud project information

To get started using Vertex AI, you must have an existing Google Cloud project and enable the Vertex AI API. Learn more about setting up a project and a development environment.

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PROJECT_ID = "[your-project-id]"  # @param {type: "string", placeholder: "[your-project-id]", isTemplate: true}
if not PROJECT_ID or PROJECT_ID == "[your-project-id]":
    PROJECT_ID = str(os.environ.get("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"))

LOCATION = "us-central1"  # @param {type:"string"}

Initialize Vertex AI SDK or Gen AI SDK

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# Vertex AI SDK
# vertexai.init(project=PROJECT_ID, location=LOCATION)

# Gen AI SDK
# client = genai.Client(vertexai=True, project=PROJECT_ID, location=LOCATION)

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Cleaning up

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