quickstarts/websockets/Get_started_LiveAPI.py (194 lines of code) (raw):

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright 2025 Google LLC # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. """ ## Setup To install the dependencies for this script, run: ``` pip install google-genai opencv-python pyaudio pillow mss ``` Before running this script, ensure the `GOOGLE_API_KEY` environment variable is set to the api-key you obtained from Google AI Studio. Important: **Use headphones**. This script uses the system default audio input and output, which often won't include echo cancellation. So to prevent the model from interrupting itself it is important that you use headphones. ## Run To run the script: ``` python live_api_starter.py ``` The script takes a video-mode flag `--mode`, this can be "camera", "screen", or "none". The default is "camera". To share your screen run: ``` python live_api_starter.py --mode screen ``` """ import asyncio import base64 import json import io import os import sys import traceback import cv2 import pyaudio import PIL.Image import mss import argparse from websockets.asyncio.client import connect if sys.version_info < (3, 11, 0): import taskgroup, exceptiongroup asyncio.TaskGroup = taskgroup.TaskGroup asyncio.ExceptionGroup = exceptiongroup.ExceptionGroup FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16 CHANNELS = 1 SEND_SAMPLE_RATE = 16000 RECEIVE_SAMPLE_RATE = 24000 CHUNK_SIZE = 512 host = "generativelanguage.googleapis.com" model = "gemini-2.0-flash-live-001" DEFAULT_MODE="camera" api_key = os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"] uri = f"wss://{host}/ws/google.ai.generativelanguage.v1beta.GenerativeService.BidiGenerateContent?key={api_key}" class AudioLoop: def __init__(self, video_mode=DEFAULT_MODE): self.video_mode=video_mode self.audio_in_queue = None self.out_queue = None self.ws = None self.audio_stream = None async def startup(self): setup_msg = {"setup": {"model": f"models/{model}"}} await self.ws.send(json.dumps(setup_msg)) raw_response = await self.ws.recv(decode=False) setup_response = json.loads(raw_response.decode("ascii")) async def send_text(self): while True: text = await asyncio.to_thread(input, "message > ") if text.lower() == "q": break msg = { "client_content": { "turn_complete": True, "turns": [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": text}]}], } } await self.ws.send(json.dumps(msg)) def _get_frame(self, cap): # Read the frame ret, frame = cap.read() # Check if the frame was read successfully if not ret: return None # Fix: Convert BGR to RGB color space # OpenCV captures in BGR but PIL expects RGB format # This prevents the blue tint in the video feed frame_rgb = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB) img = PIL.Image.fromarray(frame_rgb) # Now using RGB frame img.thumbnail([1024, 1024]) image_io = io.BytesIO() img.save(image_io, format="jpeg") image_io.seek(0) mime_type = "image/jpeg" image_bytes = image_io.read() return {"mime_type": mime_type, "data": base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode()} async def get_frames(self): # This takes about a second, and will block the whole program # causing the audio pipeline to overflow if you don't to_thread it. cap = await asyncio.to_thread( cv2.VideoCapture, 0 ) # 0 represents the default camera while True: frame = await asyncio.to_thread(self._get_frame, cap) if frame is None: break await asyncio.sleep(1.0) msg = {"realtime_input": {"media_chunks": [frame]}} await self.out_queue.put(msg) # Release the VideoCapture object cap.release() def _get_screen(self): sct = mss.mss() monitor = sct.monitors[0] i = sct.grab(monitor) mime_type = "image/jpeg" image_bytes = mss.tools.to_png(i.rgb, i.size) img = PIL.Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes)) image_io = io.BytesIO() img.save(image_io, format="jpeg") image_io.seek(0) image_bytes = image_io.read() return {"mime_type": mime_type, "data": base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode()} async def get_screen(self): while True: frame = await asyncio.to_thread(self._get_screen) if frame is None: break await asyncio.sleep(1.0) msg = {"realtime_input": {"media_chunks": frame}} await self.out_queue.put(msg) async def send_realtime(self): while True: msg = await self.out_queue.get() await self.ws.send(json.dumps(msg)) async def listen_audio(self): pya = pyaudio.PyAudio() mic_info = pya.get_default_input_device_info() self.audio_stream = pya.open( format=FORMAT, channels=CHANNELS, rate=SEND_SAMPLE_RATE, input=True, input_device_index=mic_info["index"], frames_per_buffer=CHUNK_SIZE, ) while True: data = await asyncio.to_thread(self.audio_stream.read, CHUNK_SIZE) msg = { "realtime_input": { "media_chunks": [ { "data": base64.b64encode(data).decode(), "mime_type": "audio/pcm", } ] } } await self.out_queue.put(msg) async def receive_audio(self): "Background task to reads from the websocket and write pcm chunks to the output queue" async for raw_response in self.ws: # Other things could be returned here, but we'll ignore those for now. response = json.loads(raw_response.decode("ascii")) try: b64data = response["serverContent"]["modelTurn"]["parts"][0][ "inlineData" ]["data"] except KeyError: pass else: pcm_data = base64.b64decode(b64data) self.audio_in_queue.put_nowait(pcm_data) try: turn_complete = response["serverContent"]["turnComplete"] except KeyError: pass else: if turn_complete: # If you interrupt the model, it sends an end_of_turn. # For interruptions to work, we need to empty out the audio queue # Because it may have loaded much more audio than has played yet. print("\nEnd of turn") while not self.audio_in_queue.empty(): self.audio_in_queue.get_nowait() async def play_audio(self): pya = pyaudio.PyAudio() stream = pya.open( format=FORMAT, channels=CHANNELS, rate=RECEIVE_SAMPLE_RATE, output=True ) while True: bytestream = await self.audio_in_queue.get() await asyncio.to_thread(stream.write, bytestream) async def run(self): """Takes audio chunks off the input queue, and writes them to files. Splits and displays files if the queue pauses for more than `max_pause`. """ try: async with ( await connect( uri, additional_headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"} ) as ws, asyncio.TaskGroup() as tg, ): self.ws = ws await self.startup() self.audio_in_queue = asyncio.Queue() self.out_queue = asyncio.Queue(maxsize=5) send_text_task = tg.create_task(self.send_text()) tg.create_task(self.send_realtime()) tg.create_task(self.listen_audio()) if self.video_mode == "camera": tg.create_task(self.get_frames()) elif self.video_mode == "screen": tg.create_task(self.get_screen()) tg.create_task(self.receive_audio()) tg.create_task(self.play_audio()) await send_text_task raise asyncio.CancelledError("User requested exit") except asyncio.CancelledError: pass except ExceptionGroup as EG: self.audio_stream.close() traceback.print_exception(EG) if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument( "--mode", type=str, default=DEFAULT_MODE, help="pixels to stream from", choices=["camera", "screen", "none"], ) args = parser.parse_args() main = AudioLoop(video_mode=args.mode) asyncio.run(main.run())