# google.generativeai.configure

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Captures default client configuration.


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<code>google.generativeai.configure(
    *,
    api_key: (str | None) = None,
    credentials: (ga_credentials.Credentials | dict | None) = None,
    transport: (str | None) = None,
    client_options: (client_options_lib.ClientOptions | dict | None) = None,
    client_info: (gapic_v1.client_info.ClientInfo | None) = None,
    default_metadata: Sequence[tuple[str, str]] = ()
)
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If no API key has been provided (either directly, or on `client_options`) and the
`GOOGLE_API_KEY` environment variable is set, it will be used as the API key.

Note: Not all arguments are detailed below. Refer to the `*ServiceClient` classes in
`google.ai.generativelanguage` for details on the other arguments.

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`transport`<a id="transport"></a>

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A string, one of: [`rest`, `grpc`, `grpc_asyncio`].

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`api_key`<a id="api_key"></a>

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The API-Key to use when creating the default clients (each service uses
a separate client). This is a shortcut for `client_options={"api_key": api_key}`.
If omitted, and the `GOOGLE_API_KEY` environment variable is set, it will be
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`default_metadata`<a id="default_metadata"></a>

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Default (key, value) metadata pairs to send with every request.
when using `transport="rest"` these are sent as HTTP headers.

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