# google.generativeai.get_base_model

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Calls the API to fetch a base model by name.


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<code>google.generativeai.get_base_model(
    name: model_types.BaseModelNameOptions,
    *,
    client=None,
    request_options: (helper_types.RequestOptionsType | None) = None
) -> model_types.Model
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```
import pprint
model = genai.get_base_model('models/chat-bison-001')
pprint.pprint(model)
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`name`<a id="name"></a>

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The name of the model to fetch. Should start with `models/`

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

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The client to use.

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

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Options for the request.

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A <a href="../../google/generativeai/types/Model.md"><code>types.Model</code></a>.

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