README.md

Gemini File Search RAG Demo

A simple demo that shows how to use Google's Gemini API to ask questions about your documents (PDFs, text files, etc).

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12+
• Node.js and npm
• Gemini API key

Setup

1. Create .env.local file in the root directory:

GEMINI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Run the App

Backend API:

uv run api/main.py

API runs at http://localhost:8000

Frontend:

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend runs at http://localhost:5173

Quick Demo (CLI)

uv run demo.py

Latency Testing

uv run latency_test.py

Important Links

• File Search Video Tutorial - YouTube walkthrough
• File Search Announcement - Official Google blog post
• File Search Documentation - Complete usage guide
• Generate Content API - API reference for content generation
• File Search Stores API - API reference for stores
• Documents API - API reference for documents