Ephemeral tokens

import datetime

now = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc)

client = genai.Client(
    http_options={'api_version': 'v1alpha',}
)

token = client.auth_tokens.create(
    config = {
    'uses': 1, # The ephemeral token can only be used to start a single session
    'expire_time': now + datetime.timedelta(minutes=30), # Default is 30 minutes in the future
    # 'expire_time': '2025-05-17T00:00:00Z',   # Accepts isoformat.
    'new_session_expire_time': now + datetime.timedelta(minutes=1), # Default 1 minute in the future
    'http_options': {'api_version': 'v1alpha'},
  }
)

# You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it

import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";

const client = new GoogleGenAI({});
const expireTime = new Date(Date.now() + 30 * 60 * 1000).toISOString();

  const token: AuthToken = await client.authTokens.create({
    config: {
      uses: 1, // The default
      expireTime: expireTime // Default is 30 mins
      newSessionExpireTime: new Date(Date.now() + (1 * 60 * 1000)), // Default 1 minute in the future
      httpOptions: {apiVersion: 'v1alpha'},
    },
  });

client = genai.Client(
    http_options={'api_version': 'v1alpha',}
)

token = client.auth_tokens.create(
    config = {
    'uses': 1,
    'live_connect_constraints': {
        'model': 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001',
        'config': {
            'session_resumption':{},
            'temperature':0.7,
            'response_modalities':['TEXT']
        }
    },
    'http_options': {'api_version': 'v1alpha'},
    }
)

# You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it

import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";

const client = new GoogleGenAI({});
const expireTime = new Date(Date.now() + 30 * 60 * 1000).toISOString();

const token = await client.authTokens.create({
    config: {
        uses: 1, // The default
        expireTime: expireTime,
        liveConnectConstraints: {
            model: 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001',
            config: {
                sessionResumption: {},
                temperature: 0.7,
                responseModalities: ['TEXT']
            }
        },
        httpOptions: {
            apiVersion: 'v1alpha'
        }
    }
});

// You'll need to pass the value under token.name back to your client to use it

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';

// Use the token generated in the "Create an ephemeral token" section here
const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-2.0-flash-live-001';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT] };

async function main() {

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    config: config,
    callbacks: { ... },
  });

  // Send content...

  session.close();
}

main();