图片理解

Gemini 模型从一开始就具有多模态特性,可解锁各种图片处理和计算机视觉任务,包括但不限于图片说明、分类和视觉问答,而无需训练专门的机器学习模型。

将图片传递给 Gemini

您可以通过以下两种方法将图片作为输入提供给 Gemini:

传递内嵌图片数据

您可以将请求中的内嵌图片数据传递给 generateContent。您可以以 Base64 编码字符串的形式提供图片数据,也可以直接读取本地文件(具体取决于语言)。

以下示例展示了如何从本地文件读取图片,并将其传递给 generateContent API 进行处理。

Python

  from google.genai import types

  with open('path/to/small-sample.jpg', 'rb') as f:
      image_bytes = f.read()

  response = client.models.generate_content(
    model='gemini-2.5-flash',
    contents=[
      types.Part.from_bytes(
        data=image_bytes,
        mime_type='image/jpeg',
      ),
      'Caption this image.'
    ]
  )

  print(response.text)

JavaScript

import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
import * as fs from "node:fs";

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const base64ImageFile = fs.readFileSync("path/to/small-sample.jpg", {
  encoding: "base64",
});

const contents = [
  {
    inlineData: {
      mimeType: "image/jpeg",
      data: base64ImageFile,
    },
  },
  { text: "Caption this image." },
];

const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
  model: "gemini-2.5-flash",
  contents: contents,
});
console.log(response.text);

Go

bytes, _ := os.ReadFile("path/to/small-sample.jpg")

parts := []*genai.Part{
  genai.NewPartFromBytes(bytes, "image/jpeg"),
  genai.NewPartFromText("Caption this image."),
}

contents := []*genai.Content{
  genai.NewContentFromParts(parts, genai.RoleUser),
}

result, _ := client.Models.GenerateContent(
  ctx,
  "gemini-2.5-flash",
  contents,
  nil,
)

fmt.Println(result.Text())

REST

IMG_PATH="/path/to/your/image1.jpg"

if [[ "$(base64 --version 2>&1)" = *"FreeBSD"* ]]; then
B64FLAGS="--input"
else
B64FLAGS="-w0"
fi

curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent" \
-H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-X POST \
-d '{
    "contents": [{
    "parts":[
        {
            "inline_data": {
            "mime_type":"image/jpeg",
            "data": "'"$(base64 $B64FLAGS $IMG_PATH)"'"
            }
        },
        {"text": "Caption this image."},
    ]
    }]
}' 2> /dev/null

您还可以从网址提取图片,将其转换为字节,然后将其传递给 generateContent,如以下示例所示。

Python

from google import genai
from google.genai import types

import requests

image_path = "https://goo.gle/instrument-img"
image_bytes = requests.get(image_path).content
image = types.Part.from_bytes(
  data=image_bytes, mime_type="image/jpeg"
)

client = genai.Client()

response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents=["What is this image?", image],
)

print(response.text)

JavaScript

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

async function main() {
  const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});

  const imageUrl = "https://goo.gle/instrument-img";

  const response = await fetch(imageUrl);
  const imageArrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
  const base64ImageData = Buffer.from(imageArrayBuffer).toString('base64');

  const result = await ai.models.generateContent({
    model: "gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents: [
    {
      inlineData: {
        mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
        data: base64ImageData,
      },
    },
    { text: "Caption this image." }
  ],
  });
  console.log(result.text);
}

main();

Go

package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "os"
  "io"
  "net/http"
  "google.golang.org/genai"
)

func main() {
  ctx := context.Background()
  client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, nil)
  if err != nil {
      log.Fatal(err)
  }

  // Download the image.
  imageResp, _ := http.Get("https://goo.gle/instrument-img")

  imageBytes, _ := io.ReadAll(imageResp.Body)

  parts := []*genai.Part{
    genai.NewPartFromBytes(imageBytes, "image/jpeg"),
    genai.NewPartFromText("Caption this image."),
  }

  contents := []*genai.Content{
    genai.NewContentFromParts(parts, genai.RoleUser),
  }

  result, _ := client.Models.GenerateContent(
    ctx,
    "gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents,
    nil,
  )

  fmt.Println(result.Text())
}

REST

IMG_URL="https://goo.gle/instrument-img"

MIME_TYPE=$(curl -sIL "$IMG_URL" | grep -i '^content-type:' | awk -F ': ' '{print $2}' | sed 's/\r$//' | head -n 1)
if [[ -z "$MIME_TYPE" || ! "$MIME_TYPE" == image/* ]]; then
  MIME_TYPE="image/jpeg"
fi

# Check for macOS
if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
  IMAGE_B64=$(curl -sL "$IMG_URL" | base64 -b 0)
elif [[ "$(base64 --version 2>&1)" = *"FreeBSD"* ]]; then
  IMAGE_B64=$(curl -sL "$IMG_URL" | base64)
else
  IMAGE_B64=$(curl -sL "$IMG_URL" | base64 -w0)
fi

curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent" \
    -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -X POST \
    -d '{
      "contents": [{
        "parts":[
            {
              "inline_data": {
                "mime_type":"'"$MIME_TYPE"'",
                "data": "'"$IMAGE_B64"'"
              }
            },
            {"text": "Caption this image."}
        ]
      }]
    }' 2> /dev/null

使用 File API 上传图片

对于大型文件或需要反复使用同一图片文件,请使用 Files API。以下代码会上传图片文件,然后在对 generateContent 的调用中使用该文件。如需了解详情和示例,请参阅 Files API 指南

Python

from google import genai

client = genai.Client()

my_file = client.files.upload(file="path/to/sample.jpg")

response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents=[my_file, "Caption this image."],
)

print(response.text)

JavaScript

import {
  GoogleGenAI,
  createUserContent,
  createPartFromUri,
} from "@google/genai";

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});

async function main() {
  const myfile = await ai.files.upload({
    file: "path/to/sample.jpg",
    config: { mimeType: "image/jpeg" },
  });

  const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
    model: "gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents: createUserContent([
      createPartFromUri(myfile.uri, myfile.mimeType),
      "Caption this image.",
    ]),
  });
  console.log(response.text);
}

await main();

Go

package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "os"
  "google.golang.org/genai"
)

func main() {
  ctx := context.Background()
  client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, nil)
  if err != nil {
      log.Fatal(err)
  }

  uploadedFile, _ := client.Files.UploadFromPath(ctx, "path/to/sample.jpg", nil)

  parts := []*genai.Part{
      genai.NewPartFromText("Caption this image."),
      genai.NewPartFromURI(uploadedFile.URI, uploadedFile.MIMEType),
  }

  contents := []*genai.Content{
      genai.NewContentFromParts(parts, genai.RoleUser),
  }

  result, _ := client.Models.GenerateContent(
      ctx,
      "gemini-2.5-flash",
      contents,
      nil,
  )

  fmt.Println(result.Text())
}

REST

IMAGE_PATH="path/to/sample.jpg"
MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${IMAGE_PATH}")
NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${IMAGE_PATH}")
DISPLAY_NAME=IMAGE

tmp_header_file=upload-header.tmp

# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/upload/v1beta/files" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -D upload-header.tmp \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null

upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
rm "${tmp_header_file}"

# Upload the actual bytes.
curl "${upload_url}" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
  --data-binary "@${IMAGE_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json

file_uri=$(jq -r ".file.uri" file_info.json)
echo file_uri=$file_uri

# Now generate content using that file
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent" \
    -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -X POST \
    -d '{
      "contents": [{
        "parts":[
          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "'"${MIME_TYPE}"'", "file_uri": "'"${file_uri}"'"}},
          {"text": "Caption this image."}]
        }]
      }' 2> /dev/null > response.json

cat response.json
echo

jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json

使用多张图片提示

您可以在单个问题中提供多张图片,方法是在 contents 数组中添加多个图片 Part 对象。这些数据可以是内嵌数据(本地文件或网址)和 File API 引用的混合。

Python

from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client()

# Upload the first image
image1_path = "path/to/image1.jpg"
uploaded_file = client.files.upload(file=image1_path)

# Prepare the second image as inline data
image2_path = "path/to/image2.png"
with open(image2_path, 'rb') as f:
    img2_bytes = f.read()

# Create the prompt with text and multiple images
response = client.models.generate_content(

    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents=[
        "What is different between these two images?",
        uploaded_file,  # Use the uploaded file reference
        types.Part.from_bytes(
            data=img2_bytes,
            mime_type='image/png'
        )
    ]
)

print(response.text)

JavaScript

import {
  GoogleGenAI,
  createUserContent,
  createPartFromUri,
} from "@google/genai";
import * as fs from "node:fs";

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});

async function main() {
  // Upload the first image
  const image1_path = "path/to/image1.jpg";
  const uploadedFile = await ai.files.upload({
    file: image1_path,
    config: { mimeType: "image/jpeg" },
  });

  // Prepare the second image as inline data
  const image2_path = "path/to/image2.png";
  const base64Image2File = fs.readFileSync(image2_path, {
    encoding: "base64",
  });

  // Create the prompt with text and multiple images

  const response = await ai.models.generateContent({

    model: "gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents: createUserContent([
      "What is different between these two images?",
      createPartFromUri(uploadedFile.uri, uploadedFile.mimeType),
      {
        inlineData: {
          mimeType: "image/png",
          data: base64Image2File,
        },
      },
    ]),
  });
  console.log(response.text);
}

await main();

Go

// Upload the first image
image1Path := "path/to/image1.jpg"
uploadedFile, _ := client.Files.UploadFromPath(ctx, image1Path, nil)

// Prepare the second image as inline data
image2Path := "path/to/image2.jpeg"
imgBytes, _ := os.ReadFile(image2Path)

parts := []*genai.Part{
  genai.NewPartFromText("What is different between these two images?"),
  genai.NewPartFromBytes(imgBytes, "image/jpeg"),
  genai.NewPartFromURI(uploadedFile.URI, uploadedFile.MIMEType),
}

contents := []*genai.Content{
  genai.NewContentFromParts(parts, genai.RoleUser),
}

result, _ := client.Models.GenerateContent(
  ctx,
  "gemini-2.5-flash",
  contents,
  nil,
)

fmt.Println(result.Text())

REST

# Upload the first image
IMAGE1_PATH="path/to/image1.jpg"
MIME1_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${IMAGE1_PATH}")
NUM1_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${IMAGE1_PATH}")
DISPLAY_NAME1=IMAGE1

tmp_header_file1=upload-header1.tmp

curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/upload/v1beta/files" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -D upload-header1.tmp \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM1_BYTES}" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME1_TYPE}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME1}'}}" 2> /dev/null

upload_url1=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file1}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
rm "${tmp_header_file1}"

curl "${upload_url1}" \
  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM1_BYTES}" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
  --data-binary "@${IMAGE1_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info1.json

file1_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info1.json)
echo file1_uri=$file1_uri

# Prepare the second image (inline)
IMAGE2_PATH="path/to/image2.png"
MIME2_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${IMAGE2_PATH}")

if [[ "$(base64 --version 2>&1)" = *"FreeBSD"* ]]; then
  B64FLAGS="--input"
else
  B64FLAGS="-w0"
fi
IMAGE2_BASE64=$(base64 $B64FLAGS $IMAGE2_PATH)

# Now generate content using both images
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent" \
    -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -X POST \
    -d '{
      "contents": [{
        "parts":[
          {"text": "What is different between these two images?"},
          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "'"${MIME1_TYPE}"'", "file_uri": '$file1_uri'}},
          {
            "inline_data": {
              "mime_type":"'"${MIME2_TYPE}"'",
              "data": "'"$IMAGE2_BASE64"'"
            }
          }
        ]
      }]
    }' 2> /dev/null > response.json

cat response.json
echo

jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json

对象检测

从 Gemini 2.0 开始,模型会接受进一步训练,以检测图片中的对象并获取其边界框坐标。坐标相对于图片尺寸,比例为 [0, 1000]。您需要根据原始图片大小缩小这些坐标。

Python

from google import genai
from google.genai import types
from PIL import Image
import json

client = genai.Client()
prompt = "Detect the all of the prominent items in the image. The box_2d should be [ymin, xmin, ymax, xmax] normalized to 0-1000."

image = Image.open("/path/to/image.png")

config = types.GenerateContentConfig(
  response_mime_type="application/json"
  ) 

response = client.models.generate_content(model="gemini-2.5-flash",
                                          contents=[image, prompt],
                                          config=config
                                          )

width, height = image.size
bounding_boxes = json.loads(response.text)

converted_bounding_boxes = []
for bounding_box in bounding_boxes:
    abs_y1 = int(bounding_box["box_2d"][0]/1000 * height)
    abs_x1 = int(bounding_box["box_2d"][1]/1000 * width)
    abs_y2 = int(bounding_box["box_2d"][2]/1000 * height)
    abs_x2 = int(bounding_box["box_2d"][3]/1000 * width)
    converted_bounding_boxes.append([abs_x1, abs_y1, abs_x2, abs_y2])

print("Image size: ", width, height)
print("Bounding boxes:", converted_bounding_boxes)

如需查看更多示例,请参阅以下食谱:

细分

从 Gemini 2.5 开始,模型不仅可以检测商品,还可以对其进行分割并提供轮廓遮罩。

该模型会预测一个 JSON 列表,其中每个项都代表一个分割掩码。每个项都有一个边界框(“box_2d”),格式为 [y0, x0, y1, x1],归一化坐标介于 0 到 1000 之间,一个用于标识对象的标签(“label”),最后是边界框内的分割掩码,以 base64 编码的 png 格式表示,即值介于 0 到 255 之间的概率图。需要调整遮罩的大小,使其与边界框的尺寸一致,然后根据置信度阈值进行二值化处理(中点为 127)。

Python

from google import genai
from google.genai import types
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw    
import io
import base64
import json
import numpy as np
import os    

client = genai.Client()

def parse_json(json_output: str):
  # Parsing out the markdown fencing
  lines = json_output.splitlines()
  for i, line in enumerate(lines):
      if line == "```json":
          json_output = "\n".join(lines[i+1:])  # Remove everything before "```json"
          json_output = json_output.split("```")[0]  # Remove everything after the closing "```"
          break  # Exit the loop once "```json" is found
  return json_output

def extract_segmentation_masks(image_path: str, output_dir: str = "segmentation_outputs"):
  # Load and resize image
  im = Image.open(image_path)
  im.thumbnail([1024, 1024], Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)

  prompt = """
  Give the segmentation masks for the wooden and glass items.
  Output a JSON list of segmentation masks where each entry contains the 2D
  bounding box in the key "box_2d", the segmentation mask in key "mask", and
  the text label in the key "label". Use descriptive labels.
  """

  config = types.GenerateContentConfig(      
    thinking_config=types.ThinkingConfig(thinking_budget=0) # set thinking_budget to 0 for better results in object detection
  ) 

  response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    contents=[prompt, im], # Pillow images can be directly passed as inputs (which will be converted by the SDK)
    config=config
  )

  # Parse JSON response
  items = json.loads(parse_json(response.text))

  # Create output directory
  os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)

  # Process each mask
  for i, item in enumerate(items):
      # Get bounding box coordinates
      box = item["box_2d"]
      y0 = int(box[0] / 1000 * im.size[1])
      x0 = int(box[1] / 1000 * im.size[0])
      y1 = int(box[2] / 1000 * im.size[1])
      x1 = int(box[3] / 1000 * im.size[0])

      # Skip invalid boxes
      if y0 >= y1 or x0 >= x1:
          continue

      # Process mask
      png_str = item["mask"]
      if not png_str.startswith("data:image/png;base64,"):
          continue

      # Remove prefix
      png_str = png_str.removeprefix("data:image/png;base64,")
      mask_data = base64.b64decode(png_str)
      mask = Image.open(io.BytesIO(mask_data))

      # Resize mask to match bounding box
      mask = mask.resize((x1 - x0, y1 - y0), Image.Resampling.BILINEAR)

      # Convert mask to numpy array for processing
      mask_array = np.array(mask)

      # Create overlay for this mask
      overlay = Image.new('RGBA', im.size, (0, 0, 0, 0))
      overlay_draw = ImageDraw.Draw(overlay)

      # Create overlay for the mask
      color = (255, 255, 255, 200)
      for y in range(y0, y1):
          for x in range(x0, x1):
              if mask_array[y - y0, x - x0] > 128:  # Threshold for mask
                  overlay_draw.point((x, y), fill=color)

      # Save individual mask and its overlay
      mask_filename = f"{item['label']}_{i}_mask.png"
      overlay_filename = f"{item['label']}_{i}_overlay.png"

      mask.save(os.path.join(output_dir, mask_filename))

      # Create and save overlay
      composite = Image.alpha_composite(im.convert('RGBA'), overlay)
      composite.save(os.path.join(output_dir, overlay_filename))
      print(f"Saved mask and overlay for {item['label']} to {output_dir}")

# Example usage
if __name__ == "__main__":
  extract_segmentation_masks("path/to/image.png")

如需查看更详细的示例,请参阅食谱指南中的细分示例

一张摆满纸杯蛋糕的桌子,其中突出显示了木制和玻璃物品
包含对象和分割蒙版的分割输出示例

支持的图片格式

Gemini 支持以下图片格式 MIME 类型:

  • PNG - image/png
  • JPEG - image/jpeg
  • WEBP - image/webp
  • HEIC - image/heic
  • HEIF - image/heif

功能

所有 Gemini 模型版本都是多模态的,可用于各种图片处理和计算机视觉任务,包括但不限于图片描述、视觉问答、图片分类、对象检测和分割。

Gemini 可以根据您的质量和性能要求,减少使用专用机器学习模型的需要。

除了通用功能之外,一些较新版本的模型还经过专门训练,可提高专门任务的准确性:

  • Gemini 2.0 模型经过进一步训练,可支持增强型对象检测

  • Gemini 2.5 模型经过进一步训练,除了对象检测之外,还支持增强型分割

限制和关键技术信息

文件数量限制

Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash、2.0 Flash、1.5 Pro 和 1.5 Flash 支持每个请求最多 3,600 个图片文件。

令牌计算

  • Gemini 1.5 Flash 和 Gemini 1.5 Pro:如果两个尺寸均小于等于 384 像素,则为 258 个令牌。系统会将较大的图片划分为多个图块(每个图块最小 256 像素,最大 768 像素,调整为 768x768),每个图块的费用为 258 个令牌。
  • Gemini 2.0 Flash 和 Gemini 2.5 Flash/Pro:如果两个尺寸均小于等于 384 像素,则为 258 个令牌。 系统会将较大的图片划分为 768x768 像素的图块,每个图块的费用为 258 个令牌。

技巧和最佳做法

  • 验证图片是否旋转正确。
  • 使用清晰、不模糊的图片。
  • 使用带文本的单张图片时,请将文本提示放在 contents 数组中的图片部分后面

后续步骤

本指南介绍了如何上传图片文件,以及如何根据图片输入生成文本输出。如需了解详情,请参阅以下资源:

  • Files API:详细了解如何上传和管理文件以便在 Gemini 中使用。
  • 系统指令:借助系统指令,您可以根据自己的特定需求和使用情形来控制模型的行为。
  • 文件提示策略:Gemini API 支持使用文本、图片、音频和视频数据进行提示,也称为多模态提示。
  • 安全指南:生成式 AI 模型有时会生成意想不到的输出,例如不准确、有偏见或令人反感的输出。后处理和人工评估对于限制此类输出造成伤害的风险至关重要。