Troubleshooting of Google Gemini

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Troubleshooting of Google Gemini API

How to fix "Request contains an invalid argument"

Error message

無法提交提示
錯誤訊息：「Request contains an invalid argument.」

狀態：400 錯誤代碼：3

要求 ID：xxx

Model Affected: gemini-1.5-pro-preview-0409 or gemini-1.5-flash-preview-0514

Workaround solution:

• If you upload a video file for API analysis, you might consider shortening the video duration, for example, using ffmpeg to reduce an hour-long video to half its length. This will help reduce the input token length.

How to fix: The File XXX is not in an ACTIVE state and usage is not allowed

After upload the video to Gemini API Error message

Processing video...
$response is: Array
(
    [error] => Array
        (
            [code] => 400
            [message] => The File XXX is not in an ACTIVE state and usage is not allowed.
            [status] => FAILED_PRECONDITION
        )

)

Solution

• "You need to check its status and wait until it becomes ACTIVE" python - Google GenerativeAI unable to load video files - Stack Overflow

How to fix: TInvalid or unsupported file uri

After upload the video, when I tried to analysis the video by the Gemini API

Error message

Uncaught Exception: API request failed with HTTP code 400
Response: {
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Invalid or unsupported file uri: ZGFkYjY0Njg0MDIyYmM3ZDc2YmIwY2Q5YzI4ZTllYzBhN2E1OGMzNDk2YWVkMmVlZWY0NDhlY2FhZGVjZTM1Ng==",
    "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT"
  }
}

Solution

• Please verify the format of your file URL. It should follow this pattern:

`https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files/XXXXX`

How to fix: Invalid JSON payload received. Unknown name "responseSchema" at 'generation_config'

After upload the video, when I tried to analysis the video by the Gemini API

Error message

{
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Invalid JSON payload received. Unknown name \"responseSchema\" at 'generation_config': Proto field is not repeating, cannot start list.",
    "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
    "details": [
      {
        "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest",
        "fieldViolations": [
          {
            "field": "generation_config",
            "description": "Invalid JSON payload received. Unknown name \"responseSchema\" at 'generation_config': Proto field is not repeating, cannot start list."
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Solution

• The parameter "responseSchema" could not be an empty array

Further reading

• 疑難排解指南  |  Google AI for Developers  |  Google for Developers