Gemini CLI: Interact with Google's AI on the Command Line

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This is a command-line interface (CLI) for interacting with Google's Gemini large language models (LLMs) using your Gemini API key. It allows you to:

• Generate text: Prompt Gemini for creative text formats, like poems, code, scripts, musical pieces, email, letters, etc.
• Summarize YouTube videos: Provide a YouTube URL and get a concise summary of the video content.
• Ask questions about YouTube videos: After summarizing a video, use Gemini's knowledge to answer your questions about the content.

Features:

• Simple and easy-to-use interface
• Integrates with YouTube summaries for informed questioning
• Leverages the power of Google's Gemini LLMs

Requirements:

• Gemini API key: Obtain a key from [https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/api-key) (Free tier available)

Installation:

There are two ways to get started with Gemini CLI:

1. Download a pre-built executable (if available):

   • Check the project's Releases section on GitHub for downloadable executables (.exe for Windows, etc.). This is the easiest option if available for your operating system.
   • Download the appropriate installer for your system and follow the installation instructions.

2. Build from source (for advanced users or when pre-built executables are not available):

   • Prerequisites:
     • Python 3.x (https://www.python.org/downloads/)
   • Steps:

     • Clone this repository:

       git clone https://github.com/aiyu-ayaan/Gemini-CLI

       (Replace your-username with your GitHub username)

     • Install dependencies:

       cd Gemini-CLI
       pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage: The Gemini CLI provides several command-line arguments to interact with the tool. Below are the supported arguments and their descriptions.

Arguments:

• --question, -q:

  • Type: str
  • Description: The question to ask Gemini.
  • Example: --question "What is the capital of France?"

• --word-limit, -wl:

  • Type: int
  • Default: 0
  • Description: Sets the word limit for the response from Gemini.
  • Example: --word-limit 50

• --info, -i:

  • Action: InfoAction
  • Description: Displays information about the Gemini CLI.
  • Example: --info

• --youtube, -yt:

  • Type: str
  • Description: YouTube URL to get the transcript from.
  • Example: --youtube "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

• --pdf , -p:

  • Type: str
  • Description: PDF file to get the text from.
  • Example: --pdf "path/to/pdf/file.pdf"

• --start-page-index , -spi:

  • Type: int
  • Description: The index of the page to start extracting text from.
  • Example: `--start-page-index 2

• --end-page-index , -epi:

  • Type: int
  • Description: The index of the page to end extracting text from.
  • Example: --end-page-index 5

• --export-docx , -ed:

  • Type: str
  • Description: Export the response to docx file.
  • Example: --export-docx "file.docx"

• --output-path , -op:

  • Type: str
  • Description: The path to save the response.
  • Example: --output-path "path/to/save/"

Summarizing YouTube Videos

To summarize a YouTube video, you can use the -yt, -wl, and -q tags together. Below is an example of how to use these tags:

In this example:

• The -yt tag specifies the YouTube URL.
• The -wl tag sets a word limit of 100 words for the response.
• The -q tag provides the question to ask Gemini which in this case is to summarize the main points of the video.

Examples

Asking a Question

python gemini-cli -q "What is the weather like today?"

Setting a Word Limit for the Response

python gemini-cli -q "Explain the theory of relativity." -wl 50

Getting Information About the CLI

python gemini-cli -i

Summarizing a YouTube Video

python gemini-cli -yt "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

Asking a Question About a YouTube Video

python gemini-cli -yt "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" -wl 100 -q "What are the main points discussed in this video?"

Ask a Question from the provided PDF file

gemini -p "path/to/file.pdf" -q "What is the main idea of this document?"

Export the response to a docx file

gemini -q "What is the capital of France?" -ed "output.docx"

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