Google Video Input Bytes Content

Download an MP4 and pass it to Gemini as raw video bytes for analysis.

video_input_bytes_content.py

"""
Google Video Input Bytes Content
================================

Cookbook example for `google/gemini/video_input_bytes_content.py`.
"""

import requests
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import Video
from agno.models.google import Gemini

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(
    model=Gemini(id="gemini-3.5-flash"),
    markdown=True,
)

url = "https://videos.pexels.com/video-files/5752729/5752729-uhd_2560_1440_30fps.mp4"

# Download the video file from the URL as bytes
response = requests.get(url)
video_content = response.content

agent.print_response(
    "Tell me about this video",
    videos=[Video(content=video_content)],
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass

Run the Example

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

   uv venv --python 3.12
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno google-genai requests
   
3. Export your Google API key

   Mac/Linux

   export GOOGLE_API_KEY="your_google_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:GOOGLE_API_KEY="your_google_api_key_here"
   
4. Run the example

   Save the code above as video_input_bytes_content.py, then run:

   python video_input_bytes_content.py
   

Full source: cookbook/90_models/google/gemini/video_input_bytes_content.py