Safety settings mismatch with API

[dani-mp]

Environment details

• Programming language: TypeScript
• OS: macOS
• Language runtime version: Node 20
• Package version: 1.10.0

Steps to reproduce

When using the method property inside safety settings, we get an error:

Error: method parameter is not supported in Gemini API.

Also, about the default value for this field, the docs are in conflict with each other. One mentions that the default value is probability, but the other says it is severity.

Finally, only 5 categories in HarmCategory are supported. Mapping all categories (which we were trying to do automatically) results in the following error:

{"error":{"code":400,"message":"* GenerateContentRequest.safety_settings[0]: element predicate failed: $.category in (HarmCategory.HARM_CATEGORY_HATE_SPEECH, HarmCategory.HARM_CATEGORY_SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT, HarmCategory.HARM_CATEGORY_DANGEROUS_CONTENT, HarmCategory.HARM_CATEGORY_HARASSMENT, HarmCategory.HARM_CATEGORY_CIVIC_INTEGRITY)\n","status":"INVALID_ARGUMENT"}}

[shmishra99]

Hi @dani-mp ,

The method parameter within safetySettings does not work with the Gemini Developer API or Google AI Studio. It is only supported by the Vertex AI Gemini API. The documentation you provided is specifically for Vertex AI.

I'm escalating this feature request to the team for the implementation of the method parameter in safety settings. I'll update you once I have update. Thank You!!

[dani-mp]

thanks, @shmishra99 - note that the issue is not only about the method parameter

it seems the client works for both apis using the same interface? that's misleading, and also the fact that you can pass certain params (like mehtod or non-supported harm categories) allowd by the sdk but failing them at runtime