Test text prompts (Generative AI)

Test a test prompt to generate ideas using a publisher text model.

Code sample

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.EndpointName;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictResponse;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictionServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.PredictionServiceSettings;
import com.google.protobuf.Value;
import com.google.protobuf.util.JsonFormat;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class PredictTextPromptSample {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    // Details of designing text prompts for supported large language models:
    // https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/generative-ai/text/text-overview
    String instance =
        "{ \"prompt\": " + "\"Give me ten interview questions for the role of program manager.\"}";
    String parameters =
        "{\n"
            + "  \"temperature\": 0.2,\n"
            + "  \"maxOutputTokens\": 256,\n"
            + "  \"topP\": 0.95,\n"
            + "  \"topK\": 40\n"
            + "}";
    String project = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";
    String location = "us-central1";
    String publisher = "google";
    String model = "text-bison@001";

    predictTextPrompt(instance, parameters, project, location, publisher, model);
  }

  // Get a text prompt from a supported text model
  public static void predictTextPrompt(
      String instance,
      String parameters,
      String project,
      String location,
      String publisher,
      String model)
      throws IOException {
    String endpoint = String.format("%s-aiplatform.googleapis.com:443", location);
    PredictionServiceSettings predictionServiceSettings =
        PredictionServiceSettings.newBuilder().setEndpoint(endpoint).build();

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (PredictionServiceClient predictionServiceClient =
        PredictionServiceClient.create(predictionServiceSettings)) {
      final EndpointName endpointName =
          EndpointName.ofProjectLocationPublisherModelName(project, location, publisher, model);

      // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
      // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
      Value.Builder instanceValue = Value.newBuilder();
      JsonFormat.parser().merge(instance, instanceValue);
      List<Value> instances = new ArrayList<>();
      instances.add(instanceValue.build());

      // Use Value.Builder to convert instance to a dynamically typed value that can be
      // processed by the service.
      Value.Builder parameterValueBuilder = Value.newBuilder();
      JsonFormat.parser().merge(parameters, parameterValueBuilder);
      Value parameterValue = parameterValueBuilder.build();

      PredictResponse predictResponse =
          predictionServiceClient.predict(endpointName, instances, parameterValue);
      System.out.println("Predict Response");
      System.out.println(predictResponse);
    }
  }
}

Ruby

Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

require "google/cloud/ai_platform/v1"

##
# Vertex AI Predict Text Prompt
#
# @param project_id [String] Your Google Cloud project (e.g. "my-project")
# @param location_id [String] Your Processor Location (e.g. "us-central1")
# @param publisher [String] The Model Publisher (e.g. "google")
# @param model [String] The Model Identifier (e.g. "text-bison@001")
#
def predict_text_prompt project_id:, location_id:, publisher:, model:
  # Create the Vertex AI client.
  client = ::Google::Cloud::AIPlatform::V1::PredictionService::Client.new do |config|
    config.endpoint = "#{location_id}-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
  end

  # Build the resource name from the project.
  endpoint = client.endpoint_path(
    project: project_id,
    location: location_id,
    publisher: publisher,
    model: model
  )

  prompt = "Give me ten interview questions for the role of program manager."

  # Initialize the request arguments
  instance = Google::Protobuf::Value.new(
    struct_value: Google::Protobuf::Struct.new(
      fields: {
        "prompt" => Google::Protobuf::Value.new(
          string_value: prompt
        )
      }
    )
  )

  instances = [instance]

  parameters = Google::Protobuf::Value.new(
    struct_value: Google::Protobuf::Struct.new(
      fields: {
        "temperature" => Google::Protobuf::Value.new(number_value: 0.2),
        "maxOutputTokens" => Google::Protobuf::Value.new(number_value: 256),
        "topP" => Google::Protobuf::Value.new(number_value: 0.95),
        "topK" => Google::Protobuf::Value.new(number_value: 40)
      }
    )
  )

  # Make the prediction request
  response = client.predict endpoint: endpoint, instances: instances, parameters: parameters

  # Handle the prediction response
  puts "Predict Response"
  puts response
end

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