Generate embeddings for multimodal input

This code sample shows how to use the multimodal model to generate embeddings for text and image inputs.

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Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Go 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 (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	aiplatform "cloud.google.com/go/aiplatform/apiv1beta1"
	aiplatformpb "cloud.google.com/go/aiplatform/apiv1beta1/aiplatformpb"
	"google.golang.org/api/option"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/structpb"
)

// generateForTextAndImage shows how to use the multimodal model to generate embeddings for
// text and image inputs.
func generateForTextAndImage(w io.Writer, project, location string) error {
	// location = "us-central1"
	ctx := context.Background()
	apiEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s-aiplatform.googleapis.com:443", location)
	client, err := aiplatform.NewPredictionClient(ctx, option.WithEndpoint(apiEndpoint))
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to construct API client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	model := "multimodalembedding@001"
	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/publishers/google/models/%s", project, location, model)

	// This is the input to the model's prediction call. For schema, see:
	// https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/model-reference/multimodal-embeddings-api#request_body
	instance, err := structpb.NewValue(map[string]any{
		"image": map[string]any{
			// Image input can be provided either as a Google Cloud Storage URI or as
			// base64-encoded bytes using the "bytesBase64Encoded" field.
			"gcsUri": "gs://cloud-samples-data/vertex-ai/llm/prompts/landmark1.png",
		},
		"text": "Colosseum",
	})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to construct request payload: %w", err)
	}

	req := &aiplatformpb.PredictRequest{
		Endpoint: endpoint,
		// The model supports only 1 instance per request.
		Instances: []*structpb.Value{instance},
	}

	resp, err := client.Predict(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate embeddings: %w", err)
	}

	instanceEmbeddingsJson, err := protojson.Marshal(resp.GetPredictions()[0])
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert protobuf value to JSON: %w", err)
	}
	// For response schema, see:
	// https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/model-reference/multimodal-embeddings-api#response-body
	var instanceEmbeddings struct {
		ImageEmbeddings []float32 `json:"imageEmbedding"`
		TextEmbeddings  []float32 `json:"textEmbedding"`
	}
	if err := json.Unmarshal(instanceEmbeddingsJson, &instanceEmbeddings); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal JSON: %w", err)
	}

	imageEmbedding := instanceEmbeddings.ImageEmbeddings
	textEmbedding := instanceEmbeddings.TextEmbeddings

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Text embedding (length=%d): %v\n", len(textEmbedding), textEmbedding)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Image embedding (length=%d): %v\n", len(imageEmbedding), imageEmbedding)
	// Example response:
	// Text embedding (length=1408): [0.0023026613 0.027898183 -0.011858357 ... ]
	// Image embedding (length=1408): [-0.012314269 0.07271844 0.00020170923 ... ]

	return nil
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python 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 vertexai
from vertexai.vision_models import Image, MultiModalEmbeddingModel

# TODO(developer): Update & uncomment line below
# PROJECT_ID = "your-project-id"
vertexai.init(project=PROJECT_ID, location="us-central1")

model = MultiModalEmbeddingModel.from_pretrained("multimodalembedding@001")
image = Image.load_from_file(
    "gs://cloud-samples-data/vertex-ai/llm/prompts/landmark1.png"
)

embeddings = model.get_embeddings(
    image=image,
    contextual_text="Colosseum",
    dimension=1408,
)
print(f"Image Embedding: {embeddings.image_embedding}")
print(f"Text Embedding: {embeddings.text_embedding}")
# Example response:
# Image Embedding: [-0.0123147098, 0.0727171078, ...]
# Text Embedding: [0.00230263756, 0.0278981831, ...]

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