API Error: Resource has been exhausted (e.g. check quota).

[SeanFeng91]

Description of the bug:

Hello, I successfully used the Gemini-2.0-Flash API and utilized google_search according to the case study. It's possible that I used it quite a few times during the testing process, perhaps dozens or even a hundred times, and then I received an API Error: Resource has been exhausted (e.g. check quota). However, when I checked the API usage on Google Cloud, I didn't find any overages or restrictions. The Generative Language API is working normally. I can access Gemini-2.0 without issues, but the search function is not working. Where can I see the usage of v1alpha API?

By the way, is it ok to use [Custom Search API] instead of client = genai.Client(http_options={'api_version': 'v1alpha'})？

Thank you!

Actual vs expected behavior:

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[Giom-V]

Hello @SeanFeng91,

The documentation isn't clear about it but search-as-a-tool is a paid feature (cf. pricing) and only has a very limited free tier (a few tries at most), which is likely why you're getting blocked.
I'll update the documentation and the examples to make it clearer.

As for your question about v1alpha APIs, yes they are safe to use. Some experimental features (like real time) haven't been pushed in the beta branch (the official one) and are only available in alpha but alpha is nearly as stable as beta and sage to use.

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