diff --git a/examples/gemini/python/api/generatecontent_text.py b/examples/gemini/python/api/generatecontent_text.py
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+++ b/examples/gemini/python/api/generatecontent_text.py
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+import os
+import google.generativeai as genai
+
+genai.configure(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
+
+model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-1.5-flash")
+
+response = model.generate_content("Give me python code to sort a list")
+print(response.text)
diff --git a/examples/gemini/rest/api/generatecontent_text.sh b/examples/gemini/rest/api/generatecontent_text.sh
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+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[{"text": "Give me python code to sort a list."}]
+        }]
+       }'