Class Blob

Namespace

Google.GenAI.Types

Assembly

Google.GenAI.dll

A content blob. A Blob contains data of a specific media type. It is used to represent images, audio, and video.

public record Blob : IEquatable<Blob>

Inheritance

object

Blob

Implements

IEquatable<Blob>

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Properties

Data

The raw bytes of the data.

[JsonPropertyName("data")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull)]
public byte[]? Data { get; set; }

Property Value

byte[]

DisplayName

Optional. The display name of the blob. Used to provide a label or filename to distinguish blobs. This field is only returned in PromptMessage for prompt management. It is used in the Gemini calls only when server-side tools (code_execution, google_search, and url_context) are enabled. This field is not supported in Gemini API.

[JsonPropertyName("displayName")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull)]
public string? DisplayName { get; set; }

Property Value

string

MimeType

The IANA standard MIME type of the source data.

[JsonPropertyName("mimeType")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull)]
public string? MimeType { get; set; }

Property Value

string

Methods

FromJson(string, JsonSerializerOptions?)

Deserializes a JSON string to a Blob object.

public static Blob? FromJson(string jsonString, JsonSerializerOptions? options = null)

Parameters

jsonString string

The JSON string to deserialize.

options JsonSerializerOptions

Optional JsonSerializerOptions.

Returns

Blob

The deserialized Blob object, or null if deserialization fails.