google-genai/com.google.genai/Chat/sendMessage

sendMessage

public GenerateContentResponse sendMessage(String text, GenerateContentConfig config)

Sends a message to the model in the current multi-turn chat session and returns the model's response.

This appends the message and the model's response to the chat history, which is sent back to the model in subsequent calls to sendMessage. Be sure to initialize a chat session using chats.create() before calling sendMessage.

Parameters

text

the text to send to the generative model

config

a com.google.genai.types.GenerateContentConfig instance that specifies the optional configurations

public GenerateContentResponse sendMessage(String text)

Sends a message to the model in the current multi-turn chat session and returns the model's response.

This appends the message and the model's response to the chat history, which is sent back to the model in subsequent calls to sendMessage. Be sure to initialize a chat session using chats.create() before calling sendMessage.

Parameters

text

the text to send to the generative model

public GenerateContentResponse sendMessage(Content content, GenerateContentConfig config)

Sends a message to the model in the current multi-turn chat session and returns the model's response.

This appends the message and the model's response to the chat history, which is sent back to the model in subsequent calls to sendMessage. Be sure to initialize a chat session using chats.create() before calling sendMessage.

Parameters

content

a com.google.genai.types.Content to send to the generative model

config

a com.google.genai.types.GenerateContentConfig instance that specifies the optional configurations

public GenerateContentResponse sendMessage(Content content)

Sends a message to the model in the current multi-turn chat session and returns the model's response.

This appends the message and the model's response to the chat history, which is sent back to the model in subsequent calls to sendMessage. Be sure to initialize a chat session using chats.create() before calling sendMessage.

Parameters

content

a com.google.genai.types.Content to send to the generative model

public GenerateContentResponse sendMessage(List<Content> contents, GenerateContentConfig config)

Sends a message to the model in the current multi-turn chat session and returns the model's response.

This appends the message and the model's response to the chat history, which is sent back to the model in subsequent calls to sendMessage. Be sure to initialize a chat session using chats.create() before calling sendMessage.

Parameters

contents

a < to send to the generative model

config

a com.google.genai.types.GenerateContentConfig instance that specifies the optional configurations

public GenerateContentResponse sendMessage(List<Content> contents)

Sends a message to the model in the current multi-turn chat session and returns the model's response.

This appends the message and the model's response to the chat history, which is sent back to the model in subsequent calls to sendMessage. Be sure to initialize a chat session using chats.create() before calling sendMessage.

Parameters

contents

a < to send to the generative model