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# Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

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## [Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/gemini-2-5-flash-lite/)

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable multimodal text model for frequent classification, translation and simple extraction. Thinking is off by default and can be enabled with a 512–24,576-token reasoning budget. It accepts text and media, with tools, structured output and a 1,048,576-token input limit.

- [**Ailoot · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/gemini-2-5-flash-lite/#method-0)
- [**Ailoot · Gemini generateContent** `POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/gemini-2-5-flash-lite/#method-1)
- [**Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat** `POST /v1/chat/completions` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/gemini-2-5-flash-lite/#method-2)
- [**Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/gemini-2-5-flash-lite/#method-3)
- [**Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat** `POST /v1/chat/completions` `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/gemini-2-5-flash-lite/#method-4)
- [**Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages` `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/gemini-2-5-flash-lite/#method-5)

About the model

This description covers the model’s capabilities. Available in Ailoot inputs, outputs and options are listed for the selected method below.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable lightweight profile for high-volume translation, classification and simple data extraction. Its hybrid reasoning can use or omit thinking according to the task. It accepts text, images, audio, video and PDF and produces text. A useful result is a category, a concise translation, a record extracted from supplied material or a bounded written explanation.

For classification, define the categories, decision rule and form of the answer. Keep the source identifier in a result when several independent items are processed. For support-message classification, classify a support message by issue type and return the sentence that supports the category. Include a rule for missing or ambiguous evidence, so a fluent answer does not fill a required field with a guess. The model’s lightweight role is most useful when the input and required result are clearly specified.

Thinking is off by default in the documented 2.5 Flash-Lite configuration. Google’s GenerateContent thinking guide allows an explicit thinking budget from 512 to 24,576 tokens, zero to keep thinking off and -1 to request dynamic thinking. Those are reasoning-budget controls, separate from the final response allowance. Enable additional reasoning when an extraction has interacting conditions or a classification has exceptions; a straightforward conversion can retain the default non-thinking behaviour. The guide notes that the model may use more or fewer thinking tokens than the requested budget.

For translation, provide the target language, audience and terms to preserve. Specify whether the result should contain only the translation or a labelled record. For document extraction, define the fields and request source passages that let the output be checked. For a recording, distinguish a transcript from a summary and identify the passage that matters. Images or video can contribute evidence for a text answer. The desired artifact should remain clear even when the input combines several media types.

The exact stable table lists function calling, code execution, file search, search grounding, Maps grounding, URL context and structured outputs. Functions need a clear purpose and defined parameters; the connected application executes the operation and supplies its result. For schema-based extraction, validate the returned structure and compare its values with the original material. A tool decision or well-formed record is useful only in the context of the source and actual returned evidence.

The native card gives a 1M context window and 64K text output. The API model page specifies 1,048,576 input tokens and 65,536 output tokens. Instructions, source content and retained conversation consume the input budget, while reasoning and a response cap affect whether the final result fits. Caching, batch, Flex and Priority processing are listed for this producer profile. For repeated tasks, retain the same category or field definitions and carry identifiers through the result so later review can locate the originating item.

This stable profile is separate from the June and September Preview variants described elsewhere in the family. The shared native card labels September Preview improvements, including instruction following and concision, specifically for that preview; they should not be silently transferred to the stable identifier. Later Flash-Lite generations also use different thinking controls and capability tables. Preserve the edition and choose the settings documented for it rather than replacing 2.5 budgets with Gemini 3 thinking-level syntax.

The card lists hallucinations and limitations in causal understanding, complex logical deduction and counterfactual reasoning, and gives a January 2025 knowledge cutoff. Supply current evidence or use a documented grounding workflow when newer facts matter. Review translations for meaning, extracted fields for source support and transcripts against the audio. A focused, small result makes this review practical without treating a polished answer as proof that the source contained the asserted detail.

Practical task

### Translate a pickup instruction

Technical example in English

```
Translate a pickup instruction

Translate this pickup instruction into French for a customer: "Collect order AR-62 at reception between 14:00 and 17:00. Bring the pickup code. Do not send the code by email." Keep AR-62 and the time range unchanged. Return only the translation, preserving both the required action and the warning.
```

#### Expected result

```
One French translation with the original order ID and time range, without commentary.
```

#### Check the result

```
Check the order ID, both times and the prohibition on emailing the code against the source.
```

**Ailoot · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

[`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

Google /`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

### Overview

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable multimodal text model for frequent classification, translation and simple extraction. Thinking is off by default and can be enabled with a 512–24,576-token reasoning budget. It accepts text and media, with tools, structured output and a 1,048,576-token input limit.

Accepted inputs

Text · Images

Results

Text

### Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

**Ailoot · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages`

Input types

`text`, `image`

Output types

`text`

Context

1,048,576 tokens

Maximum output

65,535 tokens

Output format

json or SSE

| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Field`model` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Default— |
| Field`messages` | Type`message[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Minimum items: 1 | Default— |
| Field`messages[].role` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits user, assistant | Default— |
| Field`messages[].content` | Type`string\|content_block[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`system` | Type`string\|content_block[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`max_tokens` | Type`integer` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Minimum: 1 Limit applies to: exact selected model/card ceiling | Default— |
| Field`stream` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Defaultfalse |
| Field`temperature` | Type`number` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`top_p` | Type`number` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`stop_sequences` | Type`string[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`tools` | Type`tool[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`tools[].name` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Applies when: tool supplied | Default— |
| Field`tools[].description` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`tools[].input_schema` | Type`JSON_schema` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`tool_choice` | Type`object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`thinking.type` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`thinking.budget_tokens` | Type`integer` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`output_config.effort` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`metadata` | Type`object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`cache_control` | Type`object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |

Input material combinations

**Text** · UTF8 text

`messages[].content or type=text block`

**Text + image**

`{type:image,source:{type:base64,media_type,data}} or source type=url`

Method parameters and lifecycle

| Parameter | Contract |
| --- | --- |
| Parameter`material_types` | Contracttext, image |
| Parameter`required` | Contractmodel, messages, max\_tokens |
| Parameter`optional_controls` | Contractnull |
| Parameter`content_type` | Contractapplication/json |
| Parameter`text_file_material` | Contractactual UTF-8 content inserted as text; file IDs/URLs need separate exact support |

Lifecycle: `exact retained published method`

Method shapes and IDs are exact; supplier capability is separate from admission.

### Pricing

#### Ailoot method rates

Input

$0.0001 */ 1K*

Output

$0.0004 */ 1K*

Cache read

$0.00001 */ 1K*

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. [How reservation and settlement work →](https://ailoot.ai/docs/en/billing/reserve/)

#### Reference tariff details

Model-level reference schedules do not change method selection, quotes or charges. Active charges use the selected Ailoot method rates.

Model reference schedules

#### Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ConfigurationOpenAI Chat · Base token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationOpenAI Chat · Request-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationAnthropic Messages · Base token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationAnthropic Messages · Request-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |

### Example requests

#### Ailoot · Anthropic Messages

Text exampleImage inputPython SDKNode.js SDKPython stream

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_TEXT_FILE:?Set your actual UTF-8 source-material file}"
export AILOOT_TEXT_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"model": "gemini-2.5-flash-lite", "max_tokens": 1024, "messages": []}')
f=Path(os.environ["AILOOT_TEXT_FILE"])
if not f.is_file():raise SystemExit("Choose your actual UTF-8 source material")
text=f.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
if not text.strip():raise SystemExit("Source material must contain text")
p["messages"]=[{"role":"user","content":"Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n"+text}]
Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path
print(json.dumps(json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text()),ensure_ascii=False,indent=2))
PY_RESULT
```

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_IMAGE_FILE:?Set your actual PNG JPEG or WebP image}"
export AILOOT_IMAGE_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"model": "gemini-2.5-flash-lite", "max_tokens": 1024, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "Read labels and numbers in this image; flag unreadable text."}]}]}')
import base64
f=Path(os.environ["AILOOT_IMAGE_FILE"])
if not f.is_file():raise SystemExit("Choose an actual PNG JPEG or WebP image")
raw=f.read_bytes()
mime="image/png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "image/jpeg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "image/webp" if raw[:4]==b"RIFF" and raw[8:12]==b"WEBP" else None
if not mime:raise SystemExit("Use PNG JPEG or WebP")
b64=base64.b64encode(raw).decode()
p["messages"][0]["content"].append({"type":"image","source":{"type":"base64","media_type":mime,"data":b64}})
Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path
print(json.dumps(json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text()),ensure_ascii=False,indent=2))
PY_RESULT
```

```python
import anthropic
import os

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client = anthropic.Anthropic(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai", api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"], max_retries=0)
msg = client.messages.create(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash-lite",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain the difference between an observation and a hypothesis in three sentences."}],
)
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

save_result(msg.to_dict(mode="json"))
```

```js
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

if (!process.env.AILOOT_API_KEY?.trim()) throw new Error("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request");
const client = new Anthropic({ baseURL: "https://api.ailoot.ai", apiKey: process.env.AILOOT_API_KEY, maxRetries: 0 });
const msg = await client.messages.create({
  model: "gemini-2.5-flash-lite",
  max_tokens: 1024,
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Explain the difference between an observation and a hypothesis in three sentences." }],
});
import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs";

function saveResult(data, stem = "result") {
  writeFileSync(stem + ".json", JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
  const saveBlob = (encoded, suffix, label) => {
    const raw = Buffer.from(encoded, "base64");
    const ext = raw.subarray(0,8).equals(Buffer.from([137,80,78,71,13,10,26,10])) ? "png" : raw[0]===255 && raw[1]===216 ? "jpg" : raw.subarray(0,4).toString()==="RIFF" && raw.subarray(8,12).toString()==="WEBP" ? "webp" : suffix;
    const file = `${stem}-${label}.${ext}`;
    writeFileSync(file, raw); console.log("Saved", file);
  };
  for (const [i, block] of (data.content || []).entries()) console.log("Content", i, JSON.stringify(block));
  for (const choice of data.choices || []) console.log("Choice", choice.index, JSON.stringify(choice.message || choice.delta || {}));
  for (const [i, item] of (data.output || []).entries()) {
    console.log("Output", i, JSON.stringify(item));
    if (item.type === "image_generation_call" && item.result) saveBlob(item.result, item.output_format || "bin", `output-${i}`);
  }
  for (const [ci, candidate] of (data.candidates || []).entries()) {
    for (const [pi, part] of (candidate.content?.parts || []).entries()) {
      console.log("Candidate/part", ci, pi, JSON.stringify(part));
      const blob = part.inlineData || part.inline_data;
      if (blob?.data) {
        const mime = blob.mimeType || blob.mime_type;
        const suffix = ({"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"})[mime] || "bin";
        saveBlob(blob.data, suffix, `candidate-${ci}-part-${pi}`);
      }
    }
  }
}

saveResult(msg);
```

```python
import anthropic,os
from pathlib import Path

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=anthropic.Anthropic(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

with client.messages.stream(model='gemini-2.5-flash-lite',max_tokens=1024,messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."}]) as stream:
    with Path("stream-events.jsonl").open("w",encoding="utf-8") as log:
        for event in stream:
            payload=event.to_dict(mode="json")
            log.write(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False)+"\n"); log.flush()
            print(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False))
    final=stream.get_final_message()
    save_result(final.to_dict(mode="json"),"stream-result")
```

### Receive and save results

#### Ailoot · Anthropic Messages

json or SSE

##### Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep all content blocks, thinking signatures and actual tool-use IDs. Assemble all SSE block deltas; a first text block is not the complete output.

##### If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields

| Field | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Field`id` | Typestring |
| Field`model` | Typestring |
| Field`content[]` | Typetext\|thinking\|tool\_use\|other content block |
| Field`stop_reason` | Typestring\|null |
| Field`usage` | Typeobject |

Errors and next steps

| Response | Condition | Next step |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Response400 · `invalid_request_error` | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |

### Aliases

#### Model aliases

<strong>Ailoot</strong> [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)
**Ailoot Ultra** [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

#### Method path aliases

`/chat/completions`

#### Related caller IDs

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

**Ailoot · Gemini generateContent** `POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

[`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=gemini)

Google /`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

### Overview

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable multimodal text model for frequent classification, translation and simple extraction. Thinking is off by default and can be enabled with a 512–24,576-token reasoning budget. It accepts text and media, with tools, structured output and a 1,048,576-token input limit.

Accepted inputs

Text · Images

Results

Text

### Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

**Ailoot · Gemini generateContent** `POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent`

Input types

`text`, `image`

Output types

`text`

Output format

json or supported streaming

| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Field`path.model` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Default— |
| Field`contents` | Type`content[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Minimum items: 1 | Default— |
| Field`contents[].role` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits user, model | Default— |
| Field`contents[].parts` | Type`part[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`systemInstruction` | Type`content` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`generationConfig.maxOutputTokens` | Type`integer` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Minimum: 1 Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`generationConfig.temperature` | Type`number` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`generationConfig.topP` | Type`number` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`generationConfig.topK` | Type`integer` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`generationConfig.stopSequences` | Type`string[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`generationConfig.thinkingConfig.includeThoughts` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`generationConfig.thinkingConfig.thinkingBudget` | Type`integer` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`tools[].functionDeclarations` | Type`function_declaration[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`toolConfig.functionCallingConfig.mode` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`safetySettings` | Type`object[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`sessionId` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |

Input material combinations

**Text** · UTF8 text

`contents[].parts[].text`

**Text + image**

`parts[].inlineData={mimeType,data}`

Method parameters and lifecycle

| Parameter | Contract |
| --- | --- |
| Parameter`material_types` | Contracttext, image |
| Parameter`required` | Contractcontents |
| Parameter`optional_controls` | Contractnull |
| Parameter`content_type` | Contractapplication/json |
| Parameter`text_file_material` | Contractactual UTF-8 content inserted as text; file IDs/URLs need separate exact support |

Lifecycle: `exact retained published method`

Method shapes and IDs are exact; supplier capability is separate from admission.

### Pricing

#### Ailoot method rates

Input

$0.0001 */ 1K*

Output

$0.0004 */ 1K*

Cache read

$0.00001 */ 1K*

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. [How reservation and settlement work →](https://ailoot.ai/docs/en/billing/reserve/)

#### Reference tariff details

Model-level reference schedules do not change method selection, quotes or charges. Active charges use the selected Ailoot method rates.

Model reference schedules

#### Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ConfigurationOpenAI Chat · Base token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationOpenAI Chat · Request-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationAnthropic Messages · Base token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationAnthropic Messages · Request-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |

### Example requests

#### Ailoot · Gemini generateContent

Text exampleImage inputPython SDKNode.js SDKPython stream

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_TEXT_FILE:?Set your actual UTF-8 source-material file}"
export AILOOT_TEXT_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"contents": []}')
f=Path(os.environ["AILOOT_TEXT_FILE"])
if not f.is_file():raise SystemExit("Choose your actual UTF-8 source material")
text=f.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
if not text.strip():raise SystemExit("Source material must contain text")
p["contents"]=[{"role":"user","parts":[{"text":"Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n"+text}]}]
Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash-lite:generateContent \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

save_result(json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
PY_RESULT
```

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_IMAGE_FILE:?Set your actual PNG JPEG or WebP image}"
export AILOOT_IMAGE_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"contents": [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "Read labels and numbers in this image; flag unreadable text."}]}]}')
import base64
f=Path(os.environ["AILOOT_IMAGE_FILE"])
if not f.is_file():raise SystemExit("Choose an actual PNG JPEG or WebP image")
raw=f.read_bytes()
mime="image/png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "image/jpeg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "image/webp" if raw[:4]==b"RIFF" and raw[8:12]==b"WEBP" else None
if not mime:raise SystemExit("Use PNG JPEG or WebP")
b64=base64.b64encode(raw).decode()
p["contents"][0]["parts"].append({"inlineData":{"mimeType":mime,"data":b64}})
Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash-lite:generateContent \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

save_result(json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
PY_RESULT
```

```python
from google import genai
from google.genai import types
import os

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client = genai.Client(
    api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],
    http_options=types.HttpOptions(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai"),
)
resp = client.models.generate_content(model="gemini-2.5-flash-lite", contents="Explain the difference between an observation and a hypothesis in three sentences.")
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

save_result(resp.to_json_dict())
```

```js
import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";

if (!process.env.AILOOT_API_KEY?.trim()) throw new Error("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request");
const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: process.env.AILOOT_API_KEY, httpOptions: { baseUrl: "https://api.ailoot.ai" } });
const resp = await ai.models.generateContent({ model: "gemini-2.5-flash-lite", contents: "Explain the difference between an observation and a hypothesis in three sentences." });
import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs";

function saveResult(data, stem = "result") {
  writeFileSync(stem + ".json", JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
  const saveBlob = (encoded, suffix, label) => {
    const raw = Buffer.from(encoded, "base64");
    const ext = raw.subarray(0,8).equals(Buffer.from([137,80,78,71,13,10,26,10])) ? "png" : raw[0]===255 && raw[1]===216 ? "jpg" : raw.subarray(0,4).toString()==="RIFF" && raw.subarray(8,12).toString()==="WEBP" ? "webp" : suffix;
    const file = `${stem}-${label}.${ext}`;
    writeFileSync(file, raw); console.log("Saved", file);
  };
  for (const [i, block] of (data.content || []).entries()) console.log("Content", i, JSON.stringify(block));
  for (const choice of data.choices || []) console.log("Choice", choice.index, JSON.stringify(choice.message || choice.delta || {}));
  for (const [i, item] of (data.output || []).entries()) {
    console.log("Output", i, JSON.stringify(item));
    if (item.type === "image_generation_call" && item.result) saveBlob(item.result, item.output_format || "bin", `output-${i}`);
  }
  for (const [ci, candidate] of (data.candidates || []).entries()) {
    for (const [pi, part] of (candidate.content?.parts || []).entries()) {
      console.log("Candidate/part", ci, pi, JSON.stringify(part));
      const blob = part.inlineData || part.inline_data;
      if (blob?.data) {
        const mime = blob.mimeType || blob.mime_type;
        const suffix = ({"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"})[mime] || "bin";
        saveBlob(blob.data, suffix, `candidate-${ci}-part-${pi}`);
      }
    }
  }
}

saveResult(resp);
```

```python
from google import genai
from google.genai import types
import os
from pathlib import Path

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],http_options=types.HttpOptions(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai"))
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

count=0
with Path("stream-events.jsonl").open("w",encoding="utf-8") as log:
    for chunk in client.models.generate_content_stream(model='gemini-2.5-flash-lite',contents="Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."):
        payload=chunk.to_json_dict()
        log.write(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False)+"\n"); log.flush()
        save_result(payload,"stream-chunk-"+str(count))
        count+=1
```

### Receive and save results

#### Ailoot · Gemini generateContent

json or supported streaming

##### Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep all candidates and parts, including function calls, thought signatures and usage; assemble stream chunks in order.

##### If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields

| Field | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Field`responseId` | Typestring |
| Field`modelVersion` | Typestring |
| Field`candidates[].content.parts[]` | Typetext\|inlineData\|functionCall\|other part |
| Field`candidates[].finishReason` | Typestring |
| Field`usageMetadata` | Typeobject |

Errors and next steps

| Response | Condition | Next step |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Response400 · `invalid_request_error` | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |

### Aliases

#### Model aliases

<strong>Ailoot</strong> [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=gemini)
**Ailoot Ultra** [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite), [`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite)

#### Method path aliases

`/chat/completions`

#### Related caller IDs

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=gemini), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite)

**Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat** `POST /v1/chat/completions` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

[`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat)

Google /`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

Model ID

- `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`
- `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

### Overview

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable multimodal text model for frequent classification, translation and simple extraction. Thinking is off by default and can be enabled with a 512–24,576-token reasoning budget. It accepts text and media, with tools, structured output and a 1,048,576-token input limit.

Accepted inputs

Text

Results

Text

### Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

**Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat** `POST /v1/chat/completions`

Input types

`text`

Output types

`text`

Output format

json or SSE

| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Field`model` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Default— |
| Field`messages` | Type`message[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Minimum items: 1 | Default— |
| Field`messages[].role` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`messages[].content` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Applies when: Text conversation | Default— |
| Field`stream` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Defaultfalse |

Input material combinations

**Text** · UTF8 text

`messages[].content`

Method parameters and lifecycle

| Parameter | Contract |
| --- | --- |
| Parameter`content_type` | Contractapplication/json |
| Parameter`required` | Contractmodel, messages |
| Parameter`material_types` | Contracttext |
| Parameter`messages` | Contractmessage array with role/content shape |
| Parameter`file_material` | Contractactual UTF-8 document inserted as literal text; no file ID inferred |
| Parameter`optional_controls` | Contractstream |
| Parameter`control_scope` | ContractText conversation; stream is a boolean and defaults to false. |
| Parameter`output_modalities` | Contracttext |
| Parameter`hosted_operations` | Contractfalse |
| Parameter`multimodal_input_binding` | Contractnull |

Method aliases: `/chat/completions`

Lifecycle: `synchronous_or_streamed`

Send exact model ID with messages.

Context length is not an output cap.

A text file may supply literal text; image/audio/file-object inputs need exact binding.

### Pricing

Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.

Fast mode

Standard rate When fast mode is selected

Flex mode

Standard rate When flex mode is selected

Maximum reasoning effort

Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment

Explicit cache pricing

Not enabled When explicit cache is requested

#### Ailoot rates

#### Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ConfigurationBase token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. [How reservation and settlement work →](https://ailoot.ai/docs/en/billing/reserve/)

### Example requests

#### Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat

curlPython SDK

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],"stream":false}')

Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path
r=json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text())
for x in r.get("choices",[]):
    if x.get("message",{}).get("content"): print(x["message"]["content"])
PY_RESULT
```

```python
from openai import OpenAI
import os

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai/v1",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
result=client.chat.completions.create(model="gemini-2.5-flash-lite", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}], stream=False)
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

save_result(result.to_dict(mode="json"))
```

### Receive and save results

#### Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat

json or SSE

##### Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep every choice and its content/tool calls/reasoning. In SSE assemble deltas by choice/tool index, retain the final finish reason and usage.

##### If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields

| Field | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Field`choices[].index` | Typeinteger |
| Field`choices[].message.content` | Typestring\|null |
| Field`choices[].message.tool_calls` | Typetool\_call\[\] |
| Field`choices[].message.reasoning_content` | Typestring |
| Field`choices[].message.reasoning_details` | Typeobject\|array |
| Field`choices[].finish_reason` | Typestring\|null |
| Field`usage` | Typeobject |

Errors and next steps

| Response | Condition | Next step |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Response400 · `invalid_request_error` | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |

### Aliases

#### Model aliases

<strong>Ailoot</strong> [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite)
**Ailoot Ultra** [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat), [`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat)

#### Method path aliases

`/chat/completions`

#### Related caller IDs

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat)

**Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages` `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

[`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

Google /`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

Model ID

- `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`
- `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

### Overview

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable multimodal text model for frequent classification, translation and simple extraction. Thinking is off by default and can be enabled with a 512–24,576-token reasoning budget. It accepts text and media, with tools, structured output and a 1,048,576-token input limit.

Accepted inputs

Text

Results

json · sse

### Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

**Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages`

Input types

`text`

Output types

`json`, `sse`

Output format

JSON or SSE

| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Field`model` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Default— |
| Field`messages` | Type`message[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`messages[].role` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits user, assistant | Default— |
| Field`messages[].content` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`max_tokens` | Type`integer` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`stream` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Defaultfalse |

Input material combinations

**Text** · UTF-8 text

`messages[].content string`

Method parameters and lifecycle

| Parameter | Contract |
| --- | --- |
| Parameter`content_type` | Contractapplication/json |
| Parameter`required` | Contractmodel, messages, max\_tokens |
| Parameter`optional_controls` | Contractstream |
| Parameter`material_types` | Contracttext |
| Parameter`text_file_material` | ContractRead the actual UTF-8 document and put its text in the indicated input or message content string. |

Lifecycle: `synchronous_or_streamed`

### Pricing

Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.

Fast mode

Standard rate When fast mode is selected

Flex mode

Standard rate When flex mode is selected

Maximum reasoning effort

Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment

Explicit cache pricing

Not enabled When explicit cache is requested

#### Ailoot rates

#### Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ConfigurationBase token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. [How reservation and settlement work →](https://ailoot.ai/docs/en/billing/reserve/)

### Example requests

#### Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages

Complete minimal JSON bodycurl · use your UTF-8 documentPython · save the complete result

```json
{
  "model": "gemini-2.5-flash-lite",
  "max_tokens": 128,
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Summarize the incident report."
    }
  ],
  "stream": false
}
```

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_TEXT_FILE:?Set your actual UTF-8 document}"
export AILOOT_TEXT_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json, os
from pathlib import Path

source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'gemini-2.5-flash-lite', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
Path('request.json').write_text(json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False), encoding='utf-8')
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path

result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
PY_RESULT
```

```python
import json, os
from pathlib import Path

source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'gemini-2.5-flash-lite', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import HTTPError

api_key = os.environ['AILOOT_API_KEY']
if not api_key.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request')
headers = {'x-api-key': 'PLACEHOLDER_KEY', 'anthropic-version': '2023-06-01', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
headers['x-api-key'] = api_key
request = Request('https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages', data=json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8'), headers=headers, method='POST')
try:
    with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as response:
        raw = response.read()
        Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(response.headers), encoding='utf-8')
except HTTPError as error:
    Path('result.json').write_bytes(error.read())
    Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(error.headers), encoding='utf-8')
    raise
Path('result.json').write_bytes(raw)
import json
from pathlib import Path

result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
```

### Receive and save results

#### Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages

JSON or SSE

##### Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep all content blocks, thinking signatures and actual tool-use IDs. Assemble all SSE block deltas; a first text block is not the complete output.

##### If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields

| Field | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Field`id` | Typestring |
| Field`model` | Typestring |
| Field`content[]` | Typetext\|thinking\|tool\_use\|other content block |
| Field`stop_reason` | Typestring\|null |
| Field`usage` | Typeobject |

Errors and next steps

| Response | Condition | Next step |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Response400 · `invalid_request_error` | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |

### Aliases

#### Model aliases

<strong>Ailoot</strong> [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)
**Ailoot Ultra** [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

#### Method path aliases

`/chat/completions`

#### Related caller IDs

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

**Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat** `POST /v1/chat/completions` `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat)

Google /`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

Model ID

- `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`
- `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

### Overview

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable multimodal text model for frequent classification, translation and simple extraction. Thinking is off by default and can be enabled with a 512–24,576-token reasoning budget. It accepts text and media, with tools, structured output and a 1,048,576-token input limit.

Accepted inputs

Text

Results

Text

### Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

**Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat** `POST /v1/chat/completions`

Input types

`text`

Output types

`text`

Output format

json or SSE

| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Field`model` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Default— |
| Field`messages` | Type`message[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Minimum items: 1 | Default— |
| Field`messages[].role` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Examples: system, user, assistant, tool, function Conditions: These roles are explicitly represented by Source compatibility types; the exact model role set remains model-specific. Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`messages[].content` | Type`string\|content_part[]\|null` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`messages[].tool_calls` | Type`tool_call[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`messages[].tool_call_id` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Applies when: role=tool; use actual returned ID | Default— |
| Field`messages[].name` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`messages[].reasoning_content` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Applies when: Round-trip actual returned reasoning where this model uses it | Default— |
| Field`messages[].reasoning_details` | Type`object\|array` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`max_tokens` | Type`integer` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Minimum: 1 Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`max_completion_tokens` | Type`integer` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Minimum: 1 Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`stream` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Defaultfalse |
| Field`stream_options.include_usage` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`temperature` | Type`number` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`top_p` | Type`number` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`stop` | Type`string\|string[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`tools` | Type`function_tool[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`tools[].type` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits function Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`tools[].function.name` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Applies when: function tool supplied | Default— |
| Field`tools[].function.description` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`tools[].function.parameters` | Type`JSON_schema` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`tool_choice` | Type`string\|object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`parallel_tool_calls` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`response_format` | Type`object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`reasoning_effort` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`reasoning` | Type`object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`service_tier` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`instructions` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Compatibility field | Default— |
| Field`functions` | Type`function[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`function_call` | Type`string\|object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`prompt_cache_options` | Type`object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
| Field`modalities` | Type`string[]` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits text | Default— |
| Field`provider` | Type`object` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Conditions: provider.options is rejected on this Ultra text route | Default— |
| Field`cache_control.ttl` | Type`string` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Conditions: 1h is rejected in actual prompt-cache locations | Default— |

Input material combinations

**Text** · UTF8 text

`messages[].content`

Method parameters and lifecycle

| Parameter | Contract |
| --- | --- |
| Parameter`content_type` | Contractapplication/json |
| Parameter`required` | Contractmodel, messages |
| Parameter`material_types` | Contracttext |
| Parameter`messages` | Contractmessage array with role/content shape |
| Parameter`file_material` | Contractactual UTF-8 document inserted as literal text; no file ID inferred |
| Parameter`optional_controls` | Contractstream, temperature, top\_p, stop, max\_tokens, max\_completion\_tokens, reasoning, response\_format, tools, tool\_choice |
| Parameter`control_scope` | Contractmodel-specific; user function tools differ from hosted tools |
| Parameter`output_modalities` | Contracttext |
| Parameter`hosted_operations` | Contractfalse |
| Parameter`multimodal_input_binding` | Contractnull |

Lifecycle: `synchronous_or_streamed`

Send exact model ID with messages.

Context length is not an output cap.

A text file may supply literal text; image/audio/file-object inputs need exact binding.

### Pricing

Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.

Fast mode

Standard rate When fast mode is selected

Flex mode

Standard rate When flex mode is selected

Maximum reasoning effort

Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment

Explicit cache pricing

Not enabled When explicit cache is requested

#### Ailoot rates

#### Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ConfigurationBase token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. [How reservation and settlement work →](https://ailoot.ai/docs/en/billing/reserve/)

### Example requests

#### Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat

curlPython SDKPython stream

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"model": "google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain the difference between an observation and a hypothesis in three sentences."}]}')

Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path
r=json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text())
for x in r.get("choices",[]):
    if x.get("message",{}).get("content"): print(x["message"]["content"])
PY_RESULT
```

```python
from openai import OpenAI
import os

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai/v1",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
result=client.chat.completions.create(model='google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite',messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."}])
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

save_result(result.to_dict(mode="json"))
```

```python
from openai import OpenAI
import os
from pathlib import Path

if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai/v1",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path

def save_result(data, stem="result"):
    # Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
    Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
    def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
        raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
        ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
        file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
        file.write_bytes(raw)
        print("Saved", file)
    for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
        print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
    for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
        print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
    for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
        print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
        if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
            save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
    for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
        for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
            print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
            blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
            if blob and blob.get("data"):
                mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
                suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
                save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))

with client.chat.completions.stream(model='google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite',messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."}]) as stream:
    with Path("stream-events.jsonl").open("w",encoding="utf-8") as log:
        for event in stream:
            payload=event.to_dict(mode="json")
            log.write(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False)+"\n"); log.flush()
            print(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False))
    final=stream.get_final_completion()
    save_result(final.to_dict(mode="json"),"stream-result")
```

### Receive and save results

#### Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat

json or SSE

##### Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep every choice and its content/tool calls/reasoning. In SSE assemble deltas by choice/tool index, retain the final finish reason and usage.

##### If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields

| Field | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Field`choices[].index` | Typeinteger |
| Field`choices[].message.content` | Typestring\|null |
| Field`choices[].message.tool_calls` | Typetool\_call\[\] |
| Field`choices[].message.reasoning_content` | Typestring |
| Field`choices[].message.reasoning_details` | Typeobject\|array |
| Field`choices[].finish_reason` | Typestring\|null |
| Field`usage` | Typeobject |

Errors and next steps

| Response | Condition | Next step |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Response400 · `invalid_request_error` | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |

### Aliases

#### Model aliases

<strong>Ailoot</strong> [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite)
**Ailoot Ultra** [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat), [`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat)

#### Method path aliases

`/chat/completions`

#### Related caller IDs

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=chat)

**Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages` `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

Google /`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

Model ID

- `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`
- `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`

### Overview

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is Google’s stable multimodal text model for frequent classification, translation and simple extraction. Thinking is off by default and can be enabled with a 512–24,576-token reasoning budget. It accepts text and media, with tools, structured output and a 1,048,576-token input limit.

Accepted inputs

Text

Results

json · sse

### Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods

**Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages** `POST /v1/messages`

Input types

`text`

Output types

`json`, `sse`

Output format

JSON or SSE

| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Field`model` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Default— |
| Field`messages` | Type`message[]` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`messages[].role` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits user, assistant | Default— |
| Field`messages[].content` | Type`string` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`max_tokens` | Type`integer` | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
| Field`stream` | Type`boolean` | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Defaultfalse |

Input material combinations

**Text** · UTF-8 text

`messages[].content string`

Method parameters and lifecycle

| Parameter | Contract |
| --- | --- |
| Parameter`content_type` | Contractapplication/json |
| Parameter`required` | Contractmodel, messages, max\_tokens |
| Parameter`optional_controls` | Contractstream |
| Parameter`material_types` | Contracttext |
| Parameter`text_file_material` | ContractRead the actual UTF-8 document and put its text in the indicated input or message content string. |

Lifecycle: `synchronous_or_streamed`

### Pricing

Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.

Fast mode

Standard rate When fast mode is selected

Flex mode

Standard rate When flex mode is selected

Maximum reasoning effort

Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment

Explicit cache pricing

Not enabled When explicit cache is requested

#### Ailoot rates

#### Prices by configuration

Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.

| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ConfigurationBase token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens **$0.0002** / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens **$0.0008** / 1K tokens Input · Cache read **$0.00002** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write **$0.0001666666666666666** / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour **—** / 1K tokens |

Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. [How reservation and settlement work →](https://ailoot.ai/docs/en/billing/reserve/)

### Example requests

#### Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages

Complete minimal JSON bodycurl · use your UTF-8 documentPython · save the complete result

```json
{
  "model": "google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite",
  "max_tokens": 128,
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Summarize the incident report."
    }
  ],
  "stream": false
}
```

```bash
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_TEXT_FILE:?Set your actual UTF-8 document}"
export AILOOT_TEXT_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json, os
from pathlib import Path

source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
Path('request.json').write_text(json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False), encoding='utf-8')
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path

result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
PY_RESULT
```

```python
import json, os
from pathlib import Path

source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import HTTPError

api_key = os.environ['AILOOT_API_KEY']
if not api_key.strip():
    raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request')
headers = {'x-api-key': 'PLACEHOLDER_KEY', 'anthropic-version': '2023-06-01', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
headers['x-api-key'] = api_key
request = Request('https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages', data=json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8'), headers=headers, method='POST')
try:
    with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as response:
        raw = response.read()
        Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(response.headers), encoding='utf-8')
except HTTPError as error:
    Path('result.json').write_bytes(error.read())
    Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(error.headers), encoding='utf-8')
    raise
Path('result.json').write_bytes(raw)
import json
from pathlib import Path

result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
```

### Receive and save results

#### Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages

JSON or SSE

##### Keep all completed results

Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.

Keep all content blocks, thinking signatures and actual tool-use IDs. Assemble all SSE block deltas; a first text block is not the complete output.

##### If the original response needs checking

Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.

Response fields

| Field | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Field`id` | Typestring |
| Field`model` | Typestring |
| Field`content[]` | Typetext\|thinking\|tool\_use\|other content block |
| Field`stop_reason` | Typestring\|null |
| Field`usage` | Typeobject |

Errors and next steps

| Response | Condition | Next step |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Response400 · `invalid_request_error` | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |

### Aliases

#### Model aliases

<strong>Ailoot</strong> [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)
**Ailoot Ultra** [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

#### Method path aliases

`/chat/completions`

#### Related caller IDs

[`google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Core&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages), [`gemini-2.5-flash-lite`](https://ailoot.ai/models/en/#m=google%2Fgemini-2.5-flash-lite&route=Ultra&caller=gemini-2.5-flash-lite&fmt=messages)

FAQ · Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

What inputs and results are available?

`POST /v1/messages` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `text`, `image` → `text` `POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `text`, `image` → `text` `POST /v1/chat/completions` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `text` → `text` `POST /v1/messages` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `text` → `json`, `sse` `POST /v1/chat/completions` · `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `text` → `text` `POST /v1/messages` · `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `text` → `json`, `sse`

Which fields does the request use?

`POST /v1/messages` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `model`, `messages`, `system`, `max_tokens`, `stream`, `metadata` `POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `contents`, `systemInstruction`, `sessionId` `POST /v1/chat/completions` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `model`, `messages`, `stream` `POST /v1/messages` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `model`, `messages`, `max_tokens`, `stream` `POST /v1/chat/completions` · `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `model`, `messages`, `stream`, `modalities`, `provider` `POST /v1/messages` · `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `model`, `messages`, `max_tokens`, `stream`

What limits apply?

`POST /v1/messages` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `ctx`: `1048576`; `max_out`: `65535`; `messages.min_items`: `1`; `max_tokens.minimum`: `1` `POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `contents.min_items`: `1` `POST /v1/chat/completions` · `gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `messages.min_items`: `1` `POST /v1/chat/completions` · `google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite`: `messages.min_items`: `1`

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