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+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+MEDIA_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../third_party)
+
+TEXT_PATH=${MEDIA_DIR}/poem.txt
+IMG_PATH=${MEDIA_DIR}/organ.jpg
+IMG_PATH_2=${MEDIA_DIR}/Cajun_instruments.jpg
+AUDIO_PATH=${MEDIA_DIR}/sample.mp3
+VIDEO_PATH=${MEDIA_DIR}/Big_Buck_Bunny.mp4
+
+BASE_URL="https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com"
+
+echo "[START files_create_text]"
+# [START files_create_text]
+MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${TEXT_PATH}")
+NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${TEXT_PATH}")
+DISPLAY_NAME=TEXT
+
+tmp_header_file=upload-header.tmp
+
+# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
+# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
+curl "${BASE_URL}/upload/v1beta/files?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+  -D upload-header.tmp \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null
+
+upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
+rm "${tmp_header_file}"
+
+# Upload the actual bytes.
+curl "${upload_url}" \
+  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
+  --data-binary "@${TEXT_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json
+
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+
+# Now generate content using that file
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+          {"text": "Can you add a few more lines to this poem?"},
+          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "text/plain", "file_uri": '$file_uri'}}]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null > response.json
+
+cat response.json
+echo
+
+jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json
+
+echo "[START files_get]"
+# [START files_get]
+name=$(jq ".file.name" file_info.json)
+# Get the file of interest to check state
+curl https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files/$name > file_info.json
+# Print some information about the file you got
+name=$(jq ".file.name" file_info.json)
+echo name=$name
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+# [END files_get]
+
+echo "[START files_delete]"
+# [START files_delete]
+curl --request "DELETE" https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files/$name?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY
+# [END files_delete]
+
+# [END files_create_text]
+
+echo "[START files_create_image]"
+# [START files_create_image]
+MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${IMG_PATH_2}")
+NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${IMG_PATH_2}")
+DISPLAY_NAME=TEXT
+
+tmp_header_file=upload-header.tmp
+
+# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
+# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
+curl "${BASE_URL}/upload/v1beta/files?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+  -D upload-header.tmp \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null
+
+upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
+rm "${tmp_header_file}"
+
+# Upload the actual bytes.
+curl "${upload_url}" \
+  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
+  --data-binary "@${IMG_PATH_2}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json
+
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+
+# Now generate content using that file
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+          {"text": "Can you tell me about the instruments in this photo?"},
+          {"file_data":
+            {"mime_type": "image/jpeg", 
+            "file_uri": '$file_uri'}
+        }]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null > response.json
+
+cat response.json
+echo
+
+jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json
+# [END files_create_image]
+
+echo "[START files_create_audio]"
+# [START files_create_audio]
+MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${AUDIO_PATH}")
+NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${AUDIO_PATH}")
+DISPLAY_NAME=AUDIO
+
+tmp_header_file=upload-header.tmp
+
+# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
+# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
+curl "${BASE_URL}/upload/v1beta/files?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+  -D upload-header.tmp \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null
+
+upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
+rm "${tmp_header_file}"
+
+# Upload the actual bytes.
+curl "${upload_url}" \
+  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
+  --data-binary "@${AUDIO_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json
+
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+
+# Now generate content using that file
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+          {"text": "Describe this audio clip"},
+          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "audio/mp3", "file_uri": '$file_uri'}}]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null > response.json
+
+cat response.json
+echo
+
+jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json
+# [END files_create_audio]
+
+echo "[START files_create_video]"
+# [START files_create_video]
+MIME_TYPE=$(file -b --mime-type "${VIDEO_PATH}")
+NUM_BYTES=$(wc -c < "${VIDEO_PATH}")
+DISPLAY_NAME=VIDEO_PATH
+
+# Initial resumable request defining metadata.
+# The upload url is in the response headers dump them to a file.
+curl "${BASE_URL}/upload/v1beta/files?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}" \
+  -D upload-header.tmp \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: resumable" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: start" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Header-Content-Type: ${MIME_TYPE}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d "{'file': {'display_name': '${DISPLAY_NAME}'}}" 2> /dev/null
+
+upload_url=$(grep -i "x-goog-upload-url: " "${tmp_header_file}" | cut -d" " -f2 | tr -d "\r")
+rm "${tmp_header_file}"
+
+# Upload the actual bytes.
+curl "${upload_url}" \
+  -H "Content-Length: ${NUM_BYTES}" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Offset: 0" \
+  -H "X-Goog-Upload-Command: upload, finalize" \
+  --data-binary "@${VIDEO_PATH}" 2> /dev/null > file_info.json
+
+file_uri=$(jq ".file.uri" file_info.json)
+echo file_uri=$file_uri
+
+state=$(jq ".file.state" file_info.json)
+echo state=$state
+
+# Ensure the state of the video is 'ACTIVE'
+while [[ "($state)" = *"PROCESSING"* ]];
+do
+  echo "Processing video..."
+  sleep 5
+  # Get the file of interest to check state
+  curl https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files/$name > file_info.json
+  state=$(jq ".file.state" file_info.json)
+done
+
+# Now generate content using that file
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-1.5-flash:generateContent?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -X POST \
+    -d '{
+      "contents": [{
+        "parts":[
+          {"text": "Describe this video clip"},
+          {"file_data":{"mime_type": "video/mp4", "file_uri": '$file_uri'}}]
+        }]
+       }' 2> /dev/null > response.json
+
+cat response.json
+echo
+
+jq ".candidates[].content.parts[].text" response.json
+# [END files_create_video]
+
+echo "[START files_list]"
+# [START files_list]
+echo "My files: "
+
+curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/files?key=$GOOGLE_API_KEY"
+# [END files_list]
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