Method: projects.locations.publishers.models.countTokens

Perform a token counting.

Endpoint

post https://{service-endpoint}/v1/{endpoint}:countTokens

Where {service-endpoint} is one of the supported service endpoints .

Path parameters

endpoint string

Required. The name of the Endpoint requested to perform token counting. Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/endpoints/{endpoint}

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

Fields
model string

Optional. The name of the publisher model requested to serve the prediction. Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/publishers/*/models/*

instances[] value ( Value format)

Optional. The instances that are the input to token counting call. Schema is identical to the prediction schema of the underlying model.

contents[] object ( Content )

Optional. Input content.

tools[] object ( Tool )

Optional. A list of Tools the model may use to generate the next response.

A Tool is a piece of code that enables the system to interact with external systems to perform an action, or set of actions, outside of knowledge and scope of the model.

systemInstruction object ( Content )

Optional. The user provided system instructions for the model. Note: only text should be used in parts and content in each part will be in a separate paragraph.

Example request

Text

C#

 using Google.Cloud.AIPlatform.V1;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class GetTokenCount
{
    public async Task<int> CountTokens(
        string projectId = "your-project-id",
        string location = "us-central1",
        string publisher = "google",
        string model = "gemini-1.5-flash-001"
    )
    {
        var client = new LlmUtilityServiceClientBuilder
        {
            Endpoint = $"{location}-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
        }.Build();

        var request = new CountTokensRequest
        {
            Endpoint = $"projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/publishers/{publisher}/models/{model}",
            Model = $"projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/publishers/{publisher}/models/{model}",
            Contents =
            {
                new Content
                {
                    Role = "USER",
                    Parts = { new Part { Text = "Why is the sky blue?" } }
                }
            }
        };

        var response = await client.CountTokensAsync(request);
        int tokenCount = response.TotalTokens;
        Console.WriteLine($"There are {tokenCount} tokens in the prompt.");
        return tokenCount;
    }
} 
 GetTokenCount.cs

Go

 import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"cloud.google.com/go/vertexai/genai"
)

// countTokens returns the number of tokens for this prompt.
func countTokens(w io.Writer, projectID, location, modelName string) error {
	// location := "us-central1"
	// modelName := "gemini-1.5-flash-001"

	ctx := context.Background()
	prompt := genai.Text("Why is the sky blue?")

	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, projectID, location)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	model := client.GenerativeModel(modelName)

	resp, err := model.CountTokens(ctx, prompt)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Number of tokens for the prompt: %d\n", resp.TotalTokens)

	resp2, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, prompt)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Number of tokens for the prompt: %d\n", resp2.UsageMetadata.PromptTokenCount)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Number of tokens for the candidates: %d\n", resp2.UsageMetadata.CandidatesTokenCount)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Total number of tokens: %d\n", resp2.UsageMetadata.TotalTokenCount)

	return nil
} 
 tokencount.go

Java

 import com.google.cloud.vertexai.VertexAI;
import com.google.cloud.vertexai.api.CountTokensResponse;
import com.google.cloud.vertexai.api.GenerateContentResponse;
import com.google.cloud.vertexai.generativeai.GenerativeModel;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GetTokenCount {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-google-cloud-project-id";
    String location = "us-central1";
    String modelName = "gemini-1.5-flash-001";

    getTokenCount(projectId, location, modelName);
  }

  // Gets the number of tokens for the prompt and the model's response.
  public static int getTokenCount(String projectId, String location, String modelName)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.
    // This client only needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (VertexAI vertexAI = new VertexAI(projectId, location)) {
      GenerativeModel model = new GenerativeModel(modelName, vertexAI);

      String textPrompt = "Why is the sky blue?";
      CountTokensResponse response = model.countTokens(textPrompt);

      int promptTokenCount = response.getTotalTokens();
      int promptCharCount = response.getTotalBillableCharacters();

      System.out.println("Prompt token Count: " + promptTokenCount);
      System.out.println("Prompt billable character count: " + promptCharCount);

      GenerateContentResponse contentResponse = model.generateContent(textPrompt);

      int tokenCount = contentResponse.getUsageMetadata().getPromptTokenCount();
      int candidateTokenCount = contentResponse.getUsageMetadata().getCandidatesTokenCount();
      int totalTokenCount = contentResponse.getUsageMetadata().getTotalTokenCount();

      System.out.println("Prompt token Count: " + tokenCount);
      System.out.println("Candidate Token Count: " + candidateTokenCount);
      System.out.println("Total token Count: " + totalTokenCount);

      return promptTokenCount;
    }
  }
} 
 GetTokenCount.java

Node.js

 const {VertexAI} = require('@google-cloud/vertexai');

/**
 * TODO(developer): Update these variables before running the sample.
 */
async function countTokens(
  projectId = 'PROJECT_ID',
  location = 'us-central1',
  model = 'gemini-1.5-flash-001'
) {
  // Initialize Vertex with your Cloud project and location
  const vertexAI = new VertexAI({project: projectId, location: location});

  // Instantiate the model
  const generativeModel = vertexAI.getGenerativeModel({
    model: model,
  });

  const req = {
    contents: [{role: 'user', parts: [{text: 'How are you doing today?'}]}],
  };

  const countTokensResp = await generativeModel.countTokens(req);
  console.log('count tokens response: ', countTokensResp);
} 
 countTokens.js

Python

 import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel

# TODO (developer): update project_id
vertexai.init(project=PROJECT_ID, location="us-central1")

model = GenerativeModel("gemini-1.5-flash-001")

prompt = "Why is the sky blue?"
# Prompt tokens count
response = model.count_tokens(prompt)
print(f"Prompt Token Count: {response.total_tokens}")
print(f"Prompt Character Count: {response.total_billable_characters}")

# Send text to Gemini
response = model.generate_content(prompt)

# Response tokens count
usage_metadata = response.usage_metadata
print(f"Prompt Token Count: {usage_metadata.prompt_token_count}")
print(f"Candidates Token Count: {usage_metadata.candidates_token_count}")
print(f"Total Token Count: {usage_metadata.total_token_count}") 
 gemini_count_token_example.py

Multi-modal

Go

 import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"mime"
	"path/filepath"

	"cloud.google.com/go/vertexai/genai"
)

// countTokensMultimodal finds the number of tokens for a multimodal prompt (video+text), and writes to w. Then,
// it calls the model with the multimodal prompt and writes token counts from the response metadata to w.
//
// video is a Google Cloud Storage path starting with "gs://"
func countTokensMultimodal(w io.Writer, projectID, location, modelName string) error {
	// location := "us-central1"
	// modelName := "gemini-1.5-flash-001"
	prompt := "Provide a description of the video."
	video := "gs://cloud-samples-data/generative-ai/video/pixel8.mp4"

	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, projectID, location)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	model := client.GenerativeModel(modelName)

	part1 := genai.Text(prompt)

	// Given a video file URL, prepare video file as genai.Part
	part2 := genai.FileData{
		MIMEType: mime.TypeByExtension(filepath.Ext(video)),
		FileURI:  video,
	}

	// Finds the total number of tokens for the 2 parts (text, video) of the multimodal prompt,
	// before actually calling the model for inference.
	resp, err := model.CountTokens(ctx, part1, part2)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Number of tokens for the multimodal video prompt: %d\n", resp.TotalTokens)

	res, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, part1, part2)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to generate contents: %w", err)
	}

	// The token counts are also provided in the model response metadata, after inference.
	fmt.Fprintln(w, "\nModel response")
	md := res.UsageMetadata
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Prompt Token Count: %d\n", md.PromptTokenCount)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Candidates Token Count: %d\n", md.CandidatesTokenCount)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Total Token Count: %d\n", md.TotalTokenCount)

	return nil
} 
 tokencount_multimodal.go

Python

 import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel, Part

# TODO (developer): update project_id
vertexai.init(project=PROJECT_ID, location="us-central1")

model = GenerativeModel("gemini-1.5-flash-001")

contents = [
    Part.from_uri(
        "gs://cloud-samples-data/generative-ai/video/pixel8.mp4",
        mime_type="video/mp4",
    ),
    "Provide a description of the video.",
]

# Prompt tokens count
response = model.count_tokens(contents)
print(f"Prompt Token Count: {response.total_tokens}")
print(f"Prompt Character Count: {response.total_billable_characters}")

# Send text to Gemini
response = model.generate_content(contents)
usage_metadata = response.usage_metadata

# Response tokens count
print(f"Prompt Token Count: {usage_metadata.prompt_token_count}")
print(f"Candidates Token Count: {usage_metadata.candidates_token_count}")
print(f"Total Token Count: {usage_metadata.total_token_count}") 
 gemini_count_token_example.py

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of CountTokensResponse .