Specifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options. Specifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options.When using this feature, you are required to comply with the "Grounding with Google Search" usage requirements for your chosen API provider: Gemini Developer API or Vertex AI Gemini API (see Service Terms section within the Service Specific Terms).
GoogleSearchTool.googleSearch
Specifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options. Specifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options.
When using this feature, you are required to comply with the "Grounding with Google Search" usage requirements for your chosen API provider: Gemini Developer API or Vertex AI Gemini API (see Service Terms section within the Service Specific Terms).
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-07-17 UTC."],[],[],null,["A tool that allows a Gemini model to connect to Google Search to access and incorporate up-to-date information from the web into its responses.\n| **Important:** If using Grounding with Google Search, you are required to comply with the \"Grounding with Google Search\" usage requirements for your chosen API provider: [Gemini Developer API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms#grounding-with-google-search) or Vertex AI Gemini API (see [Service Terms](https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms) section within the Service Specific Terms).\n\n**Signature:** \n\n export interface GoogleSearchTool \n\nProperties\n\n| Property | Type | Description |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [googleSearch](./ai.googlesearchtool.md#googlesearchtoolgooglesearch) | [GoogleSearch](./ai.googlesearch.md#googlesearch_interface) | Specifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options. Specifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options.When using this feature, you are required to comply with the \"Grounding with Google Search\" usage requirements for your chosen API provider: [Gemini Developer API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms#grounding-with-google-search) or Vertex AI Gemini API (see [Service Terms](https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms) section within the Service Specific Terms). |\n\nGoogleSearchTool.googleSearch\n\nSpecifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options. Specifies the Google Search configuration. Currently, this is an empty object, but it's reserved for future configuration options.\n\nWhen using this feature, you are required to comply with the \"Grounding with Google Search\" usage requirements for your chosen API provider: [Gemini Developer API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms#grounding-with-google-search) or Vertex AI Gemini API (see [Service Terms](https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms) section within the Service Specific Terms).\n\n**Signature:** \n\n googleSearch: GoogleSearch;"]]
