Integrating Google Bard With Python

Devil’s Advocate
2 min readJun 12, 2023

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Integrating Google’s Bard AI with your Python application is very easy — simpler than most libraries I have seen.

First, install the BardAPI package with

pip install bardapi

Once the BardAPI package is installed, get your BARD API Key. Then calling Google Bard’s API with a prompt is very straightforward.

from bardapi import Bard
import os

os.environ['_BARD_API_KEY'] = "<your key>"

# Set your input text
input_text = "what is the easy way to integrate Python with Bard?"

# Send an API request and get a response
bard_output = Bard().get_answer(input_text)['content']
print(bard_output)

How to get Bard API Key?

I do not need to add a lot of information apart from what is already available here.

Here is a quick summary:

  1. In the Google Cloud Console, create a new project. Give your project a name and choose a billing account to link to it.
  2. Allow the Bard API to be used in your project. To do so, navigate to the Google Cloud Console’s API Library and type “Bard API” into the search bar. After selecting the API, click the “Enable” button.
  3. Make a fresh API key. To generate an API key, navigate to the Google Cloud Console’s Credentials page and click the “Create credentials” button. To generate a new API key, select “API key” from the dropdown menu and follow the steps.
  4. Make a copy of your API key and keep it somewhere safe. To authenticate with the Google Bard API, you must use this API key in your application.

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Devil’s Advocate

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