Streaming interactions

When creating an Interaction, you can set stream: true to incrementally stream the response using server-sent events (SSE).

Python

from google import genai

client = genai.Client()

stream = client.interactions.create(
    model="gemini-3.8-flash",
    input="Count from 1 to 25.",
    stream=True,
)
for event in stream:
    if event.event_type == "step.delta":
        if event.delta.type == "text":
            print(event.delta.text, end="", flush=True)

JavaScript

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

const client = new GoogleGenAI({});

const stream = await client.interactions.create({
    model: "gemini-3.8-flash",
    input: "Count from 1 to 25.",
    stream: true,
});
for await (const event of stream) {
    if (event.event_type === "step.delta") {
        if (event.delta.type === "text") {
            process.stdout.write(event.delta.text);
        }
    }
}

Java

import com.google.genai.Client;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.CreateModelInteraction;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.InteractionSSEEvent;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.InteractionSSEStreamEvent;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.InteractionsInput;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.Model;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.StepDelta;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.StepDeltaData;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.interactions.TextDelta;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.operations.CreateInteractionRequestBody;
import com.google.genai.gaos.models.operations.CreateInteractionResponse;
import com.google.genai.gaos.utils.EventStream;

Client client = new Client();

CreateModelInteraction params =
    CreateModelInteraction.builder()
        .model(Model.of("gemini-3.8-flash"))
        .input(InteractionsInput.of("Count from 1 to 25."))
        .stream(true)
        .build();

CreateInteractionResponse response =
    client.interactions.create(CreateInteractionRequestBody.of(params));

try (EventStream<InteractionSSEStreamEvent> events = response.events()) {
  for (InteractionSSEStreamEvent streamEvent : events) {
    InteractionSSEEvent event = streamEvent.data().orElse(null);
    if (event instanceof StepDelta stepDelta) {
      StepDeltaData data = stepDelta.delta().orElse(null);
      if (data instanceof TextDelta textDelta) {
        textDelta.text().ifPresent(System.out::print);
      }
    }
  }
}

REST

curl -X POST "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --no-buffer \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-3.8-flash",
    "input": "Count from 1 to 25.",
    "stream": true
  }'

event: interaction.created
data: {"interaction":{"id":"v1_...","status":"in_progress","object":"interaction","model":"gemini-3.8-flash"},"event_type":"interaction.created"}

event: interaction.status_update
data: {"interaction_id":"v1_...","status":"in_progress","event_type":"interaction.status_update"}

event: step.start
data: {"index":0,"step":{"type":"thought"},"event_type":"step.start"}

event: step.delta
data: {"index":0,"delta":{"signature":"...","type":"thought_signature"},"event_type":"step.delta"}

event: step.stop
data: {"index":0,"event_type":