testingv0.0.3

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doConnect.go.notyet b/doConnect.go.notyet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52fdc7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doConnect.go.notyet
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+)
+
+// doConnect initializes and returns a Gemini client.
+// It reads the API key from the GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable.
+func doConnect() (*genai.GenerativeModel, error) {
+	apiKey := os.Getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+	if apiKey == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable not set")
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey(apiKey))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create new genai client: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	model := client.GenerativeModel("gemini-pro")
+	return model, nil
+}