Vertex Media Generation

Overview

Build image and video generation features using Google Vertex AI through the Vercel AI SDK. Covers Gemini image models for image generation and mask-free editing (Google discontinued the Imagen endpoints on Vertex AI) and Veo 3.1 for video generation with optional audio. Uses the @ai-sdk/google-vertex provider with the unified ai SDK.

Instructions

Step 1: Set up the project

npm install ai @ai-sdk/google-vertex
gcloud auth application-default login

Use the default provider instance (reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env), or create a custom one: