"Error communicating with Google AI Studio API"

Google AI Studio
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Hi, I’m trying to get Gemini to work for chat completion, but the api just won’t respond. I am indeed from one of the regions listed here: Google AI Studio और Gemini API के लिए उपलब्ध जगहें  |  Google AI for Developers

here is the error message, is there something I’m missing?:

Error communicating with Google AI Studio API: FetchError: request to https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.0-flash-exp:generateContent?key=(key redacted) failed, reason: connect ETIMEDOUT (Ipv6 address redacted)
at ClientRequest. (file:///W:/Tavern_Silly/node_modules/node-fetch/src/index.js:108:11)
at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:536:35)
at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:104:11)
at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:512:5)
at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:524:28)
at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:170:8)
at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:129:3)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21) {
type: ‘system’,
errno: ‘ETIMEDOUT’,
code: ‘ETIMEDOUT’,
erroredSysCall: ‘connect’

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Hi there,

are you using vpn or proxy?
can you reproduce the same error if you try with your mobile?
(i would also doublecheck typos in endpoint or apikey)

Best regards

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Nope, not using vpn, just my isp. I have tried deleting and getting new API key with same result. For the api key, I just use the blue copy button at the api key page and paste it in directly. I will say that for comparison I am also accessing Deepseek model via API and it works for me.

Is there a simple alternative chat completion program I can download to test my api key with?

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Update for anyone else who has this problem: I don’t know why, but turning off IPV6 in network properties allowed the API to connect for me. Hope this helps!

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