# Settings generation\_config response\_modalities with IMAGE

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/settings-generation-config-response-modalities-with-image/72550>\
**Category:** Gemini API\
**Tags:** gemini-flash\
**Created:** [March 16, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/settings-generation-config-response-modalities-with-image/72550 "2025-03-16T08:28:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![arpitm](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/arpitm/32/1975_2.png) [@arpitm](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/arpitm)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/settings-generation-config-response-modalities-with-image/72550/1 "2025-03-16T08:28:25Z")

</div>

I want the model to respond to my query with an image response. I am setting the response\_modalities within generation\_config with IMAGE parameter. The request always fails. If I set it with only TEXT it succeeds. Is the IMAGE parameter supported?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Kiran\_Sai\_Ramineni](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/kiran_sai_ramineni/32/8859_2.png) [@Kiran\_Sai\_Ramineni](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Kiran_Sai_Ramineni)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/settings-generation-config-response-modalities-with-image/72550/2 "2025-03-17T05:58:36Z")

</div>

Hi @arpitm, The image parameter is supported, Could you please let me know which model you are using to generate a image for the given query. Please try to use models/gemini-2.0-flash-exp which will work fine. Thank You.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jkirstaetter](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/jkirstaetter/32/61_2.png) [@jkirstaetter](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/jkirstaetter)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/settings-generation-config-response-modalities-with-image/72550/3 "2025-03-17T06:06:50Z")

</div>

Hi @arpitm

Welcome to the forum.

This depends on the model you chose.

_ **Note:** Make sure to include `responseModalities`: [“Text”, “Image”] in your generation configuration for text and image output with `gemini-2.0-flash-exp-image-generation`._  
Source: [https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation#gemini](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation#gemini)

That model has been added very recently only.

Additionally, the model `gemini-2.0-flash-exp` also works to generate images.

Cheers