BerriAI/litellm · error · NotImplementedError

GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file content ret

Error message

GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file content retrieval

What it means

Error "GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file content retrieval" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/llms/gemini/files/transformation.py:388

        litellm_params: dict,
    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
        raise NotImplementedError("GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file listing")

    def transform_list_files_response(
        self,
        raw_response: httpx.Response,
        logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
        litellm_params: dict,
    ) -> list[OpenAIFileObject]:
        raise NotImplementedError("GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file listing")

    def transform_file_content_request(
        self,
        file_content_request,
        optional_params: dict,
        litellm_params: dict,
    ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
        raise NotImplementedError("GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file content retrieval")

    def transform_file_content_response(
        self,
        raw_response: httpx.Response,
        logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
        litellm_params: dict,
    ) -> HttpxBinaryResponseContent:
        raise NotImplementedError("GoogleAIStudioFilesHandler does not support file content retrieval")

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Solutions

1. Google AI Studio files do not support content retrieval via this handler.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/llms/gemini/files/transformation.py:388 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of BerriAI/litellm@6c2dcb801b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1c22e00b338f9401. Report an issue: GitHub.