BerriAI/litellm · error · Exception

Importing google.generativeai failed, please run 'pip instal

Error message

Importing google.generativeai failed, please run 'pip install -q google-generativeai

What it means

Error "Importing google.generativeai failed, please run 'pip install -q google-generativeai" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.

Source

Thrown at litellm/llms/deprecated_providers/palm.py:104

        }


def completion(
    model: str,
    messages: list,
    model_response: ModelResponse,
    print_verbose: Callable,
    api_key,
    encoding,
    logging_obj,
    optional_params: dict,
    litellm_params=None,
    logger_fn=None,
):
    try:
        import google.generativeai as palm
    except Exception:
        raise Exception("Importing google.generativeai failed, please run 'pip install -q google-generativeai")
    palm.configure(api_key=api_key)

    model = model

    ## Load Config
    inference_params: Final = copy.deepcopy(optional_params)
    inference_params.pop(
        "stream", None
    )  # palm does not support streaming, so we handle this by fake streaming in main.py
    config: Final = litellm.PalmConfig.get_config()
    for k, v in config.items():
        if (
            k not in inference_params
        ):  # completion(top_k=3) > palm_config(top_k=3) <- allows for dynamic variables to be passed in
            inference_params[k] = v

    prompt = ""
    for message in messages:

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Solutions

1. Install google-generativeai: pip install -q google-generativeai.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at litellm/llms/deprecated_providers/palm.py:104 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/22781d32b38f0242. Report an issue: GitHub.