# Google’s AI Studio API Service

### Creating an Account in Google’s AI Studio

- Visit Google’s AI Studio website and sign up.
- Complete the verification process.

### Accessing Google AI Studio (Gemini and PALM) API

- In your Google Cloud Console, enable the Google AI Studio API.
- Create an API key as per the instructions in Google’s API documentation.

### Setting the Google AI Studio API Key in .Renviron

To modify the `.Renviron` file:

    require(usethis)
    edit_r_environ()

For a persistent setting, add the following line to `.Renviron`, replacing `"<APIKEY>"` with your actual Google AI Studio API key:

    GOOGLE_API_KEY="<APIKEY>"

Save the file and restart your R session for the changes to take effect.

Caution: Be careful not to expose `.Renviron` in public repositories or version control systems to protect your API key.