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Firebase.AI.GroundingMetadata
Metadata returned to the client when grounding is enabled.
Summary
Important: If using Grounding with Google Search, you are required to comply with the "Grounding with Google Search" usage requirements for your chosen API provider: Gemini Developer API or Vertex AI Gemini API (see Service Terms section within the Service Specific Terms).
This contains an HTML/CSS snippet that must be embedded in an app to display a Google Search entry point for follow-up web searches related to the model's "Grounded Response".
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