[Python] Issue with using Gemini AI API

I have a Python script which creates a local chatbot server on my PC and is trying to use Google Gemini AI via my API.

Here are the details:

# Trying to access Gogle Gemini AI via my API:
base_url = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/"
model = "gemini-1.5-flash"
task = "generateContent"
endpoint = ".apps.googleusercontent.com"
google_client_id = "{GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID}" # Stored in a variable declared and set at startup
# Constructing the URL
url = f"{base_url}{model}:{task}?key={GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID}{endpoint}"


The above url is correctly constructed, but I still get an error message:

Gemini API Error: 401 Client Error: # Unauthorized for {see the above url}
​

I am running my script in PowerShell on my local PC. All imports have been made.

from fastapi import FastAPI, WebSocket
from fastapi.websockets import WebSocketDisconnect
import asyncio
import json
import requests
import webbrowser
import uvicorn
import threading
import websockets
import os
import google.generativeai as genai


... I have also tried with Vertex AI, but that is even more complicated and didn't give any results.

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