Image Input Bytes

Code

image_input_bytes.py

from pathlib import Path

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import Image
from agno.models.vertexai.claude import Claude
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools
from agno.utils.media import download_image

agent = Agent(
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4@20250514"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    markdown=True,
)

image_path = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("sample.jpg")

download_image(
    url="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg",
    output_path=str(image_path),
)

# Read the image file content as bytes
image_bytes = image_path.read_bytes()

agent.print_response(
    "Tell me about this image and give me the latest news about it.",
    images=[
        Image(content=image_bytes),
    ],
    stream=True,
)

Usage

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

uv venv --python 3.12
.venv\Scripts\activate

Set your environment variables

export CLOUD_ML_REGION=xxx
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=xxx

setx CLOUD_ML_REGION xxx
setx GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT xxx

Authenticate your CLI session

gcloud auth application-default login

You don’t need to authenticate your CLI every time.

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U 'anthropic[vertex]' ddgs agno

Run Agent

Save the code above as image_input_bytes.py, then run:

python image_input_bytes.py

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