"The Semantic Retriever API lets you perform semantic search on your own data. Since it's your data, this needs stricter access controls than API keys. Authenticate with OAuth with service accounts or through your user credentials."
This is misleading because if you use the Attributed Question-Answer model, and you use inline grounding attributions, you don't need to authenticate with OAuth. I know this because I am using that powerful technique right now in running code.
Apparently the OAuth requirement is for when you use your owncorpora built from your own files, because the API needs access to your private resources to execute the API call. But with inline grounding attributions you are passing in the necessary source material along with the API call, so the API does not need access to your private files. I suggest that the docs be updated to alter that paragraph above and have it point out that OAuth is only required when using your own files, not when using inline grounding attributions.
The main docs page for the semantic retrieval API says that OAuth must be set up to use that API:
https://ai.google.dev/docs/semantic_retriever?hl=en#attributed_question-answering
"The Semantic Retriever API lets you perform semantic search on your own data. Since it's your data, this needs stricter access controls than API keys. Authenticate with OAuth with service accounts or through your user credentials."
This is misleading because if you use the
Attributed Question-Answermodel, and you useinline grounding attributions, you don't need to authenticate with OAuth. I know this because I am using that powerful technique right now in running code.Apparently the OAuth requirement is for when you use your own corpora built from your own files, because the API needs access to your private resources to execute the API call. But with
inline grounding attributionsyou are passing in the necessary source material along with the API call, so the API does not need access to your private files. I suggest that the docs be updated to alter that paragraph above and have it point out that OAuth is only required when using your own files, not when usinginline grounding attributions.