> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

> Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite on APIYI: $0.25 input / $1.5 output per 1M tokens, 1,048,576 context, 65,536 max output, available in 2 billing groups.

A low-cost, high-throughput tier with adjustable thinking levels, suited to concurrency and batch processing.

## Specifications

| Item                   | Value                                                     |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Model ID**           | `gemini-3.1-flash-lite` · `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview` |
| **Vendor**             | Google                                                    |
| **Available on APIYI** | 2026-05-09                                                |
| **Knowledge cutoff**   | 2025-01                                                   |
| **Input modalities**   | Text, Image, Video, Audio, PDF                            |
| **Output modalities**  | Text                                                      |
| **Context window**     | 1,048,576 tokens                                          |
| **Max output**         | 65,536 tokens                                             |
| **Billing**            | Usage-based                                               |

## Pricing

Prices in USD per 1M tokens (\$/1M).

| Input  | Cached input | Output |
| ------ | ------------ | ------ |
| \$0.25 | \$0.025      | \$1.5  |

<Info>The table shows **list prices**. Recharge promotions and group discounts **stack**; the console reflects the actual charge in real time. See [Pricing](/en/pricing) and [Recharge promotions](/en/faq/recharge-promotions).</Info>

## Endpoints

| Endpoint                  | Path                                          | Supported |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| `OpenAI Chat Completions` | `POST /v1/chat/completions`                   | ✅         |
| `OpenAI Responses`        | `POST /v1/responses`                          | —         |
| `Anthropic Messages`      | `POST /v1/messages`                           | —         |
| `Gemini Generate Content` | `POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent` | ✅         |
| `Image Generations`       | `POST /v1/images/generations`                 | —         |
| `Embeddings`              | `POST /v1/embeddings`                         | —         |

## Billing groups

| Group     | Multiplier | Notes      |
| --------- | ---------- | ---------- |
| `Default` | 1×         | List price |
| `SVIP`    | 1×         | List price |

Some groups carry extra discounts, stackable with recharge bonuses. See [Tokens and groups](/en/faq/token-and-groups).

## Supported features

| Feature            | Supported |
| ------------------ | --------- |
| Streaming          | ✅         |
| Tool calling       | ✅         |
| Structured outputs | ✅         |
| Vision             | ✅         |
| Prompt caching     | ✅         |
| Extended thinking  | Opt-in    |

## Variants

| Model ID                        | Notes                                              |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `gemini-3.1-flash-lite`         | General-availability model name.                   |
| `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview` | Preview-era name; identical pricing and endpoints. |

## Example request

The example below calls `gemini-3.1-flash-lite` through OpenAI Chat Completions (`/v1/chat/completions`). Point base\_url at `https://api.apiyi.com/v1` — everything else matches the official API.

```bash theme={null}
curl https://api.apiyi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIYI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'
```

<Tip>Read the key from an environment variable, never hard-coded. In production, issue separate tokens per use case so you can revoke and attribute usage individually.</Tip>

## Related docs

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Launch announcement" icon="megaphone" href="/en/news/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-launch">
    Background, benchmarks and migration notes for Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
  </Card>

  <Card title="Native Calls" icon="book-open" href="/en/api-capabilities/gemini/native">
    Parameters, usage and best practices
  </Card>

  <Card title="Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite" icon="git-compare" href="/en/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite">
    Details for a model in the same family
  </Card>

  <Card title="Model pricing directory" icon="table" href="/en/models">
    Live pricing, endpoints and groups for all 308 models
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>Specs on this page are maintained by hand in `models/data/model-details.json`; pricing and endpoints come from the live pricing API, updated 2026-07-31 01:30 (UTC+8), specs last verified 2026-07-31.</Note>