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R/asa_api_helpers.R

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   if (is.null(x)) y else x
 }
 
+asa_api_default_backend <- "gemini"
+
 asa_api_to_bool <- function(value, default = FALSE) {
   if (is.null(value) || length(value) == 0L) {
     return(isTRUE(default))
@@ -103,6 +105,11 @@ asa_api_apply_env_defaults <- function() {
 
   if (nzchar(backend)) {
     options(asa.default_backend = backend)
+  } else {
+    active_backend <- trimws(asa_api_scalar_chr(getOption("asa.default_backend", ""), default = ""))
+    if (!nzchar(active_backend)) {
+      options(asa.default_backend = asa_api_default_backend)
+    }
   }
   if (nzchar(model)) {
     options(asa.default_model = model)

README.md

@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ It uses:
 
 Set these in the Hugging Face Space (`Settings` -> `Variables and secrets`):
 
-- `OPENAI_API_KEY` (or the provider key you use)
+- `GOOGLE_API_KEY` (or the provider key you use)
 - `GUI_PASSWORD`
 
 Optional secrets / vars:
 
 - `ASA_API_KEY` (enables API token auth for `/v1/*`)
-- `ASA_DEFAULT_BACKEND` (example: `openai`, `groq`, `anthropic`, `gemini`, `openrouter`)
-- `ASA_DEFAULT_MODEL` (example: `gpt-4.1-mini`)
+- `ASA_DEFAULT_BACKEND` (defaults to `gemini` if unset; examples: `openai`, `groq`, `anthropic`, `gemini`, `openrouter`)
+- `ASA_DEFAULT_MODEL` (example: `gemini-2.5-flash`)
 - `ASA_CONDA_ENV` (default: `asa_env`)
 - `ASA_USE_BROWSER_DEFAULT` (default: `false`, recommended for Space stability)
 - `CORS_ALLOW_ORIGIN` (default: `*`)
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ curl -s https://<your-space>.hf.space/v1/run \
   -d '{
     "prompt": "What is the population of Tokyo?",
     "config": {
-      "backend": "openai",
-      "model": "gpt-4.1-mini"
+      "backend": "gemini",
+      "model": "gemini-2.5-flash"
     },
     "run": {
       "output_format": "text",
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Local run:
 
 ```bash
 docker run --rm -p 7860:7860 \
-  -e OPENAI_API_KEY=... \
+  -e GOOGLE_API_KEY=... \
   -e GUI_PASSWORD=XXX \
   -e ASA_API_KEY=optional_token \
   asa-api