Runnable Node.js, Python and bash examples for the Gemini Notebook API by useapi.net, a REST API for Google's Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) that drives your own Google account. Create notebooks, add web pages, YouTube videos, Drive files and uploads as sources, chat with citations, run Deep Research, and generate Audio Overviews (the NotebookLM podcast), Video Overviews, slide decks, infographics, reports, quizzes, flashcards and mind maps.
Google offers no public API for NotebookLM. This API is third-party and uses the NotebookLM plan you already have.
It runs unattended. Connect several Google accounts and each new job goes to one that is healthy and still has usage left, jobs are tracked server-side (poll or get a replyUrl webhook), and when every account is out of usage the 429 carries the reset time. Your code decides what to do with the load (wait, route to another account, slow down), so nobody has to watch NotebookLM's limits or start the next batch by hand.
| Example | What it does | Tutorial | Tutorial date |
|---|---|---|---|
podcast/ |
Turn web pages and YouTube videos into a NotebookLM Audio Overview and download the .m4a |
How to automate NotebookLM | September 29, 2026 |
deep-research/ |
Run Deep Research on a question and save the report as Markdown with its cited sources | How to automate NotebookLM | September 29, 2026 |
tutorial-demo/ |
The tutorial's two bash scripts: every step from creating a notebook to a Video Overview and a revised slide deck | How to automate NotebookLM | September 29, 2026 |
You need Node.js 21+ or Python 3.8+ (no dependencies to install), a useapi.net API token, and a Google account connected with the Gemini Notebook setup. One $15/month subscription covers every useapi.net API.
git clone https://github.com/useapi/gemini-notebook-api.git
cd gemini-notebook-api/podcast
node ./podcast.mjs <API_TOKEN> <EMAIL>
# or, equivalently, with Python:
python3 ./podcast.py <API_TOKEN> <EMAIL>Edit prompts.json in each folder to queue your own sources or questions. Every parameter is documented in the API reference, and a Postman collection is available too.
- Does NotebookLM have an API? Not a public one for the consumer product. This third-party REST API drives your own Gemini Notebook account instead.
- What can I generate? Audio Overviews (deep dive, brief, critique or debate; three lengths; output language of your choice), Video Overviews, slide decks (PDF + PPTX), infographics, reports, quizzes, flashcards, mind maps and data tables. See the artifacts endpoint.
- What does it cost? A flat $15/month to useapi.net plus the Google plan you already have. There's no per-call metering.
The example code in this repository is released under the MIT License. It covers the example scripts only, not the useapi.net service or API.
useapi.net provides REST APIs for AI services on your own accounts: Google Flow, Flow Music, Gemini Notebook, Dreamina, Kling, PixVerse, MiniMax, Mureka, Runway and more. See the model matrix.
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