# Route

> **Class** in `langchain_google_genai`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-google-genai/_image_utils/Route)

Image loading route.

Determines how media content is loaded and processed based on the input
string format.

## Signature

```python
Route()
```

## Extends

- `Enum`

## Properties

- `URL`
- `BASE64`
- `GCS_URI`
- `LOCAL_FILE`

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-google/blob/a3f016b2a6c4af535df275545f76fa7424aa39e5/libs/genai/langchain_google_genai/_image_utils.py#L18)