The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofApiKeysClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedApiKeysConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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classes for retry policies and idempotency policies that modify the connection.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page details the \u003ccode\u003eMakeApiKeysConnection\u003c/code\u003e function, which is used to create an \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysConnection\u003c/code\u003e object that is used when constructing \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysClient\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation provided on this page includes information about various structs and functions that are used to configure and work with the ApiKeys service within the Google Cloud C++ client.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::apikeys_v2 (2.24.0)\n\nVersion 2.24.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [ApiKeysClient](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysClient)\n\nManages the API keys associated with projects.\n\n### [ApiKeysConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection)\n\nThe [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection) object for [`ApiKeysClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysClient).\n\n### [ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [ApiKeysLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [ApiKeysLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [ApiKeysRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ApiKeysBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [ApiKeysPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysPollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [ApiKeysRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeApiKeysConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [ApiKeysClient](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::apikeys_v2::ApiKeysPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]
