Available interfaces
You can use one of several programmatic interfaces when interacting with Dataproc. These are the available interfaces, in the order that we recommend using them:
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Google Cloud Client Libraries : Dataproc ( alpha and beta release ) client libraries are available in multiple languages and are built on gRPC . These client libraries provide a layer of abstraction on top of gRPC and handle the details of operation polling, retries, and more.
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gRPC : If a client library is not available for your programming language of choice, you can generate gRPC client libraries for Dataproc in any gRPC-supported language. To do this, you'll need the protocol buffers service definition available from our repository on GitHub . You can then follow the instructions for your preferred language on grpc.io to generate and use your client.
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REST API : If you're unable to use Dataproc's client libraries or the gRPC API, use the REST API.
