An idiomatic C++ client library for theDatastream API, a serverless and easy-to-use change data capture (CDC) and replication service. It allows you to synchronize data across heterogeneous databases and applications reliably, and with minimal latency and downtime.
While this library isGA, please note that the Google Cloud C++ client libraries donotfollowSemantic Versioning.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in thegoogle/cloud/datastream/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Datastream API C++ client library API.
The main class in this library isdatastream_v1::DatastreamClient. All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mockdatastream_v1::DatastreamClientwhen testing your application.
Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies.
The library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and usesexponential backoffto backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.
More Information
Error Handling- describes how the library reports errors.
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It allows you to synchronize data across heterogeneous databases and applications reliably, and with minimal latency and downtime.\n\nWhile this library is **GA** , please note that the Google Cloud C++ client libraries do **not** follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).\n\n### Quickstart\n\nThe following shows the code that you'll run in the `google/cloud/datastream/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Datastream API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/datastream/v1/datastream_client.h\"\n #include \"google/cloud/project.h\"\n #include \u003ciostream\u003e\n\n int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {\n if (argc != 3) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"Usage: \" \u003c\u003c argv[0] \u003c\u003c \" project-id location-id\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n namespace datastream = ::google::cloud::datastream_v1;\n auto client =\n datastream::DatastreamClient(datastream::MakeDatastreamConnection());\n\n auto const parent =\n std::string{\"projects/\"} + argv[1] + \"/locations/\" + argv[2];\n for (auto r : client.ListStreams(parent)) {\n if (!r) throw std::move(r).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c r-\u003eDebugString() \u003c\u003c \"\\n\";\n }\n\n return 0;\n } catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"google::cloud::Status thrown: \" \u003c\u003c status \u003c\u003c \"\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n### Main classes\n\nThe main class in this library is [`datastream_v1::DatastreamClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/datastream/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1datastream__v1_1_1DatastreamClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`datastream_v1::DatastreamClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/datastream/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1datastream__v1_1_1DatastreamClient) when testing your application.\n\n### Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies.\n\nThe library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and uses [exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff) to backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.\n\n### More Information\n\n- [Error Handling](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/common-error-handling.html) - describes how the library reports errors.\n- [How to Override the Default Endpoint](/cpp/docs/reference/datastream/2.12.0/datastream-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/datastream/2.12.0/datastream-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/datastream/2.12.0/datastream-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]