Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API C++ Client Library
An idiomatic C++ client library for theCloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API, a service that provides methods for detection, risk analysis, and de-identification of privacy-sensitive fragments in text, images, and Google Cloud Platform storage repositories.
While this library isGA, please note Google Cloud C++ client libraries donotfollowSemantic Versioning.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in thegoogle/cloud/dlp/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API C++ client library API.
The main class in this library isdlp_v2::DlpServiceClient. All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mockdlp_v2::DlpServiceClientwhen testing your application.
More Information
Error Handling- describes how the library reports errors.
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All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`dlp_v2::DlpServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceClient) when testing your application.\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/dlp/latest/dlp-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/latest/dlp-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/latest/dlp-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/latest/dlp-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]