This directory contains an idiomatic C++ client library for theCloud Optimization API, a service that provides a portfolio of solvers to address common optimization use cases.
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/optimization/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Optimization API C++ client library API.
#include "google/cloud/optimization/v1/fleet_routing_client.h"
#include "google/cloud/common_options.h"
#include "google/cloud/project.h"
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
if (argc != 3) {
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " project-id destination\n"
<< " destination is a GCS bucket\n";
return 1;
}
// This quickstart loads an example model from a known GCS bucket. The service
// solves the model, and writes the solution to the destination GCS bucket.
std::string const source =
"gs://cloud-samples-data/optimization-ai/async_request_model.json";
auto const destination =
std::string{"gs://"} + argv[2] + "/optimization_quickstart_solution.json";
namespace gc = ::google::cloud;
namespace optimization = ::google::cloud::optimization_v1;
auto options = gc::Options{}.set<gc::UserProjectOption>(argv[1]);
auto client = optimization::FleetRoutingClient(
optimization::MakeFleetRoutingConnection(options));
google::cloud::optimization::v1::BatchOptimizeToursRequest req;
req.set_parent(gc::Project(argv[1]).FullName());
auto& config = *req.add_model_configs();
auto& input = *config.mutable_input_config();
input.mutable_gcs_source()->set_uri(source);
input.set_data_format(google::cloud::optimization::v1::JSON);
auto& output = *config.mutable_output_config();
output.mutable_gcs_destination()->set_uri(destination);
output.set_data_format(google::cloud::optimization::v1::JSON);
auto fut = client.BatchOptimizeTours(req);
std::cout << "Request sent to the service...\n";
auto resp = fut.get();
if (!resp) throw std::move(resp).status();
std::cout << "Solution written to: " << destination << "\n";
return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
return 1;
}
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The service\n // solves the model, and writes the solution to the destination GCS bucket.\n std::string const source =\n \"gs://cloud-samples-data/optimization-ai/async_request_model.json\";\n auto const destination =\n std::string{\"gs://\"} + argv[2] + \"/optimization_quickstart_solution.json\";\n\n namespace gc = ::google::cloud;\n namespace optimization = ::google::cloud::optimization_v1;\n\n auto options = gc::Options{}.set\u003cgc::UserProjectOption\u003e(argv[1]);\n auto client = optimization::FleetRoutingClient(\n optimization::MakeFleetRoutingConnection(options));\n\n google::cloud::optimization::v1::BatchOptimizeToursRequest req;\n req.set_parent(gc::Project(argv[1]).FullName());\n auto& config = *req.add_model_configs();\n auto& input = *config.mutable_input_config();\n input.mutable_gcs_source()-\u003eset_uri(source);\n input.set_data_format(google::cloud::optimization::v1::JSON);\n auto& output = *config.mutable_output_config();\n output.mutable_gcs_destination()-\u003eset_uri(destination);\n output.set_data_format(google::cloud::optimization::v1::JSON);\n\n auto fut = client.BatchOptimizeTours(req);\n std::cout \u003c\u003c \"Request sent to the service...\\n\";\n auto resp = fut.get();\n if (!resp) throw std::move(resp).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c \"Solution written to: \" \u003c\u003c destination \u003c\u003c \"\\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 [`optimization_v1::FleetRoutingClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/optimization/2.39.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1optimization__v1_1_1FleetRoutingClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`optimization_v1::FleetRoutingClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/optimization/2.39.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1optimization__v1_1_1FleetRoutingClient) 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/optimization/2.39.0/optimization-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/optimization/2.39.0/optimization-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/optimization/2.39.0/optimization-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/optimization/2.39.0/optimization-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]