An idiomatic C++ client library forWorkflows API, a service to orchestrate and automate Google Cloud and HTTP-based API services with serverless workflows.
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/workflows/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Workflow Executions API C++ client library API.
This library offers multiple*Clientclasses, which are listed below. Each one of these classes exposes all the RPCs for a service as member functions of the class. This library groups multiple services because they are part of the same product or are often used together. A typical example may be the administrative and data plane operations for a single product.
The library also has other classes that provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock the*Clientclasses when testing your application.
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version 2.20.0, and it offers multiple \u003ccode\u003e*Client\u003c/code\u003e classes, such as \u003ccode\u003eExecutionsClient\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eWorkflowsClient\u003c/code\u003e, which provide access to the API's remote procedure calls (RPCs).\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page also provides information on error handling, how to override the default endpoint and authentication credentials, how to override retry policies, and the use of environment variables for configuring the library.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eA quickstart guide with sample code is included in this page, showcasing how to use the C++ client library to list workflows using the \u003ccode\u003eListWorkflows\u003c/code\u003e function.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["Version 2.20.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.41.0)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.40.0)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.39.0)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.38.0)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.37.0)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.36.0)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.35.0)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.34.0)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.33.0)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.32.0)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.31.0)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.30.0)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.29.0)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.28.0)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.27.0)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.26.0)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.25.1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.24.0)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.23.0)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.22.1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.21.0)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.20.0)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.19.0)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.18.0)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.17.0)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.16.0)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.15.1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.14.0)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.13.0)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.12.0)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.11.0) \n\nWorkflows API C++ Client Library\n================================\n\nAn idiomatic C++ client library for [Workflows API](https://cloud.google.com/workflows/), a service to orchestrate and automate Google Cloud and HTTP-based API services with serverless workflows.\n\nWhile this library is **GA** , please note 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/workflows/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Workflow Executions API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/workflows/v1/workflows_client.h\"\n #include \"google/cloud/location.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 auto const location = google::cloud::Location(argv[1], argv[2]);\n\n namespace workflows = ::google::cloud::workflows_v1;\n auto client =\n workflows::WorkflowsClient(workflows::MakeWorkflowsConnection());\n\n for (auto w : client.ListWorkflows(location.FullName())) {\n if (!w) throw std::move(w).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c w-\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\nThis library offers multiple `*Client` classes, which are listed below. Each one of these classes exposes all the RPCs for a service as member functions of the class. This library groups multiple services because they are part of the same product or are often used together. A typical example may be the administrative and data plane operations for a single product.\n\nThe library also has other classes that provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock the `*Client` classes when testing your application.\n\n- [`workflows_executions_v1::ExecutionsClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsClient)\n- [`workflows_v1::WorkflowsClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__v1_1_1WorkflowsClient)\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/workflows/2.20.0/workflows-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.20.0/workflows-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.20.0/workflows-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.20.0/workflows-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]