The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofApiKeysClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedApiKeysConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage provides documentation for the Google Cloud C++ client library's API Keys service, with the latest stable version being 2.27.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe latest release candidate version available is 2.37.0-rc, and the page includes links to older versions of the API Keys documentation, from version 2.36.0 down to 2.11.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysClient\u003c/code\u003e class manages the API keys associated with projects, while the \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysConnection\u003c/code\u003e class defines how the client connects to the service.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page defines various classes and structs for managing retry policies, backoff policies, and operation polling, such as \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysPollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeApiKeysConnection\u003c/code\u003e function creates an \u003ccode\u003eApiKeysConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, and \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\u003c/code\u003e can be used to make a default idempotency policy.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::apikeys_v2 (2.27.0)\n\nVersion 2.27.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [ApiKeysClient](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysClient)\n\nManages the API keys associated with projects.\n\n### [ApiKeysConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection)\n\nThe [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection) object for [`ApiKeysClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysClient).\n\n### [ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [ApiKeysLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [ApiKeysLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [ApiKeysRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ApiKeysBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [ApiKeysPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysPollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [ApiKeysRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeApiKeysConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [ApiKeysClient](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`ApiKeysConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/apikeys/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1apikeys__v2_1_1ApiKeysConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::apikeys_v2::ApiKeysPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultApiKeysConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]
