The Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API is a service that allows clients to detect the presence of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and other privacy-sensitive data in user-supplied, unstructured data streams, like text blocks or images.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofDlpServiceClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedDlpServiceConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eDlpServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e, used for managing the connection to the DLP service.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation covers various retry and backoff policies for the DLP service, such as \u003ccode\u003eDlpServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eDlpServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eDlpServiceBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, all of which help manage communication with the service.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe MakeDlpServiceConnection function is used to create an instance of \u003ccode\u003eDlpServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e and accepts options to configure it, such as credentials and policy options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::dlp_v2 (2.24.0)\n\nVersion 2.24.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [DlpServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceClient)\n\nThe Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API is a service that allows clients to detect the presence of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and other privacy-sensitive data in user-supplied, unstructured data streams, like text blocks or images.\n\n### [DlpServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`DlpServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnection) object for [`DlpServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceClient).\n\n### [DlpServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [DlpServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`DlpServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [DlpServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`DlpServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [DlpServiceRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`DlpServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [DlpServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [DlpServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [DlpServiceRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeDlpServiceConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`DlpServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [DlpServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`DlpServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/dlp/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1dlp__v2_1_1DlpServiceConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::dlp_v2::DlpServicePolicyOptionList`](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### MakeDefaultDlpServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]
