An idiomatic C++ client library for theAccess Context Manager API, a service for setting attribute based access control on requests to GCP services.
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/accesscontextmanager/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Access Context Manager API C++ client library API.
#include "google/cloud/accesscontextmanager/v1/access_context_manager_client.h"
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
if (argc != 2) {
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " policy-id\n";
return 1;
}
namespace accesscontextmanager = ::google::cloud::accesscontextmanager_v1;
auto client = accesscontextmanager::AccessContextManagerClient(
accesscontextmanager::MakeAccessContextManagerConnection());
auto const parent = std::string("accessPolicies/") + argv[1];
for (auto r : client.ListAccessLevels(parent)) {
if (!r) throw std::move(r).status();
std::cout << r->DebugString() << "\n";
}
return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
return 1;
}
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[2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.18.0)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.17.0)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.16.0)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.15.1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.14.0)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.13.0)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.12.0)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/2.11.0) \n\nAccess Context Manager API C++ Client Library\n=============================================\n\nAn idiomatic C++ client library for the [Access Context Manager API](https://cloud.google.com/access-context-manager), a service for setting attribute based access control on requests to GCP services.\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/accesscontextmanager/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Access Context Manager API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/accesscontextmanager/v1/access_context_manager_client.h\"\n #include \u003ciostream\u003e\n\n int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {\n if (argc != 2) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"Usage: \" \u003c\u003c argv[0] \u003c\u003c \" policy-id\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n namespace accesscontextmanager = ::google::cloud::accesscontextmanager_v1;\n auto client = accesscontextmanager::AccessContextManagerClient(\n accesscontextmanager::MakeAccessContextManagerConnection());\n\n auto const parent = std::string(\"accessPolicies/\") + argv[1];\n for (auto r : client.ListAccessLevels(parent)) {\n if (!r) throw std::move(r).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c r-\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\nThe main class in this library is [`accesscontextmanager_v1::AccessContextManagerClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1accesscontextmanager__v1_1_1AccessContextManagerClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`accesscontextmanager_v1::AccessContextManagerClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1accesscontextmanager__v1_1_1AccessContextManagerClient) 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/accesscontextmanager/latest/accesscontextmanager-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/latest/accesscontextmanager-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/latest/accesscontextmanager-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/accesscontextmanager/latest/accesscontextmanager-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]