An idiomatic C++ client library for theCloud Asset API, a metadata inventory service that allows you to view, monitor, and analyze all your GCP and Anthos assets across projects and 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/asset/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Asset API C++ client library API.
The main class in this library isasset_v1::AssetServiceClient. All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mockasset_v1::AssetServiceClientwhen testing your application.
Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies.
The library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and usesexponential backoffto backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.
More Information
Error Handling- describes how the library reports errors.
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All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`asset_v1::AssetServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/asset/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1asset__v1_1_1AssetServiceClient) when testing your application.\n\n### Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies.\n\nThe library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and uses [exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff) to backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.\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/asset/2.12.0/asset-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/asset/2.12.0/asset-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/asset/2.12.0/asset-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]