An idiomatic C++ client library for theConfidential Computing API, a service to create challenges and verify attestation responses.
While this library isGA, please note that the Google Cloud C++ client libraries donotfollowSemantic Versioning.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in thegoogle/cloud/confidentialcomputing/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Confidential Computing API C++ client library API.
#include "google/cloud/confidentialcomputing/v1/confidential_computing_client.h"
#include "google/cloud/location.h"
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
if (argc != 3) {
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " project-id location-id\n";
return 1;
}
auto const location = google::cloud::Location(argv[1], argv[2]);
namespace confidentialcomputing = ::google::cloud::confidentialcomputing_v1;
auto client = confidentialcomputing::ConfidentialComputingClient(
confidentialcomputing::MakeConfidentialComputingConnection());
auto result = client.CreateChallenge(location.FullName(), {});
if (!result) throw std::move(result).status();
std::cout << result->DebugString() << "\n";
return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
return 1;
}
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[2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.24.0)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.23.0)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.22.1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.21.0)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.20.0)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.19.0)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.18.0)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.17.0)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.16.0)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.15.1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.14.0)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.13.0)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.12.0)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.11.0) \n\nConfidential Computing API C++ Client Library\n=============================================\n\nAn idiomatic C++ client library for the [Confidential Computing API](https://cloud.google.com/confidential-computing), a service to create challenges and verify attestation responses.\n\nWhile this library is **GA** , please note that the 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/confidentialcomputing/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Confidential Computing API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/confidentialcomputing/v1/confidential_computing_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 confidentialcomputing = ::google::cloud::confidentialcomputing_v1;\n auto client = confidentialcomputing::ConfidentialComputingClient(\n confidentialcomputing::MakeConfidentialComputingConnection());\n\n auto result = client.CreateChallenge(location.FullName(), {});\n if (!result) throw std::move(result).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c result-\u003eDebugString() \u003c\u003c \"\\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 [`confidentialcomputing_v1::ConfidentialComputingClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1confidentialcomputing__v1_1_1ConfidentialComputingClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`confidentialcomputing_v1::ConfidentialComputingClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.27.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1confidentialcomputing__v1_1_1ConfidentialComputingClient) 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/confidentialcomputing/2.27.0/confidentialcomputing-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.27.0/confidentialcomputing-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.27.0/confidentialcomputing-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/confidentialcomputing/2.27.0/confidentialcomputing-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]