An idiomatic C++ client library for theCloud Document AI API, a service that uses machine learning on a scalable cloud-based platform to help your organization efficiently scan, analyze, and understand documents.
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/documentai/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Document AI API C++ client library API.
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[2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.35.0)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.34.0)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.33.0)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.32.0)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.31.0)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.30.0)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.29.0)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.28.0)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.27.0)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.26.0)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.25.1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.24.0)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.23.0)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.22.1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.21.0)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.20.0)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.19.0)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.18.0)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.17.0)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.16.0)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.15.1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.14.0)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.13.0)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.12.0)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/2.11.0) \n\nCloud Document AI API C++ Client Library\n========================================\n\nAn idiomatic C++ client library for the [Cloud Document AI API](https://cloud.google.com/document-ai), a service that uses machine learning on a scalable cloud-based platform to help your organization efficiently scan, analyze, and understand documents.\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/documentai/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Document AI API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/documentai/v1/document_processor_client.h\"\n #include \"google/cloud/location.h\"\n #include \u003cfstream\u003e\n #include \u003ciostream\u003e\n #include \u003cstring\u003e\n\n int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {\n if (argc != 5) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"Usage: \" \u003c\u003c argv[0]\n \u003c\u003c \" project-id location-id processor-id filename (PDF only)\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n std::string const location_id = argv[2];\n if (location_id != \"us\" && location_id != \"eu\") {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"location-id must be either 'us' or 'eu'\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n auto const location = google::cloud::Location(argv[1], location_id);\n\n namespace documentai = ::google::cloud::documentai_v1;\n auto client = documentai::DocumentProcessorServiceClient(\n documentai::MakeDocumentProcessorServiceConnection(\n location.location_id()));\n\n google::cloud::documentai::v1::ProcessRequest req;\n req.set_name(location.FullName() + \"/processors/\" + argv[3]);\n req.set_skip_human_review(true);\n auto& doc = *req.mutable_raw_document();\n doc.set_mime_type(\"application/pdf\");\n std::ifstream is(argv[4]);\n doc.set_content(std::string{std::istreambuf_iterator\u003cchar\u003e(is), {}});\n\n auto resp = client.ProcessDocument(std::move(req));\n if (!resp) throw std::move(resp).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c resp-\u003edocument().text() \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 [`documentai_v1::DocumentProcessorServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1documentai__v1_1_1DocumentProcessorServiceClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`documentai_v1::DocumentProcessorServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1documentai__v1_1_1DocumentProcessorServiceClient) 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/documentai/latest/documentai-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/latest/documentai-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/latest/documentai-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/documentai/latest/documentai-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]