An idiomatic C++ client library for theCloud Intrusion Detection System (IDS) API, a service to detect malware, spyware, command-and-control attacks, and other network-based threats. Its security efficacy is industry leading, built with Palo Alto Networks technologies. When you use this product, your organization name and consumption levels will be shared with Palo Alto Networks.
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/ids/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud IDS API C++ client library API.
The main class in this library isids_v1::IDSClient. All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mockids_v1::IDSClientwhen testing your application.
More Information
Error Handling- describes how the library reports errors.
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Its security efficacy is industry leading, built with Palo Alto Networks technologies. When you use this product, your organization name and consumption levels will be shared with Palo Alto Networks.\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/ids/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud IDS API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/ids/v1/ids_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 \" project-id\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n namespace ids = ::google::cloud::ids_v1;\n auto client = ids::IDSClient(ids::MakeIDSConnection());\n\n auto const parent = std::string{\"projects/\"} + argv[1] + \"/locations/-\";\n for (auto ep : client.ListEndpoints(parent)) {\n if (!ep) throw std::move(ep).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c ep-\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 [`ids_v1::IDSClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`ids_v1::IDSClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient) 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/ids/2.16.0/ids-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.16.0/ids-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.16.0/ids-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.16.0/ids-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]