Create a feed

Create an asset feed.

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Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Asset Inventory, see Cloud Asset Inventory client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Asset Inventory, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


// Sample create-feed create feed.
package main

import (
	"context"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"

	asset "cloud.google.com/go/asset/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/asset/apiv1/assetpb"
)

// Command-line flags.
var (
	feedID = flag.String("feed_id", "YOUR_FEED_ID", "Identifier of Feed.")
)

func main() {
	flag.Parse()
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := asset.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("asset.NewClient: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	projectID := os.Getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT")
	feedParent := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s", projectID)
	assetNames := []string{"YOUR_ASSET_NAME"}
	topic := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/topics/%s", projectID, "YOUR_TOPIC_NAME")

	req := &assetpb.CreateFeedRequest{
		Parent: feedParent,
		FeedId: *feedID,
		Feed: &assetpb.Feed{
			AssetNames: assetNames,
			FeedOutputConfig: &assetpb.FeedOutputConfig{
				Destination: &assetpb.FeedOutputConfig_PubsubDestination{
					PubsubDestination: &assetpb.PubsubDestination{
						Topic: topic,
					},
				},
			},
		}}
	response, err := client.CreateFeed(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("client.CreateFeed: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Print(response)
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Asset Inventory, see Cloud Asset Inventory client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Asset Inventory, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.cloud.asset.v1.AssetServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.asset.v1.ContentType;
import com.google.cloud.asset.v1.CreateFeedRequest;
import com.google.cloud.asset.v1.Feed;
import com.google.cloud.asset.v1.FeedOutputConfig;
import com.google.cloud.asset.v1.ProjectName;
import com.google.cloud.asset.v1.PubsubDestination;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class CreateFeedExample {
  // Create a feed
  public static void createFeed(
      String[] assetNames, String feedId, String topic, String projectId, ContentType contentType)
      throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
    // String[] assetNames = {"MY_ASSET_NAME"}
    // ContentType contentType = contentType
    // String FeedId = "MY_FEED_ID"
    // String topic = "projects/[PROJECT_ID]/topics/[TOPIC_NAME]"
    // String projectID = "MY_PROJECT_ID"
    Feed feed =
        Feed.newBuilder()
            .addAllAssetNames(Arrays.asList(assetNames))
            .setContentType(contentType)
            .setFeedOutputConfig(
                FeedOutputConfig.newBuilder()
                    .setPubsubDestination(PubsubDestination.newBuilder().setTopic(topic).build())
                    .build())
            .build();
    CreateFeedRequest request =
        CreateFeedRequest.newBuilder()
            .setParent(String.format(ProjectName.of(projectId).toString()))
            .setFeedId(feedId)
            .setFeed(feed)
            .build();
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (AssetServiceClient client = AssetServiceClient.create()) {
      Feed response = client.createFeed(request);
      System.out.println("Feed created successfully: " + response.getName());
    } catch (IOException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
      System.out.println("Error during CreateFeed: \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Asset Inventory, see Cloud Asset Inventory client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Asset Inventory, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const feedId = 'my feed';
// const assetNames = '//storage.googleapis.com/<BUCKET_NAME1>,//storage.googleapis.com/<BUCKET_NAME2>';
// const topicName = 'projects/<PROJECT_ID>/topics/<TOPIC_ID>'
// const contentType = 'RESOURCE';

const util = require('util');
const {AssetServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/asset');

const client = new AssetServiceClient();

async function createFeed() {
  const projectId = await client.getProjectId();
  // TODO(developer): Choose asset names, such as //storage.googleapis.com/[YOUR_BUCKET_NAME].
  // const assetNames = ['ASSET_NAME1', 'ASSET_NAME2', ...];

  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}`,
    feedId: feedId,
    feed: {
      assetNames: assetNames.split(','),
      contentType: contentType,
      feedOutputConfig: {
        pubsubDestination: {
          topic: topicName,
        },
      },
    },
  };

  // Handle the operation using the promise pattern.
  const result = await client.createFeed(request);
  // Do things with with the response.
  console.log(util.inspect(result, {depth: null}));

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Asset Inventory, see Cloud Asset Inventory client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Asset Inventory, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from google.cloud import asset_v1

# TODO project_id = 'Your Google Cloud Project ID'
# TODO feed_id = 'Feed ID you want to create'
# TODO asset_names = 'List of asset names the feed listen to'
# TODO topic = "Topic name of the feed"
# TODO content_type ="Content type of the feed"

client = asset_v1.AssetServiceClient()
parent = f"projects/{project_id}"
feed = asset_v1.Feed()
feed.asset_names.extend(asset_names)
feed.feed_output_config.pubsub_destination.topic = topic
feed.content_type = content_type
response = client.create_feed(
    request={"parent": parent, "feed_id": feed_id, "feed": feed}
)
print(f"feed: {response}")

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Asset Inventory, see Cloud Asset Inventory client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Asset Inventory, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

require "google/cloud/asset"

# project_id = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'
# feed_id = 'NAME_OF_FEED'
# pubsub_topic = 'YOUR_PUBSUB_TOPIC'
# asset names, e.g.: //storage.googleapis.com/[YOUR_BUCKET_NAME]
# asset_names = [ASSET_NAMES, COMMMA_DELIMTTED]
asset_service = Google::Cloud::Asset.asset_service

formatted_parent = asset_service.project_path project: project_id

feed = {
  asset_names:        asset_names,
  feed_output_config: {
    pubsub_destination: {
      topic: pubsub_topic
    }
  }
}
response = asset_service.create_feed(
  parent:  formatted_parent,
  feed_id: feed_id,
  feed:    feed
)
puts "Created feed: #{response.name}"

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