Cloud DLP client libraries

This page shows how to get started with the Cloud Client Libraries for the Cloud Data Loss Prevention API. Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google API Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.

Cloud DLP client libraries mentioned on this page are supported on Compute Engine, App Engine - Flexible Environment, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Functions. Cloud DLP client library for Java is supported on Java 8 on App Engine standard environment.

If you are using Java 7 on App Engine standard environment, or App Engine - Standard environment with Go, PHP, or Python, use the REST Interface to access Cloud DLP.

Installing the client library

C#

For more information, see Setting Up a C# Development Environment.

To build and run a sample, open the solution file (Dlp.sln) with Visual Studio 2015 or later and build it.

For more information, see the README.

Go

For more information, see Setting Up a Go Development Environment.

go get cloud.google.com/go/dlp

Java

For more information, see Setting Up a Java Development Environment.

If you are using Maven, add the following to your pom.xml file. For more information about BOMs, see The Google Cloud Platform Libraries BOM.

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
      <version>25.3.0</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-cloud-dlp</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

If you are using Gradle, add the following to your dependencies:

implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:25.3.0')

implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-dlp'

If you are using sbt, add the following to your dependencies:

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-dlp" % "3.3.2"

If you're using Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, or Eclipse, you can add client libraries to your project using the following IDE plugins:

• Cloud Code for VS Code
• Cloud Code for IntelliJ
• Cloud Tools for Eclipse

The plugins provide additional functionality, such as key management for service accounts. Refer to each plugin's documentation for details.

Node.js

For more information, see Setting Up a Node.js Development Environment.

npm install --save @google-cloud/dlp

PHP

For more information, see Using PHP on Google Cloud.

composer require google/cloud-dlp

Note: Cloud DLP client library requires you install and enable the gRPC Extension for PHP.

Python

For more information, see Setting Up a Python Development Environment.

1. Install pip and virtualenv if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the Python Development Environment Setup Guide for Google Cloud for instructions.
2. Clone or download the Google Cloud Python Docs Samples on GitHub.
3. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 2.7.x and 3.4 and higher.

   $ python -m venv dlp
   $ source dlp/bin/activate

4. From the dlp directory within the cloned or unzipped Google Cloud Python Docs Samples directory, install the dependencies needed to run the samples.

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt

Important: You must cd into the Google Cloud Python Docs Samples' dlp directory before running the previous command.

Ruby

For more information, see Setting Up a Ruby Development Environment.

gem install google-api-client

Setting up authentication

To run the client library, you must first set up authentication. One way to do that is to create a service account and set an environment variable, as shown in the following steps. For other ways to authenticate, see Authenticating as a service account.

Console

Create a service account:

1. In the Cloud console, go to the Create service account page.

   Go to Create service account
2. Select your project.

3. In the Service account name field, enter a name. The Cloud console fills in the Service account ID field based on this name.

   In the Service account description field, enter a description. For example, Service account for quickstart.

4. Click Create and continue.

5. To provide access to your project, grant the following role(s) to your service account: Project > Owner.

   In the Select a role list, select a role.

   For additional roles, click Add another role and add each additional role.

   Note: The Role field affects which resources your service account can access in your project. You can revoke these roles or grant additional roles later. In production environments, do not grant the Owner, Editor, or Viewer roles. Instead, grant a predefined role or custom role that meets your needs.
6. Click Continue.

7. Click Done to finish creating the service account.

   Do not close your browser window. You will use it in the next step.

Create a service account key:

1. In the Cloud console, click the email address for the service account that you created.
2. Click Keys.
3. Click Add key, and then click Create new key.
4. Click Create. A JSON key file is downloaded to your computer.
5. Click Close.

gcloud

Set up authentication:

1. Create the service account. Replace NAME with a name for the service account:

   gcloud iam service-accounts create NAME

2. Grant roles to the service account. Run the following command once for each of the following IAM roles: roles/owner:

   gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member="serviceAccount:NAME@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role=ROLE

   Replace the following:

   • NAME: the name of the service account
   • PROJECT_ID: the project ID where you created the service account
   • ROLE: the role to grant
   Note: The --role flag affects which resources your service account can access in your project. You can revoke these roles or grant additional roles later. In production environments, do not grant the Owner, Editor, or Viewer roles. Instead, grant a predefined role or custom role that meets your needs.

3. Generate the key file:

   gcloud iam service-accounts keys create FILE_NAME.json --iam-account=NAME@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com

   Replace the following:

   • FILE_NAME: a name for the key file
   • NAME: the name of the service account
   • PROJECT_ID: the project ID where you created the service account

Provide authentication credentials to your application code by setting the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. This variable applies only to your current shell session. If you want the variable to apply to future shell sessions, set the variable in your shell startup file, for example in the ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile file.

Linux or macOS

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="KEY_PATH"

Replace KEY_PATH with the path of the JSON file that contains your service account key.

For example:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/home/user/Downloads/service-account-file.json"

Windows

For PowerShell:

$env:GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="KEY_PATH"

Replace KEY_PATH with the path of the JSON file that contains your service account key.

For example:

$env:GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="C:\Users\username\Downloads\service-account-file.json"

For command prompt:

set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=KEY_PATH

Replace KEY_PATH with the path of the JSON file that contains your service account key.

Using the client library

The following example shows how to use the client library.

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud DLP, see Cloud DLP client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud DLP Go API reference documentation.

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// The quickstart program is an example of using the Data Loss Prevention API.
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	dlppb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/privacy/dlp/v2"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	projectID := "PROJECT_ID"

	// Creates a DLP client.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("error creating DLP client: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// The string to inspect.
	input := "Robert Frost"

	// The minimum likelihood required before returning a match.
	minLikelihood := dlppb.Likelihood_POSSIBLE

	// The maximum number of findings to report (0 = server maximum).
	maxFindings := int32(0)

	// Whether to include the matching string.
	includeQuote := true

	// The infoTypes of information to match.
	infoTypes := []*dlppb.InfoType{
		{
			Name: "PERSON_NAME",
		},
		{
			Name: "US_STATE",
		},
	}

	// Construct item to inspect.
	item := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_Value{
			Value: input,
		},
	}

	// Construct request.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes:     infoTypes,
			MinLikelihood: minLikelihood,
			Limits: &dlppb.InspectConfig_FindingLimits{
				MaxFindingsPerRequest: maxFindings,
			},
			IncludeQuote: includeQuote,
		},
		Item: item,
	}

	// Run request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	findings := resp.GetResult().GetFindings()
	if len(findings) == 0 {
		fmt.Println("No findings.")
	}
	fmt.Println("Findings:")
	for _, f := range findings {
		if includeQuote {
			fmt.Println("\tQuote: ", f.GetQuote())
		}
		fmt.Println("\tInfo type: ", f.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Println("\tLikelihood: ", f.GetLikelihood())
	}
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud DLP, see Cloud DLP client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud DLP Java API reference documentation.

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import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectResult;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Likelihood;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

public class QuickStart {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    quickstart(projectId);
  }

  public static void quickstart(String projectId) throws IOException {
    // 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 (DlpServiceClient dlpServiceClient = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Configure that content that will be inspected
      String text = "His name was Robert Frost";
      ByteContentItem byteContentItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(ByteContentItem.BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(text))
              .build();
      ContentItem contentItem = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteContentItem).build();

      // The types of information to match:
      // See: https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference
      List<InfoType> infoTypes =
          Stream.of("PERSON_NAME", "US_STATE")
              .map(it -> InfoType.newBuilder().setName(it).build())
              .collect(Collectors.toList());

      // The minimum likelihood required before returning a match:
      // See: https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/likelihood
      Likelihood minLikelihood = Likelihood.POSSIBLE;

      // The maximum number of findings to report (0 = server maximum)
      InspectConfig.FindingLimits findingLimits =
          InspectConfig.FindingLimits.newBuilder().setMaxFindingsPerItem(0).build();

      // Specify the inspection configuration
      InspectConfig inspectConfig =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .setMinLikelihood(minLikelihood)
              .setLimits(findingLimits)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .build();

      // Create the request from previous configs
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setInspectConfig(inspectConfig)
              .setItem(contentItem)
              .build();

      // Send the request to the service and receive the results
      InspectContentResponse response = dlpServiceClient.inspectContent(request);

      // Process the results
      System.out.println("Inspect of text complete: ");
      InspectResult result = response.getResult();
      if (result.getFindingsCount() < 0) {
        System.out.println("No findings.");
        return;
      }
      System.out.println("Findings: ");
      for (Finding finding : result.getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + finding.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + finding.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + finding.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud DLP, see Cloud DLP client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud DLP Node.js API reference documentation.

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// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The string to inspect
const string = 'Robert Frost';

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

async function quickStart() {
  // The minimum likelihood required before returning a match
  const minLikelihood = 'LIKELIHOOD_UNSPECIFIED';

  // The maximum number of findings to report (0 = server maximum)
  const maxFindings = 0;

  // The infoTypes of information to match
  const infoTypes = [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}, {name: 'US_STATE'}];

  // Whether to include the matching string
  const includeQuote = true;

  // Construct item to inspect
  const item = {value: string};

  // Construct request
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: {
      infoTypes: infoTypes,
      minLikelihood: minLikelihood,
      limits: {
        maxFindingsPerRequest: maxFindings,
      },
      includeQuote: includeQuote,
    },
    item: item,
  };

  // Run request
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log('Findings:');
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      if (includeQuote) {
        console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      }
      console.log(`\tInfo type: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood}`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
quickStart();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud DLP, see Cloud DLP client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud DLP PHP API reference documentation.

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use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig\FindingLimits;

// Instantiate a client.
$dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

// The infoTypes of information to match
$usNameInfoType = (new InfoType())
    ->setName('PERSON_NAME');
$phoneNumberInfoType = (new InfoType())
    ->setName('PHONE_NUMBER');
$infoTypes = [$usNameInfoType, $phoneNumberInfoType];

// Set the string to inspect
$stringToInspect = 'Robert Frost';

// Only return results above a likelihood threshold, 0 for all
$minLikelihood = likelihood::LIKELIHOOD_UNSPECIFIED;

// Limit the number of findings, 0 for no limit
$maxFindings = 0;

// Whether to include the matching string in the response
$includeQuote = true;

// Specify finding limits
$limits = (new FindingLimits())
    ->setMaxFindingsPerRequest($maxFindings);

// Create the configuration object
$inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
    ->setMinLikelihood($minLikelihood)
    ->setLimits($limits)
    ->setInfoTypes($infoTypes)
    ->setIncludeQuote($includeQuote);

$content = (new ContentItem())
    ->setValue($stringToInspect);

$projectId = getenv('GCLOUD_PROJECT');
$parent = $dlp->projectName($projectId);

// Run request
$response = $dlp->inspectContent([
    'parent' => $parent,
    'inspectConfig' => $inspectConfig,
    'item' => $content
]);

// Print the results
$findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
if (count($findings) == 0) {
    print('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
} else {
    print('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
    foreach ($findings as $finding) {
        if ($includeQuote) {
            print('  Quote: ' . $finding->getQuote() . PHP_EOL);
        }
        print('  Info type: ' . $finding->getInfoType()->getName() . PHP_EOL);
        $likelihoodString = Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood());
        print('  Likelihood: ' . $likelihoodString . PHP_EOL);
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud DLP, see Cloud DLP client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud DLP Python API reference documentation.

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# Import the client library
import google.cloud.dlp

# Instantiate a client.
dlp_client = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

# The string to inspect
content = "Robert Frost"

# Construct the item to inspect.
item = {"value": content}

# The info types to search for in the content. Required.
info_types = [{"name": "FIRST_NAME"}, {"name": "LAST_NAME"}]

# The minimum likelihood to constitute a match. Optional.
min_likelihood = google.cloud.dlp_v2.Likelihood.LIKELIHOOD_UNSPECIFIED

# The maximum number of findings to report (0 = server maximum). Optional.
max_findings = 0

# Whether to include the matching string in the results. Optional.
include_quote = True

# Construct the configuration dictionary. Keys which are None may
# optionally be omitted entirely.
inspect_config = {
    "info_types": info_types,
    "min_likelihood": min_likelihood,
    "include_quote": include_quote,
    "limits": {"max_findings_per_request": max_findings},
}

# Convert the project id into a full resource id.
parent = f"projects/{project_id}"

# Call the API.
response = dlp_client.inspect_content(
    request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
)

# Print out the results.
if response.result.findings:
    for finding in response.result.findings:
        try:
            print("Quote: {}".format(finding.quote))
        except AttributeError:
            pass
        print("Info type: {}".format(finding.info_type.name))
        # Convert likelihood value to string respresentation.
        likelihood = finding.likelihood.name
        print("Likelihood: {}".format(likelihood))
else:
    print("No findings.")

Additional resources

C#

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Go

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Java

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Node.js

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

PHP

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Python

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow

Ruby

• API Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• GitHub Issue Tracker
• Stack Overflow