Inspect data with a custom regex

Regex example: Matching medical record numbers. The following sample uses a regular expression custom infoType detector that instructs Cloud DLP to match a medical record number (MRN) in the input text "Patient's MRN 444-5-22222," and then assigns each match a likelihood of POSSIBLE.

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Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud DLP, see the Cloud DLP Client Libraries. 


import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Regex;
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.Likelihood;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;

public class InspectWithCustomRegex {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "Patients MRN 444-5-22222";
    String customRegexPattern = "[1-9]{3}-[1-9]{1}-[1-9]{5}";
    inspectWithCustomRegex(projectId, textToInspect, customRegexPattern);
  }

  // Inspects a BigQuery Table
  public static void inspectWithCustomRegex(
      String projectId, String textToInspect, String customRegexPattern) 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 dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the regex pattern the inspection will look for.
      Regex regex = Regex.newBuilder().setPattern(customRegexPattern).build();

      // Construct the custom regex detector.
      InfoType infoType = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("C_MRN").build();
      CustomInfoType customInfoType =
          CustomInfoType.newBuilder().setInfoType(infoType).setRegex(regex).build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addCustomInfoTypes(customInfoType)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .setMinLikelihood(Likelihood.POSSIBLE)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

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