Cloud KMS client libraries

This page shows how to get started with the Cloud Client Libraries for the Cloud Key Management Service API. Client libraries make it easier to access Google Cloud APIs from a supported language. Although you can use Google Cloud APIs directly by making raw requests to the server, client libraries provide simplifications that significantly reduce the amount of code you need to write.

Read more about the Cloud Client Libraries and the older Google API Client Libraries in Client libraries explained.

Install the client library

C++

See Setting up a C++ development environment for details about this client library's requirements and install dependencies.

C#

Using PowerShell or the Visual Studio Package Manager Console:

Install-Package "Google.Cloud.Kms.V1" -Version "2.0.0-beta03"

Using the dotnet CLI:

dotnet add package "Google.Cloud.Kms.V1" -Version "2.0.0-beta03"

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

Go

go get "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"

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

Java

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>26.50.0</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

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

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

implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-kms:2.56.0'

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

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-kms" % "2.56.0"

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.

Note: Cloud Java client libraries do not currently support Android.

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

Node.js

npm install --save "@google-cloud/kms"

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

PHP

composer require "google/cloud-kms"

For more information, see Using PHP on Google Cloud.

Python

pip install --upgrade "google-cloud-kms"

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

Ruby

gem install "google-cloud-kms"

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

Set up authentication

To authenticate calls to Google Cloud APIs, client libraries support Application Default Credentials (ADC); the libraries look for credentials in a set of defined locations and use those credentials to authenticate requests to the API. With ADC, you can make credentials available to your application in a variety of environments, such as local development or production, without needing to modify your application code.

For production environments, the way you set up ADC depends on the service and context. For more information, see Set up Application Default Credentials.

For a local development environment, you can set up ADC with the credentials that are associated with your Google Account:

1. Install the Google Cloud CLI, then initialize it by running the following command:

   gcloud init

2. If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:

   gcloud auth application-default login

   You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.

   A sign-in screen appears. After you sign in, your credentials are stored in the local credential file used by ADC.

Use the client library

The following example shows how to use the client library.

C++

#include "google/cloud/kms/v1/key_management_client.h"
#include "google/cloud/location.h"
#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
  if (argc != 3) {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " project-id location-id\n";
    return 1;
  }

  auto const location = google::cloud::Location(argv[1], argv[2]);

  namespace kms = ::google::cloud::kms_v1;
  auto client = kms::KeyManagementServiceClient(
      kms::MakeKeyManagementServiceConnection());

  for (auto kr : client.ListKeyRings(location.FullName())) {
    if (!kr) throw std::move(kr).status();
    std::cout << kr->DebugString() << "\n";
  }

  return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
  std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
  return 1;
}

C#

using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Kms.V1;

public class QuickstartSample
{
    public void Quickstart(string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1")
    {
        // Create a Cloud KMS client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the parent location name.
        LocationName locationName = new LocationName(projectId, locationId);

        // Iterate over and print each key ring name;
        foreach (KeyRing keyRing in client.ListKeyRings(locationName))
        {
            // ... (e.g. keyRing.Name)
        }
    }
}

Go

// Sample quickstart is a basic program that uses Cloud KMS.
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	kms "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1/kmspb"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

func main() {
	// GCP project with which to communicate.
	projectID := "your-project-id"

	// Location in which to list key rings.
	locationID := "global"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := kms.NewKeyManagementClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to setup client: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Create the request to list KeyRings.
	listKeyRingsReq := &kmspb.ListKeyRingsRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s", projectID, locationID),
	}

	// List the KeyRings.
	it := client.ListKeyRings(ctx, listKeyRingsReq)

	// Iterate and print the results.
	for {
		resp, err := it.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("Failed to list key rings: %v", err)
		}

		fmt.Printf("key ring: %s\n", resp.Name)
	}
}

Java

import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient.ListKeyRingsPagedResponse;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyRing;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.LocationName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Quickstart {

  public void quickstart() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-east1";
    quickstart(projectId, locationId);
  }

  public void quickstart(String projectId, String locationId) 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 (KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the parent from the project and location.
      LocationName parent = LocationName.of(projectId, locationId);

      // Call the API.
      ListKeyRingsPagedResponse response = client.listKeyRings(parent);

      // Iterate over each key ring and print its name.
      System.out.println("key rings:");
      for (KeyRing keyRing : response.iterateAll()) {
        System.out.printf("%s%n", keyRing.getName());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

//
// TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
//
// const projectId = 'my-project';
// const locationId = 'us-east1';

// Imports the Cloud KMS library
const {KeyManagementServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/kms');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

// Build the location name
const locationName = client.locationPath(projectId, locationId);

async function listKeyRings() {
  const [keyRings] = await client.listKeyRings({
    parent: locationName,
  });

  for (const keyRing of keyRings) {
    console.log(keyRing.name);
  }

  return keyRings;
}

return listKeyRings();

PHP

use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\Client\KeyManagementServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\ListKeyRingsRequest;

function quickstart(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1'
) {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the parent location name.
    $locationName = $client->locationName($projectId, $locationId);

    // Call the API.
    $listKeyRingsRequest = (new ListKeyRingsRequest())
        ->setParent($locationName);
    $keyRings = $client->listKeyRings($listKeyRingsRequest);

    // Example of iterating over key rings.
    printf('Key rings in %s:' . PHP_EOL, $locationName);
    foreach ($keyRings as $keyRing) {
        printf('%s' . PHP_EOL, $keyRing->getName());
    }

    return $keyRings;
}

Python

from google.cloud import kms
from google.cloud import kms_v1


def quickstart(
    project_id: str, location_id: str
) -> kms_v1.services.key_management_service.pagers.ListKeyRingsPager:
    # Create the client.
    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()

    # Build the parent location name.
    location_name = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{location_id}"

    # Call the API.
    key_rings = client.list_key_rings(request={"parent": location_name})

    # Example of iterating over key rings.
    for key_ring in key_rings:
        print(key_ring.name)

    return key_rings

Ruby

# TODO(developer): uncomment these values before running the sample.
# project_id  = "my-project"
# location_id = "us-east1"

# Require the library.
require "google/cloud/kms"

# Create the client.
client = Google::Cloud::Kms.key_management_service

# Build the parent location name.
location_name = client.location_path project: project_id, location: location_id

# Call the API.
key_rings = client.list_key_rings parent: location_name

# Example of iterating over key rings.
puts "Key rings in #{location_name}"
key_rings.each do |key_ring|
  puts key_ring.name
end

Next steps

Learn how to programmatically encrypt and decrypt data.

• Encrypting and decrypting data with a symmetric key
• Encrypting and decrypting data with an asymmetric key

Additional resources

C++

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for C++:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code

C#

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for C#:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Go

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Go:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Java

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Java:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Node.js

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Node.js:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code

PHP

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for PHP:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Python

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Python:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code

Ruby

The following list contains links to more resources related to the client library for Ruby:

• API reference
• Client libraries best practices
• Issue tracker
• google-cloud-kms on Stack Overflow
• Source code