De-identifying sensitive data

Sensitive Data Protection can de-identify sensitive data in text content, including text stored in container structures such as tables. De-identification is the process of removing identifying information from data. The API detects sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII), and then uses a de-identification transformation to mask, delete, or otherwise obscure the data. For example, de-identification techniques can include any of the following:

• Masking sensitive data by partially or fully replacing characters with a symbol, such as an asterisk (*) or hash (#).
• Replacing each instance of sensitive data with a token, or surrogate, string.
• Encrypting and replacing sensitive data using a randomly generated or pre-determined key.

You can feed information to the API using JSON over HTTPS, as well as the CLI and several programming languages using the Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. To set up the CLI, refer to the quickstart. For more information about submitting information in JSON format, see the JSON quickstart.

API overview

To de-identify sensitive data, use Sensitive Data Protection's content.deidentify method.

There are three parts to a de-identification API call:

• The data to inspect: A string or table structure (ContentItem object) for the API to inspect.

• What to inspect for: Detection configuration information (InspectConfig) such as what types of data (or infoTypes) to look for, whether to filter findings that are above a certain likelihood threshold, and whether to return no more than a certain number of results.

  In your InspectConfig object, make sure to include the infoTypes that you want to scan for. Otherwise, Sensitive Data Protection scans for a default set of infoTypes (ALL_BASIC), some of which you might not need. Scanning for infoTypes that you don't need can unnecessarily add latency to your request.

  An InspectConfig object is required in your request, with one exception. For more information, see Record transformations on this page.

• What to do with the inspection findings: Configuration information (DeidentifyConfig) that defines how you want the sensitive data de-identified. This argument is covered in more detail in the following section.

The API returns the same items you gave it, in the same format, but any text identified as containing sensitive information according to your criteria has been de-identified.

Specifying detection criteria

Information type (or "infoType") detectors are the mechanisms that Sensitive Data Protection uses to find sensitive data.

Sensitive Data Protection includes several kinds of infoType detectors, all of which are summarized here:

• Built-in infoType detectors are built into Sensitive Data Protection. They include detectors for country- or region-specific sensitive data types as well as globally applicable data types.
• Custom infoType detectors are detectors that you create yourself. There are three kinds of custom infoType detectors:
  • Regular custom dictionary detectors are simple word lists that Sensitive Data Protection matches on. Use regular custom dictionary detectors when you have a list of up to several tens of thousands of words or phrases. Regular custom dictionary detectors are preferred if you don't anticipate your word list changing significantly.
  • Stored custom dictionary detectors are generated by Sensitive Data Protection using large lists of words or phrases stored in either Cloud Storage or BigQuery. Use stored custom dictionary detectors when you have a large list of words or phrases—up to tens of millions.
  • Regular expressions (regex) detectors enable Sensitive Data Protection to detect matches based on a regular expression pattern.

In addition, Sensitive Data Protection includes the concept of inspection rules, which enable you to fine-tune scan results using the following:

• Exclusion rules enable you to decrease the number of findings returned by adding rules to a built-in or custom infoType detector.
• Hotword rules enable you to increase the quantity or change the likelihood value of findings returned by adding rules to a built-in or custom infoType detector.

De-identification transformations

You must specify one or more transformations when you set the de-identification configuration (DeidentifyConfig). There are two categories of transformations:

• InfoTypeTransformations: Transformations that are only applied to values within submitted text that are identified as a specific infoType.
• RecordTransformations: Transformations that are only applied to values within submitted tabular text data that are identified as a specific infoType, or on an entire column of tabular data.

InfoType transformations

You can specify one or more infoType transformations per request. Within each InfoTypeTransformation object, you specify both of the following:

• One or more infoTypes to which a transformation should be applied (the infoTypes[] array object).
• A primitive transformation (the PrimitiveTransformation object).

Note that specifying an infoType is optional, but not specifying at least one infoType in an InspectConfig argument causes the transformation to apply to all built-in infoTypes that don't have a transformation provided. Doing so is not recommended, as it can cause decreased performance and increased cost.

Primitive transformations

You must specify at least one primitive transformation to apply to the input, regardless of whether you're applying it only to certain infoTypes or to the entire text string. The following sections describe examples of transformation methods that you can use. For a list of all transformation methods that Sensitive Data Protection offers, see Transformation reference.

replaceConfig

Setting replaceConfig to a ReplaceValueConfig object replaces matched input values with a value you specify.

For example, suppose you've set replaceConfig to "[email-address]" for all EMAIL_ADDRESS infoTypes, and the following string is sent to Sensitive Data Protection:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].

The returned string will be the following:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [email-address].

The following JSON example and code in several languages shows how to form the API request and what the DLP API returns:

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp


def deidentify_with_replace(
    project: str,
    input_str: str,
    info_types: List[str],
    replacement_str: str = "REPLACEMENT_STR",
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to deidentify sensitive data in a
    string by replacing matched input values with a value you specify.
    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        input_str: The string to deidentify (will be treated as text).
        info_types: A list of strings representing info types to look for.
        replacement_str: The string to replace all values that match given
            info types.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

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

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

    # Construct inspect configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {"info_types": [{"name": info_type} for info_type in info_types]}

    # Construct deidentify configuration dictionary
    deidentify_config = {
        "info_type_transformations": {
            "transformations": [
                {
                    "primitive_transformation": {
                        "replace_config": {
                            "new_value": {"string_value": replacement_str}
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }

    # Construct item
    item = {"value": input_str}

    # Call the API
    response = dlp.deidentify_content(
        request={
            "parent": parent,
            "deidentify_config": deidentify_config,
            "inspect_config": inspect_config,
            "item": item,
        }
    )

    # Print out the results.
    print(response.item.value)

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations.InfoTypeTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.PrimitiveTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ReplaceValueConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Value;

public class DeIdentifyWithReplacement {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect =
        "My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].";
    deIdentifyWithReplacement(projectId, textToInspect);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text.
  public static void deIdentifyWithReplacement(String projectId, String textToRedact) {
    // 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 content to be inspected.
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setValue(textToRedact).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types
      InfoType infoType = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS").build();
      InspectConfig inspectConfig = InspectConfig.newBuilder().addInfoTypes(infoType).build();
      // Specify replacement string to be used for the finding.
      ReplaceValueConfig replaceValueConfig =
          ReplaceValueConfig.newBuilder()
              .setNewValue(Value.newBuilder().setStringValue("[email-address]").build())
              .build();
      // Define type of deidentification as replacement.
      PrimitiveTransformation primitiveTransformation =
          PrimitiveTransformation.newBuilder().setReplaceConfig(replaceValueConfig).build();
      // Associate deidentification type with info type.
      InfoTypeTransformation transformation =
          InfoTypeTransformation.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(infoType)
              .setPrimitiveTransformation(primitiveTransformation)
              .build();
      // Construct the configuration for the Redact request and list all desired transformations.
      DeidentifyConfig redactConfig =
          DeidentifyConfig.newBuilder()
              .setInfoTypeTransformations(
                  InfoTypeTransformations.newBuilder().addTransformations(transformation))
              .build();

      // Construct the Redact request to be sent by the client.
      DeidentifyContentRequest request =
          DeidentifyContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setDeidentifyConfig(redactConfig)
              .setInspectConfig(inspectConfig)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      DeidentifyContentResponse response = dlp.deidentifyContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Text after redaction: " + response.getItem().getValue());
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Error during inspectString: \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

JSON Input:

POST https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/content:deidentify?key={YOUR_API_KEY}

{
  "item":{
    "value":"My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail]."
  },
  "deidentifyConfig":{
    "infoTypeTransformations":{
      "transformations":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
            }
          ],
          "primitiveTransformation":{
            "replaceConfig":{
              "newValue":{
                "stringValue":"[email-address]"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "inspectConfig":{
    "infoTypes":[
      {
        "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
      }
    ]
  }
}

JSON Output:

{
  "item":{
    "value":"My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [email-address]."
  },
  "overview":{
    "transformedBytes":"22",
    "transformationSummaries":[
      {
        "infoType":{
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        },
        "transformation":{
          "replaceConfig":{
            "newValue":{
              "stringValue":"[email-address]"
            }
          }
        },
        "results":[
          {
            "count":"1",
            "code":"SUCCESS"
          }
        ],
        "transformedBytes":"22"
      }
    ]
  }
}

redactConfig

Specifying redactConfig redacts a given value by removing it completely. The redactConfig message has no arguments; specifying it enables its transformation.

For example, suppose you've specified redactConfig for all EMAIL_ADDRESS infoTypes, and the following string is sent to Sensitive Data Protection:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].

The returned string will be the following:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is .

The following examples show how to form the API request and what the DLP API returns:

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;

public class DeidentifyDataUsingRedactWithMatchedInputValues
{
    public static DeidentifyContentResponse Deidentify(
        string projectId,
        string text,
        IEnumerable<InfoType> infoTypes = null)
    {
        // Instantiate the client.
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        // Construct inspect config.
        var inspectConfig = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoTypes ?? new InfoType[] { new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" } } },
        };

        // Construct redact config.
        var redactConfig = new RedactConfig();

        // Construct deidentify config using redact config.
        var deidentifyConfig = new DeidentifyConfig
        {
            InfoTypeTransformations = new InfoTypeTransformations
            {
                Transformations =
                {
                    new InfoTypeTransformations.Types.InfoTypeTransformation
                    {
                        PrimitiveTransformation = new PrimitiveTransformation
                        {
                            RedactConfig = redactConfig
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        };

        // Construct a request.
        var request = new DeidentifyContentRequest
        {
            ParentAsLocationName = new LocationName(projectId, "global"),
            DeidentifyConfig = deidentifyConfig,
            InspectConfig = inspectConfig,
            Item = new ContentItem { Value = text }
        };

        // Call the API.
        var response = dlp.DeidentifyContent(request);

        // Check the deidentified content.
        Console.WriteLine($"Deidentified content: {response.Item.Value}");
        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// deidentifyWithRedact de-identify the data by redacting with matched input values
func deidentifyWithRedact(w io.Writer, projectID, inputStr string, infoTypeNames []string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// inputStr := "My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail]."
	// infoTypeNames := []string{"EMAIL_ADDRESS"}

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("dlp.NewClient: %w", err)
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_Value{
			Value: inputStr,
		},
	}

	// Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
	// See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types
	var infoTypes []*dlppb.InfoType
	for _, it := range infoTypeNames {
		infoTypes = append(infoTypes, &dlppb.InfoType{Name: it})
	}
	inspectConfig := &dlppb.InspectConfig{
		InfoTypes: infoTypes,
	}

	// Define type of de-identification.
	primitiveTransformation := &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation{
		Transformation: &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation_RedactConfig{
			RedactConfig: &dlppb.RedactConfig{},
		},
	}

	// Associate de-identification type with info type.
	transformation := &dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations_InfoTypeTransformation{
		InfoTypes:               infoTypes,
		PrimitiveTransformation: primitiveTransformation,
	}

	// Construct the configuration for the Redact request and list all desired transformations.
	redactConfig := &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig{
		Transformation: &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig_InfoTypeTransformations{
			InfoTypeTransformations: &dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations{
				Transformations: []*dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations_InfoTypeTransformation{
					transformation,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Create a configured request.
	req := &dlppb.DeidentifyContentRequest{
		Parent:           fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		DeidentifyConfig: redactConfig,
		InspectConfig:    inspectConfig,
		Item:             contentItem,
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.DeidentifyContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Print the result.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "output: %v", resp.GetItem().GetValue())
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations.InfoTypeTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.PrimitiveTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.RedactConfig;

public class DeIdentifyWithRedaction {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect =
        "My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].";
    deIdentifyWithRedaction(projectId, textToInspect);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text.
  public static void deIdentifyWithRedaction(String projectId, String textToRedact) {
    // 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 content to be inspected.
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setValue(textToRedact).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types
      InfoType infoType = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS").build();
      InspectConfig inspectConfig = InspectConfig.newBuilder().addInfoTypes(infoType).build();
      // Define type of deidentification.
      PrimitiveTransformation primitiveTransformation =
          PrimitiveTransformation.newBuilder()
              .setRedactConfig(RedactConfig.getDefaultInstance())
              .build();
      // Associate deidentification type with info type.
      InfoTypeTransformation transformation =
          InfoTypeTransformation.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(infoType)
              .setPrimitiveTransformation(primitiveTransformation)
              .build();
      // Construct the configuration for the Redact request and list all desired transformations.
      DeidentifyConfig redactConfig =
          DeidentifyConfig.newBuilder()
              .setInfoTypeTransformations(
                  InfoTypeTransformations.newBuilder().addTransformations(transformation))
              .build();

      // Construct the Redact request to be sent by the client.
      DeidentifyContentRequest request =
          DeidentifyContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setDeidentifyConfig(redactConfig)
              .setInspectConfig(inspectConfig)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      DeidentifyContentResponse response = dlp.deidentifyContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Text after redaction: " + response.getItem().getValue());
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Error during inspectString: \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

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

// TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
// const projectId = "your-project-id";

// The string to deidentify
// const string =
//   'My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].';

// The infoTypes of information to match
// See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/concepts-infotypes for more information
// about supported infoTypes.
// const infoTypes = [{name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'}];

async function deIdentifyRedaction() {
  // Construct deidentify configuration
  const deidentifyConfig = {
    infoTypeTransformations: {
      transformations: [
        {
          infoTypes: infoTypes,
          primitiveTransformation: {
            redactConfig: {},
          },
        },
      ],
    },
  };

  // Construct inspect configuration
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: infoTypes,
  };

  // Construct Item
  const item = {
    value: string,
  };

  // Combine configurations into a request for the service.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    item,
    deidentifyConfig,
    inspectConfig,
  };

  // Send the request and receive response from the service
  const [response] = await dlp.deidentifyContent(request);

  // Print the results
  console.log(`Text after redaction: ${response.item.value}`);
}

deIdentifyRedaction();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoTypeTransformations;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoTypeTransformations\InfoTypeTransformation;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\PrimitiveTransformation;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\RedactConfig;

/**
 * De-identify data: Redacting with matched input values
 * Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to de-identify sensitive data in a string by redacting matched input values.
 *
 * @param string $callingProjectId      The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect         The string to deidentify (will be treated as text).
 */
function deidentify_redact(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].'

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

    // Specify the content to be de-identify.
    $contentItem = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $infoType = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS');
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes([$infoType]);

    // Define type of de-identification.
    $primitiveTransformation = (new PrimitiveTransformation())
        ->setRedactConfig(new RedactConfig());

    // Associate de-identification type with info type.
    $transformation = (new InfoTypeTransformation())
        ->setInfoTypes([$infoType])
        ->setPrimitiveTransformation($primitiveTransformation);

    // Construct the configuration for the Redact request and list all desired transformations.
    $deidentifyConfig = (new DeidentifyConfig())
        ->setInfoTypeTransformations((new InfoTypeTransformations())
            ->setTransformations([$transformation]));

    $parent = "projects/$callingProjectId/locations/global";

    // Run request
    $deidentifyContentRequest = (new DeidentifyContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setDeidentifyConfig($deidentifyConfig)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($contentItem);
    $response = $dlp->deidentifyContent($deidentifyContentRequest);

    // Print results
    printf('Text after redaction: %s', $response->getItem()->getValue());
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp


def deidentify_with_redact(
    project: str,
    input_str: str,
    info_types: List[str],
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to deidentify sensitive data in a
    string by redacting matched input values.
    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        input_str: The string to deidentify (will be treated as text).
        info_types: A list of strings representing info types to look for.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

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

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

    # Construct inspect configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {"info_types": [{"name": info_type} for info_type in info_types]}

    # Construct deidentify configuration dictionary
    deidentify_config = {
        "info_type_transformations": {
            "transformations": [{"primitive_transformation": {"redact_config": {}}}]
        }
    }

    # Construct item
    item = {"value": input_str}

    # Call the API
    response = dlp.deidentify_content(
        request={
            "parent": parent,
            "deidentify_config": deidentify_config,
            "inspect_config": inspect_config,
            "item": item,
        }
    )

    # Print out the results.
    print(response.item.value)

REST

JSON Input:

POST https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/content:deidentify?key={YOUR_API_KEY}

{
  "item":{
    "value":"My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail]."
  },
  "deidentifyConfig":{
    "infoTypeTransformations":{
      "transformations":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
            }
          ],
          "primitiveTransformation":{
            "redactConfig":{

            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "inspectConfig":{
    "infoTypes":[
      {
        "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
      }
    ]
  }
}

JSON Output:

{
  "item":{
    "value":"My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is ."
  },
  "overview":{
    "transformedBytes":"22",
    "transformationSummaries":[
      {
        "infoType":{
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        },
        "transformation":{
          "redactConfig":{

          }
        },
        "results":[
          {
            "count":"1",
            "code":"SUCCESS"
          }
        ],
        "transformedBytes":"22"
      }
    ]
  }
}

characterMaskConfig

Setting characterMaskConfig to a CharacterMaskConfig object partially masks a string by replacing a given number of characters with a fixed character. Masking can start from the beginning or end of the string. This transformation also works with number types such as long integers.

The CharacterMaskConfig object has several of its own arguments:

• maskingCharacter: The character to use to mask each character of a sensitive value. For example, you could specify an asterisk (*) or hash (#) to mask a series of numbers such as those in a credit card number.
• numberToMask: The number of characters to mask. If you don't set this value, all matching characters will be masked.
• reverseOrder: Whether to mask characters in reverse order. Setting reverseOrder to true causes characters in matched values to be masked from the end toward the beginning of the value. Setting it to false causes masking to begin at the start of the value.
• charactersToIgnore[]: One or more characters to skip when masking values. For example, specify a hyphen here to leave the hyphens in place when masking a telephone number. You can also specify a group of common characters (CharsToIgnore) to ignore when masking.

For example, suppose you've set characterMaskConfig to mask with '#' for EMAIL_ADDRESS infotypes, except for the '.' and '@' characters. If the following string is sent to Sensitive Data Protection:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].

The returned string will be the following:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is ##########@#######.###.

Following are examples that demonstrate how to use the DLP API to de-identify sensitive data using masking techniques.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CharacterMaskConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations.InfoTypeTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.PrimitiveTransformation;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class DeIdentifyWithMasking {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToDeIdentify = "My SSN is 372819127";
    deIdentifyWithMasking(projectId, textToDeIdentify);
  }

  public static void deIdentifyWithMasking(String projectId, String textToDeIdentify)
      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 what content you want the service to DeIdentify
      ContentItem contentItem = ContentItem.newBuilder().setValue(textToDeIdentify).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types
      InfoType infoType = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER").build();
      InspectConfig inspectConfig =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder().addAllInfoTypes(Arrays.asList(infoType)).build();

      // Specify how the info from the inspection should be masked.
      CharacterMaskConfig characterMaskConfig =
          CharacterMaskConfig.newBuilder()
              .setMaskingCharacter("X") // Character to replace the found info with
              .setNumberToMask(5) // How many characters should be masked
              .build();
      PrimitiveTransformation primitiveTransformation =
          PrimitiveTransformation.newBuilder()
              .setCharacterMaskConfig(characterMaskConfig)
              .build();
      InfoTypeTransformation infoTypeTransformation =
          InfoTypeTransformation.newBuilder()
              .setPrimitiveTransformation(primitiveTransformation)
              .build();
      InfoTypeTransformations transformations =
          InfoTypeTransformations.newBuilder().addTransformations(infoTypeTransformation).build();

      DeidentifyConfig deidentifyConfig =
          DeidentifyConfig.newBuilder().setInfoTypeTransformations(transformations).build();

      // Combine configurations into a request for the service.
      DeidentifyContentRequest request =
          DeidentifyContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(contentItem)
              .setInspectConfig(inspectConfig)
              .setDeidentifyConfig(deidentifyConfig)
              .build();

      // Send the request and receive response from the service
      DeidentifyContentResponse response = dlp.deidentifyContent(request);

      // Print the results
      System.out.println("Text after masking: " + response.getItem().getValue());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

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

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

// The string to deidentify
// const string = 'My SSN is 372819127';

// (Optional) The maximum number of sensitive characters to mask in a match
// If omitted from the request or set to 0, the API will mask any matching characters
// const numberToMask = 5;

// (Optional) The character to mask matching sensitive data with
// const maskingCharacter = 'x';

// Construct deidentification request
const item = {value: string};

async function deidentifyWithMask() {
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    deidentifyConfig: {
      infoTypeTransformations: {
        transformations: [
          {
            primitiveTransformation: {
              characterMaskConfig: {
                maskingCharacter: maskingCharacter,
                numberToMask: numberToMask,
              },
            },
          },
        ],
      },
    },
    item: item,
  };

  // Run deidentification request
  const [response] = await dlp.deidentifyContent(request);
  const deidentifiedItem = response.item;
  console.log(deidentifiedItem.value);
}

deidentifyWithMask();

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp


def deidentify_with_mask(
    project: str,
    input_str: str,
    info_types: List[str],
    masking_character: str = None,
    number_to_mask: int = 0,
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to deidentify sensitive data in a
    string by masking it with a character.
    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        input_str: The string to deidentify (will be treated as text).
        info_types: A list of strings representing info types to look for.
            A full list of info type categories can be fetched from the API.
        masking_character: The character to mask matching sensitive data with.
        number_to_mask: The maximum number of sensitive characters to mask in
            a match. If omitted or set to zero, the API will default to no
            maximum.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

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

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

    # Construct inspect configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {"info_types": [{"name": info_type} for info_type in info_types]}

    # Construct deidentify configuration dictionary
    deidentify_config = {
        "info_type_transformations": {
            "transformations": [
                {
                    "primitive_transformation": {
                        "character_mask_config": {
                            "masking_character": masking_character,
                            "number_to_mask": number_to_mask,
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }

    # Construct item
    item = {"value": input_str}

    # Call the API
    response = dlp.deidentify_content(
        request={
            "parent": parent,
            "deidentify_config": deidentify_config,
            "inspect_config": inspect_config,
            "item": item,
        }
    )

    # Print out the results.
    print(response.item.value)

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// mask deidentifies the input by masking all provided info types with maskingCharacter
// and prints the result to w.
func mask(w io.Writer, projectID, input string, infoTypeNames []string, maskingCharacter string, numberToMask int32) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// input := "My SSN is 111222333"
	// infoTypeNames := []string{"US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"}
	// maskingCharacter := "+"
	// numberToMask := 6
	// Will print "My SSN is ++++++333"

	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("dlp.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()
	// Convert the info type strings to a list of InfoTypes.
	var infoTypes []*dlppb.InfoType
	for _, it := range infoTypeNames {
		infoTypes = append(infoTypes, &dlppb.InfoType{Name: it})
	}
	// Create a configured request.
	req := &dlppb.DeidentifyContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes: infoTypes,
		},
		DeidentifyConfig: &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig{
			Transformation: &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig_InfoTypeTransformations{
				InfoTypeTransformations: &dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations{
					Transformations: []*dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations_InfoTypeTransformation{
						{
							InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{}, // Match all info types.
							PrimitiveTransformation: &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation{
								Transformation: &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation_CharacterMaskConfig{
									CharacterMaskConfig: &dlppb.CharacterMaskConfig{
										MaskingCharacter: maskingCharacter,
										NumberToMask:     numberToMask,
									},
								},
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		// The item to analyze.
		Item: &dlppb.ContentItem{
			DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_Value{
				Value: input,
			},
		},
	}
	// Send the request.
	r, err := client.DeidentifyContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("DeidentifyContent: %w", err)
	}
	// Print the result.
	fmt.Fprint(w, r.GetItem().GetValue())
	return nil
}

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CharacterMaskConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoTypeTransformations;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoTypeTransformations\InfoTypeTransformation;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\PrimitiveTransformation;

/**
 * Deidentify sensitive data in a string by masking it with a character.
 *
 * @param string $callingProjectId The GCP Project ID to run the API call under
 * @param string $string           The string to deidentify
 * @param int    $numberToMask     (Optional) The maximum number of sensitive characters to mask in a match
 * @param string $maskingCharacter (Optional) The character to mask matching sensitive data with (defaults to "x")
 */
function deidentify_mask(
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $string,
    int $numberToMask = 0,
    string $maskingCharacter = 'x'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    // The infoTypes of information to mask
    $ssnInfoType = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER');
    $infoTypes = [$ssnInfoType];

    // Create the masking configuration object
    $maskConfig = (new CharacterMaskConfig())
        ->setMaskingCharacter($maskingCharacter)
        ->setNumberToMask($numberToMask);

    // Create the information transform configuration objects
    $primitiveTransformation = (new PrimitiveTransformation())
        ->setCharacterMaskConfig($maskConfig);

    $infoTypeTransformation = (new InfoTypeTransformation())
        ->setPrimitiveTransformation($primitiveTransformation)
        ->setInfoTypes($infoTypes);

    $infoTypeTransformations = (new InfoTypeTransformations())
        ->setTransformations([$infoTypeTransformation]);

    // Create the deidentification configuration object
    $deidentifyConfig = (new DeidentifyConfig())
        ->setInfoTypeTransformations($infoTypeTransformations);

    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($string);

    $parent = "projects/$callingProjectId/locations/global";

    // Run request
    $deidentifyContentRequest = (new DeidentifyContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setDeidentifyConfig($deidentifyConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->deidentifyContent($deidentifyContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $deidentifiedValue = $response->getItem()->getValue();
    print($deidentifiedValue);
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;

public class DeidentifyWithMasking
{
    public static DeidentifyContentResponse Deidentify(string projectId, string text)
    {
        // Instantiate a client.
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        // Construct a request.
        var transformation = new InfoTypeTransformations.Types.InfoTypeTransformation
        {
            PrimitiveTransformation = new PrimitiveTransformation
            {
                CharacterMaskConfig = new CharacterMaskConfig
                {
                    MaskingCharacter = "*",
                    NumberToMask = 5,
                    ReverseOrder = false,
                }
            }
        };
        var request = new DeidentifyContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            InspectConfig = new InspectConfig
            {
                InfoTypes =
                {
                    new InfoType { Name = "US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER" }
                }
            },
            DeidentifyConfig = new DeidentifyConfig
            {
                InfoTypeTransformations = new InfoTypeTransformations
                {
                    Transformations = { transformation }
                }
            },
            Item = new ContentItem { Value = text }
        };

        // Call the API.
        var response = dlp.DeidentifyContent(request);

        // Inspect the results.
        Console.WriteLine($"Deidentified content: {response.Item.Value}");
        return response;
    }
}

REST

The following JSON example shows how to form the API request and what the DLP API returns:

JSON Input:

POST https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/projects/[PROJECT_ID]/content:deidentify?key={YOUR_API_KEY}

{
  "item":{
    "value":"My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail]."
  },
  "deidentifyConfig":{
    "infoTypeTransformations":{
      "transformations":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
            }
          ],
          "primitiveTransformation":{
            "characterMaskConfig":{
              "maskingCharacter":"#",
              "reverseOrder":false,
              "charactersToIgnore":[
                {
                  "charactersToSkip":".@"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "inspectConfig":{
    "infoTypes":[
      {
        "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
      }
    ]
  }
}

JSON Output:

{
  "item":{
    "value":"My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is ##########@#######.###."
  },
  "overview":{
    "transformedBytes":"22",
    "transformationSummaries":[
      {
        "infoType":{
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        },
        "transformation":{
          "characterMaskConfig":{
            "maskingCharacter":"#",
            "charactersToIgnore":[
              {
                "charactersToSkip":".@"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "results":[
          {
            "count":"1",
            "code":"SUCCESS"
          }
        ],
        "transformedBytes":"22"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cryptoHashConfig

Setting cryptoHashConfig to a CryptoHashConfig object performs pseudonymization on an input value by generating a surrogate value using cryptographic hashing.

This method replaces the input value with an encrypted "digest," or hash value. The digest is computed by taking the SHA-256 hash of the input value. The cryptographic key used to make the hash is a CryptoKey object, and must be either 32 or 64 bytes in size.

The method outputs a base64-encoded representation of the hashed output. Currently, only string and integer values can be hashed.

For example, suppose you've specified cryptoHashConfig for all EMAIL_ADDRESS infoTypes, and the CryptoKey object consists of a randomly-generated key (a TransientCryptoKey). Then, the following string is sent to Sensitive Data Protection:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].

The cryptographically generated returned string will look like the following:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is 41D1567F7F99F1DC2A5FAB886DEE5BEE.

Of course, the hex string will be cryptographically generated and different from the one shown here.

dateShiftConfig

Setting dateShiftConfig to a DateShiftConfig object performs date shifting on a date input value by shifting the dates by a random number of days.

Date shifting techniques randomly shift a set of dates but preserve the sequence and duration of a period of time. Shifting dates is usually done in context to an individual or an entity. That is, you want to shift all of the dates for a specific individual using the same shift differential, but use a separate shift differential for each other individual.

For more information about date shifting, see the date shifting concept topic.

Following is sample code in several languages that demonstrates how to use the DLP API to de-identify dates using date shifting.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DateShiftConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.FieldId;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.FieldTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.PrimitiveTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.RecordTransformations;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Table;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Value;
import com.google.type.Date;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class DeIdentifyWithDateShift {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    Path inputCsvFile = Paths.get("path/to/your/input/file.csv");
    Path outputCsvFile = Paths.get("path/to/your/output/file.csv");
    deIdentifyWithDateShift(projectId, inputCsvFile, outputCsvFile);
  }

  public static void deIdentifyWithDateShift(
      String projectId, Path inputCsvFile, Path outputCsvFile) 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()) {
      // Read the contents of the CSV file into a Table
      List<FieldId> headers;
      List<Table.Row> rows;
      try (BufferedReader input = Files.newBufferedReader(inputCsvFile)) {
        // Parse and convert the first line into header names
        headers =
            Arrays.stream(input.readLine().split(","))
                .map(header -> FieldId.newBuilder().setName(header).build())
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
        // Parse the remainder of the file as Table.Rows
        rows =
            input.lines().map(DeIdentifyWithDateShift::parseLineAsRow).collect(Collectors.toList());
      }
      Table table = Table.newBuilder().addAllHeaders(headers).addAllRows(rows).build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setTable(table).build();

      // Set the maximum days to shift dates backwards (lower bound) or forward (upper bound)
      DateShiftConfig dateShiftConfig =
          DateShiftConfig.newBuilder().setLowerBoundDays(5).setUpperBoundDays(5).build();
      PrimitiveTransformation transformation =
          PrimitiveTransformation.newBuilder().setDateShiftConfig(dateShiftConfig).build();
      // Specify which fields the DateShift should apply too
      List<FieldId> dateFields = Arrays.asList(headers.get(1), headers.get(3));
      FieldTransformation fieldTransformation =
          FieldTransformation.newBuilder()
              .addAllFields(dateFields)
              .setPrimitiveTransformation(transformation)
              .build();
      RecordTransformations recordTransformations =
          RecordTransformations.newBuilder().addFieldTransformations(fieldTransformation).build();
      // Specify the config for the de-identify request
      DeidentifyConfig deidentifyConfig =
          DeidentifyConfig.newBuilder().setRecordTransformations(recordTransformations).build();

      // Combine configurations into a request for the service.
      DeidentifyContentRequest request =
          DeidentifyContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setDeidentifyConfig(deidentifyConfig)
              .build();

      // Send the request and receive response from the service
      DeidentifyContentResponse response = dlp.deidentifyContent(request);

      // Write the results to the target CSV file
      try (BufferedWriter writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(outputCsvFile)) {
        Table outTable = response.getItem().getTable();
        String headerOut =
            outTable.getHeadersList().stream()
                .map(FieldId::getName)
                .collect(Collectors.joining(","));
        writer.write(headerOut + "\n");

        List<String> rowOutput =
            outTable.getRowsList().stream()
                .map(row -> joinRow(row.getValuesList()))
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
        for (String line : rowOutput) {
          writer.write(line + "\n");
        }
        System.out.println("Content written to file: " + outputCsvFile.toString());
      }
    }
  }

  // Convert the string from the csv file into com.google.type.Date
  public static Date parseAsDate(String s) {
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(s, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM/dd/yyyy"));
    return Date.newBuilder()
        .setDay(date.getDayOfMonth())
        .setMonth(date.getMonthValue())
        .setYear(date.getYear())
        .build();
  }

  // Each row is in the format: Name,BirthDate,CreditCardNumber,RegisterDate
  public static Table.Row parseLineAsRow(String line) {
    List<String> values = Splitter.on(",").splitToList(line);
    Value name = Value.newBuilder().setStringValue(values.get(0)).build();
    Value birthDate = Value.newBuilder().setDateValue(parseAsDate(values.get(1))).build();
    Value creditCardNumber = Value.newBuilder().setStringValue(values.get(2)).build();
    Value registerDate = Value.newBuilder().setDateValue(parseAsDate(values.get(3))).build();
    return Table.Row.newBuilder()
        .addValues(name)
        .addValues(birthDate)
        .addValues(creditCardNumber)
        .addValues(registerDate)
        .build();
  }

  public static String formatDate(Date d) {
    return String.format("%s/%s/%s", d.getMonth(), d.getDay(), d.getYear());
  }

  public static String joinRow(List<Value> values) {
    String name = values.get(0).getStringValue();
    String birthDate = formatDate(values.get(1).getDateValue());
    String creditCardNumber = values.get(2).getStringValue();
    String registerDate = formatDate(values.get(3).getDateValue());
    return String.join(",", name, birthDate, creditCardNumber, registerDate);
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

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

// Import other required libraries
const fs = require('fs');

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

// The path to the CSV file to deidentify
// The first row of the file must specify column names, and all other rows
// must contain valid values
// const inputCsvFile = '/path/to/input/file.csv';

// The path to save the date-shifted CSV file to
// const outputCsvFile = '/path/to/output/file.csv';

// The list of (date) fields in the CSV file to date shift
// const dateFields = [{ name: 'birth_date'}, { name: 'register_date' }];

// The maximum number of days to shift a date backward
// const lowerBoundDays = 1;

// The maximum number of days to shift a date forward
// const upperBoundDays = 1;

// (Optional) The column to determine date shift amount based on
// If this is not specified, a random shift amount will be used for every row
// If this is specified, then 'wrappedKey' and 'keyName' must also be set
// const contextFieldId = [{ name: 'user_id' }];

// (Optional) The name of the Cloud KMS key used to encrypt ('wrap') the AES-256 key
// If this is specified, then 'wrappedKey' and 'contextFieldId' must also be set
// const keyName = 'projects/YOUR_GCLOUD_PROJECT/locations/YOUR_LOCATION/keyRings/YOUR_KEYRING_NAME/cryptoKeys/YOUR_KEY_NAME';

// (Optional) The encrypted ('wrapped') AES-256 key to use when shifting dates
// This key should be encrypted using the Cloud KMS key specified above
// If this is specified, then 'keyName' and 'contextFieldId' must also be set
// const wrappedKey = 'YOUR_ENCRYPTED_AES_256_KEY'

// Helper function for converting CSV rows to Protobuf types
const rowToProto = row => {
  const values = row.split(',');
  const convertedValues = values.map(value => {
    if (Date.parse(value)) {
      const date = new Date(value);
      return {
        dateValue: {
          year: date.getFullYear(),
          month: date.getMonth() + 1,
          day: date.getDate(),
        },
      };
    } else {
      // Convert all non-date values to strings
      return {stringValue: value.toString()};
    }
  });
  return {values: convertedValues};
};

async function deidentifyWithDateShift() {
  // Read and parse a CSV file
  const csvLines = fs
    .readFileSync(inputCsvFile)
    .toString()
    .split('\n')
    .filter(line => line.includes(','));
  const csvHeaders = csvLines[0].split(',');
  const csvRows = csvLines.slice(1);

  // Construct the table object
  const tableItem = {
    table: {
      headers: csvHeaders.map(header => {
        return {name: header};
      }),
      rows: csvRows.map(row => rowToProto(row)),
    },
  };

  // Construct DateShiftConfig
  const dateShiftConfig = {
    lowerBoundDays: lowerBoundDays,
    upperBoundDays: upperBoundDays,
  };

  if (contextFieldId && keyName && wrappedKey) {
    dateShiftConfig.context = {name: contextFieldId};
    dateShiftConfig.cryptoKey = {
      kmsWrapped: {
        wrappedKey: wrappedKey,
        cryptoKeyName: keyName,
      },
    };
  } else if (contextFieldId || keyName || wrappedKey) {
    throw new Error(
      'You must set either ALL or NONE of {contextFieldId, keyName, wrappedKey}!'
    );
  }

  // Construct deidentification request
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    deidentifyConfig: {
      recordTransformations: {
        fieldTransformations: [
          {
            fields: dateFields,
            primitiveTransformation: {
              dateShiftConfig: dateShiftConfig,
            },
          },
        ],
      },
    },
    item: tableItem,
  };

  // Run deidentification request
  const [response] = await dlp.deidentifyContent(request);
  const tableRows = response.item.table.rows;

  // Write results to a CSV file
  tableRows.forEach((row, rowIndex) => {
    const rowValues = row.values.map(
      value =>
        value.stringValue ||
        `${value.dateValue.month}/${value.dateValue.day}/${value.dateValue.year}`
    );
    csvLines[rowIndex + 1] = rowValues.join(',');
  });
  csvLines.push('');
  fs.writeFileSync(outputCsvFile, csvLines.join('\n'));

  // Print status
  console.log(`Successfully saved date-shift output to ${outputCsvFile}`);
}

deidentifyWithDateShift();

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import base64
import csv
from datetime import datetime
from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp
from google.cloud.dlp_v2 import types


def deidentify_with_date_shift(
    project: str,
    input_csv_file: str = None,
    output_csv_file: str = None,
    date_fields: List[str] = None,
    lower_bound_days: int = None,
    upper_bound_days: int = None,
    context_field_id: str = None,
    wrapped_key: str = None,
    key_name: str = None,
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to deidentify dates in a CSV file by
        pseudorandomly shifting them.
    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        input_csv_file: The path to the CSV file to deidentify. The first row
            of the file must specify column names, and all other rows must
            contain valid values.
        output_csv_file: The path to save the date-shifted CSV file.
        date_fields: The list of (date) fields in the CSV file to date shift.
            Example: ['birth_date', 'register_date']
        lower_bound_days: The maximum number of days to shift a date backward
        upper_bound_days: The maximum number of days to shift a date forward
        context_field_id: (Optional) The column to determine date shift amount
            based on. If this is not specified, a random shift amount will be
            used for every row. If this is specified, then 'wrappedKey' and
            'keyName' must also be set. Example:
            contextFieldId = [{ 'name': 'user_id' }]
        key_name: (Optional) The name of the Cloud KMS key used to encrypt
            ('wrap') the AES-256 key. Example:
            key_name = 'projects/YOUR_GCLOUD_PROJECT/locations/YOUR_LOCATION/
            keyRings/YOUR_KEYRING_NAME/cryptoKeys/YOUR_KEY_NAME'
        wrapped_key: (Optional) The encrypted ('wrapped') AES-256 key to use.
            This key should be encrypted using the Cloud KMS key specified by
            key_name.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

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

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

    # Convert date field list to Protobuf type
    def map_fields(field: str) -> dict:
        return {"name": field}

    if date_fields:
        date_fields = map(map_fields, date_fields)
    else:
        date_fields = []

    f = []
    with open(input_csv_file) as csvfile:
        reader = csv.reader(csvfile)
        for row in reader:
            f.append(row)

    #  Helper function for converting CSV rows to Protobuf types
    def map_headers(header: str) -> dict:
        return {"name": header}

    def map_data(value: str) -> dict:
        try:
            date = datetime.strptime(value, "%m/%d/%Y")
            return {
                "date_value": {"year": date.year, "month": date.month, "day": date.day}
            }
        except ValueError:
            return {"string_value": value}

    def map_rows(row: str) -> dict:
        return {"values": map(map_data, row)}

    # Using the helper functions, convert CSV rows to protobuf-compatible
    # dictionaries.
    csv_headers = map(map_headers, f[0])
    csv_rows = map(map_rows, f[1:])

    # Construct the table dict
    table_item = {"table": {"headers": csv_headers, "rows": csv_rows}}

    # Construct date shift config
    date_shift_config = {
        "lower_bound_days": lower_bound_days,
        "upper_bound_days": upper_bound_days,
    }

    # If using a Cloud KMS key, add it to the date_shift_config.
    # The wrapped key is base64-encoded, but the library expects a binary
    # string, so decode it here.
    if context_field_id and key_name and wrapped_key:
        date_shift_config["context"] = {"name": context_field_id}
        date_shift_config["crypto_key"] = {
            "kms_wrapped": {
                "wrapped_key": base64.b64decode(wrapped_key),
                "crypto_key_name": key_name,
            }
        }
    elif context_field_id or key_name or wrapped_key:
        raise ValueError(
            """You must set either ALL or NONE of
        [context_field_id, key_name, wrapped_key]!"""
        )

    # Construct Deidentify Config
    deidentify_config = {
        "record_transformations": {
            "field_transformations": [
                {
                    "fields": date_fields,
                    "primitive_transformation": {
                        "date_shift_config": date_shift_config
                    },
                }
            ]
        }
    }

    # Write to CSV helper methods
    def write_header(header: types.storage.FieldId) -> str:
        return header.name

    def write_data(data: types.storage.Value) -> str:
        return data.string_value or "{}/{}/{}".format(
            data.date_value.month,
            data.date_value.day,
            data.date_value.year,
        )

    # Call the API
    response = dlp.deidentify_content(
        request={
            "parent": parent,
            "deidentify_config": deidentify_config,
            "item": table_item,
        }
    )

    # Write results to CSV file
    with open(output_csv_file, "w") as csvfile:
        write_file = csv.writer(csvfile, delimiter=",")
        write_file.writerow(map(write_header, response.item.table.headers))
        for row in response.item.table.rows:
            write_file.writerow(map(write_data, row.values))
    # Print status
    print(f"Successfully saved date-shift output to {output_csv_file}")

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// deidentifyDateShift shifts dates found in the input between lowerBoundDays and
// upperBoundDays.
func deidentifyDateShift(w io.Writer, projectID string, lowerBoundDays, upperBoundDays int32, input string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// lowerBoundDays := -1
	// upperBound := -1
	// input := "2016-01-10"
	// Will print "2016-01-09"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("dlp.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()
	// Create a configured request.
	req := &dlppb.DeidentifyContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		DeidentifyConfig: &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig{
			Transformation: &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig_InfoTypeTransformations{
				InfoTypeTransformations: &dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations{
					Transformations: []*dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations_InfoTypeTransformation{
						{
							InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{}, // Match all info types.
							PrimitiveTransformation: &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation{
								Transformation: &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation_DateShiftConfig{
									DateShiftConfig: &dlppb.DateShiftConfig{
										LowerBoundDays: lowerBoundDays,
										UpperBoundDays: upperBoundDays,
									},
								},
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		// The InspectConfig is used to identify the DATE fields.
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
				{
					Name: "DATE",
				},
			},
		},
		// The item to analyze.
		Item: &dlppb.ContentItem{
			DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_Value{
				Value: input,
			},
		},
	}
	// Send the request.
	r, err := client.DeidentifyContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("DeidentifyContent: %w", err)
	}
	// Print the result.
	fmt.Fprint(w, r.GetItem().GetValue())
	return nil
}

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use DateTime;
use Exception;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CryptoKey;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DateShiftConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\FieldId;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\FieldTransformation;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\KmsWrappedCryptoKey;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\PrimitiveTransformation;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\RecordTransformations;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Table;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Table\Row;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Value;
use Google\Type\Date;

/**
 * Deidentify dates in a CSV file by pseudorandomly shifting them.
 * If contextFieldName is not specified, a random shift amount will be used for every row.
 * If contextFieldName is specified, then 'wrappedKey' and 'keyName' must also be set.
 *
 * @param string $callingProjectId  The GCP Project ID to run the API call under
 * @param string $inputCsvFile      The path to the CSV file to deidentify
 * @param string $outputCsvFile     The path to save the date-shifted CSV file to
 * @param string $dateFieldNames    The comma-separated list of (date) fields in the CSV file to date shift
 * @param int    $lowerBoundDays    The maximum number of days to shift a date backward
 * @param int    $upperBoundDays    The maximum number of days to shift a date forward
 * @param string $contextFieldName  (Optional) The column to determine date shift amount based on
 * @param string $keyName           (Optional) The encrypted ('wrapped') AES-256 key to use when shifting dates
 * @param string $wrappedKey        (Optional) The name of the Cloud KMS key used to encrypt (wrap) the AES-256 key
 */
function deidentify_dates(
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $inputCsvFile,
    string $outputCsvFile,
    string $dateFieldNames,
    int $lowerBoundDays,
    int $upperBoundDays,
    string $contextFieldName = '',
    string $keyName = '',
    string $wrappedKey = ''
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    // Read a CSV file
    $csvLines = file($inputCsvFile, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
    $csvHeaders = explode(',', $csvLines[0]);
    $csvRows = array_slice($csvLines, 1);

    // Convert CSV file into protobuf objects
    $tableHeaders = array_map(function ($csvHeader) {
        return (new FieldId)->setName($csvHeader);
    }, $csvHeaders);

    $tableRows = array_map(function ($csvRow) {
        $rowValues = array_map(function ($csvValue) {
            if ($csvDate = DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', $csvValue)) {
                $date = (new Date())
                    ->setYear((int) $csvDate->format('Y'))
                    ->setMonth((int) $csvDate->format('m'))
                    ->setDay((int) $csvDate->format('d'));
                return (new Value())
                    ->setDateValue($date);
            } else {
                return (new Value())
                    ->setStringValue($csvValue);
            }
        }, explode(',', $csvRow));

        return (new Row())
            ->setValues($rowValues);
    }, $csvRows);

    // Convert date fields into protobuf objects
    $dateFields = array_map(function ($dateFieldName) {
        return (new FieldId())->setName($dateFieldName);
    }, explode(',', $dateFieldNames));

    // Construct the table object
    $table = (new Table())
        ->setHeaders($tableHeaders)
        ->setRows($tableRows);

    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setTable($table);

    // Construct dateShiftConfig
    $dateShiftConfig = (new DateShiftConfig())
        ->setLowerBoundDays($lowerBoundDays)
        ->setUpperBoundDays($upperBoundDays);

    if ($contextFieldName && $keyName && $wrappedKey) {
        $contextField = (new FieldId())
            ->setName($contextFieldName);

        // Create the wrapped crypto key configuration object
        $kmsWrappedCryptoKey = (new KmsWrappedCryptoKey())
            ->setWrappedKey(base64_decode($wrappedKey))
            ->setCryptoKeyName($keyName);

        $cryptoKey = (new CryptoKey())
            ->setKmsWrapped($kmsWrappedCryptoKey);

        $dateShiftConfig
            ->setContext($contextField)
            ->setCryptoKey($cryptoKey);
    } elseif ($contextFieldName || $keyName || $wrappedKey) {
        throw new Exception('You must set either ALL or NONE of {$contextFieldName, $keyName, $wrappedKey}!');
    }

    // Create the information transform configuration objects
    $primitiveTransformation = (new PrimitiveTransformation())
        ->setDateShiftConfig($dateShiftConfig);

    $fieldTransformation = (new FieldTransformation())
        ->setPrimitiveTransformation($primitiveTransformation)
        ->setFields($dateFields);

    $recordTransformations = (new RecordTransformations())
        ->setFieldTransformations([$fieldTransformation]);

    // Create the deidentification configuration object
    $deidentifyConfig = (new DeidentifyConfig())
        ->setRecordTransformations($recordTransformations);

    $parent = "projects/$callingProjectId/locations/global";

    // Run request
    $deidentifyContentRequest = (new DeidentifyContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setDeidentifyConfig($deidentifyConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->deidentifyContent($deidentifyContentRequest);

    // Check for errors
    foreach ($response->getOverview()->getTransformationSummaries() as $summary) {
        foreach ($summary->getResults() as $result) {
            if ($details = $result->getDetails()) {
                printf('Error: %s' . PHP_EOL, $details);
                return;
            }
        }
    }

    // Save the results to a file
    $csvRef = fopen($outputCsvFile, 'w');
    fputcsv($csvRef, $csvHeaders);
    foreach ($response->getItem()->getTable()->getRows() as $tableRow) {
        $values = array_map(function ($tableValue) {
            if ($tableValue->getStringValue()) {
                return $tableValue->getStringValue();
            }
            $protoDate = $tableValue->getDateValue();
            $date = mktime(0, 0, 0, $protoDate->getMonth(), $protoDate->getDay(), $protoDate->getYear());
            return strftime('%D', $date);
        }, iterator_to_array($tableRow->getValues()));
        fputcsv($csvRef, $values);
    };
    fclose($csvRef);
    printf('Deidentified dates written to %s' . PHP_EOL, $outputCsvFile);
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;
using Google.Protobuf;

public class DeidentifyWithDateShift
{
    public static DeidentifyContentResponse Deidentify(
        string projectId,
        string inputCsvFilePath,
        int lowerBoundDays,
        int upperBoundDays,
        string dateFields,
        string contextField,
        string keyName,
        string wrappedKey)
    {
        var hasKeyName = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(keyName);
        var hasWrappedKey = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(wrappedKey);
        var hasContext = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(contextField);
        bool allFieldsSet = hasKeyName && hasWrappedKey && hasContext;
        bool noFieldsSet = !hasKeyName && !hasWrappedKey && !hasContext;
        if (!(allFieldsSet || noFieldsSet))
        {
            throw new ArgumentException("Must specify ALL or NONE of: {contextFieldId, keyName, wrappedKey}!");
        }

        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        // Read file
        var csvLines = File.ReadAllLines(inputCsvFilePath);
        var csvHeaders = csvLines[0].Split(',');
        var csvRows = csvLines.Skip(1).ToArray();

        // Convert dates to protobuf format, and everything else to a string
        var protoHeaders = csvHeaders.Select(header => new FieldId { Name = header });
        var protoRows = csvRows.Select(csvRow =>
        {
            var rowValues = csvRow.Split(',');
            var protoValues = rowValues.Select(rowValue =>
               System.DateTime.TryParse(rowValue, out var parsedDate)
               ? new Value { DateValue = Google.Type.Date.FromDateTime(parsedDate) }
               : new Value { StringValue = rowValue });

            var rowObject = new Table.Types.Row();
            rowObject.Values.Add(protoValues);
            return rowObject;
        });

        var dateFieldList = dateFields
            .Split(',')
            .Select(field => new FieldId { Name = field });

        // Construct + execute the request
        var dateShiftConfig = new DateShiftConfig
        {
            LowerBoundDays = lowerBoundDays,
            UpperBoundDays = upperBoundDays
        };

        dateShiftConfig.Context = new FieldId { Name = contextField };
        dateShiftConfig.CryptoKey = new CryptoKey
        {
            KmsWrapped = new KmsWrappedCryptoKey
            {
                WrappedKey = ByteString.FromBase64(wrappedKey),
                CryptoKeyName = keyName
            }
        };

        var deidConfig = new DeidentifyConfig
        {
            RecordTransformations = new RecordTransformations
            {
                FieldTransformations =
                {
                    new FieldTransformation
                    {
                        PrimitiveTransformation = new PrimitiveTransformation
                        {
                            DateShiftConfig = dateShiftConfig
                        },
                        Fields = { dateFieldList }
                    }
                }
            }
        };

        var response = dlp.DeidentifyContent(
            new DeidentifyContentRequest
            {
                Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
                DeidentifyConfig = deidConfig,
                Item = new ContentItem
                {
                    Table = new Table
                    {
                        Headers = { protoHeaders },
                        Rows = { protoRows }
                    }
                }
            });

        return response;
    }
}

cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig

Setting cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig to a CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig object performs pseudonymization on an input value by replacing an input value with a token. This token is:

• The encrypted input value.
• The same length as the input value.
• Computed using format-preserving encryption in FFX mode ("FPE-FFX") keyed on the cryptographic key specified by cryptoKey.
• Comprised of the characters specified by alphabet. Valid options:
  • NUMERIC
  • HEXADECIMAL
  • UPPER_CASE_ALPHA_NUMERIC
  • ALPHA_NUMERIC

The input value:

• Must be at least two characters long (or the empty string).
• Must be comprised of the characters specified by an alphabet. The alphabet can be comprised of between 2 and 95 characters. (An alphabet with 95 characters includes all printable characters in the US-ASCII character set.)

Sensitive Data Protection computes the replacement token using a cryptographic key. You provide this key in one of three ways:

• By embedding it unencrypted in the API request. This is not recommended.
• By requesting that Sensitive Data Protection generate it.
• By embedding it encrypted in the API request.

If you choose to embed the key in the API request, you need to create a key and wrap (encrypt) it using a Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) key. The value returned is a base64-encoded string by default. To set this value in Sensitive Data Protection, you must decode it into a byte string. The following code snippets highlight how to do this in several languages. End-to-end examples are provided following these snippets.

Java

KmsWrappedCryptoKey.newBuilder()
    .setWrappedKey(ByteString.copyFrom(BaseEncoding.base64().decode(wrappedKey)))

Python

# The wrapped key is base64-encoded, but the library expects a binary
# string, so decode it here.
import base64
wrapped_key = base64.b64decode(wrapped_key)

PHP

// Create the wrapped crypto key configuration object
$kmsWrappedCryptoKey = (new KmsWrappedCryptoKey())
    ->setWrappedKey(base64_decode($wrappedKey))
    ->setCryptoKeyName($keyName);

C#

WrappedKey = ByteString.FromBase64(wrappedKey)

For more information about encrypting and decrypting data using Cloud KMS, see Encrypting and Decrypting Data.

Note: When you use Cloud KMS for cryptographic operations, charges apply. In addition, when you use a Cloud HSM key or a Cloud EKM key, you consume Cloud KMS quota on the project that contains the key. In contrast, if you're using a software Cloud KMS key with Sensitive Data Protection, no quota limits apply. For more information, see Quotas in the Cloud KMS documentation.

By design, FPE-FFX preserves the length and character set of the input text. This means that it lacks authentication and an initialization vector, which would cause a length expansion in the output token. Other methods like AES-SIV provide these stronger security guarantees and are recommended for tokenization use cases unless length and character set preservation are strict requirements—for example, for backward compatibility with a legacy data system.

Following is sample code in several languages that demonstrates how to use Sensitive Data Protection to de-identify sensitive data by replacing an input value with a token.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CryptoKey;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig.FfxCommonNativeAlphabet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeidentifyContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoTypeTransformations.InfoTypeTransformation;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.KmsWrappedCryptoKey;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.PrimitiveTransformation;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class DeIdentifyWithFpe {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToDeIdentify = "I'm Gary and my SSN is 552096781";
    String kmsKeyName =
        "projects/YOUR_PROJECT/"
            + "locations/YOUR_KEYRING_REGION/"
            + "keyRings/YOUR_KEYRING_NAME/"
            + "cryptoKeys/YOUR_KEY_NAME";
    String wrappedAesKey = "YOUR_ENCRYPTED_AES_256_KEY";
    deIdentifyWithFpe(projectId, textToDeIdentify, kmsKeyName, wrappedAesKey);
  }

  public static void deIdentifyWithFpe(
      String projectId, String textToDeIdentify, String kmsKeyName, String wrappedAesKey)
      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 what content you want the service to DeIdentify
      ContentItem contentItem = ContentItem.newBuilder().setValue(textToDeIdentify).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types
      InfoType infoType = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER").build();
      InspectConfig inspectConfig =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder().addAllInfoTypes(Arrays.asList(infoType)).build();

      // Specify an encrypted AES-256 key and the name of the Cloud KMS key that encrypted it
      KmsWrappedCryptoKey kmsWrappedCryptoKey =
          KmsWrappedCryptoKey.newBuilder()
              .setWrappedKey(ByteString.copyFrom(BaseEncoding.base64().decode(wrappedAesKey)))
              .setCryptoKeyName(kmsKeyName)
              .build();
      CryptoKey cryptoKey = CryptoKey.newBuilder().setKmsWrapped(kmsWrappedCryptoKey).build();

      // Specify how the info from the inspection should be encrypted.
      InfoType surrogateInfoType = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("SSN_TOKEN").build();
      CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig =
          CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig.newBuilder()
              .setCryptoKey(cryptoKey)
              // Set of characters in the input text. For more info, see
              // https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/reference/rest/v2/organizations.deidentifyTemplates#DeidentifyTemplate.FfxCommonNativeAlphabet
              .setCommonAlphabet(FfxCommonNativeAlphabet.NUMERIC)
              .setSurrogateInfoType(surrogateInfoType)
              .build();
      PrimitiveTransformation primitiveTransformation =
          PrimitiveTransformation.newBuilder()
              .setCryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig(cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig)
              .build();
      InfoTypeTransformation infoTypeTransformation =
          InfoTypeTransformation.newBuilder()
              .setPrimitiveTransformation(primitiveTransformation)
              .build();
      InfoTypeTransformations transformations =
          InfoTypeTransformations.newBuilder().addTransformations(infoTypeTransformation).build();

      DeidentifyConfig deidentifyConfig =
          DeidentifyConfig.newBuilder().setInfoTypeTransformations(transformations).build();

      // Combine configurations into a request for the service.
      DeidentifyContentRequest request =
          DeidentifyContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(contentItem)
              .setInspectConfig(inspectConfig)
              .setDeidentifyConfig(deidentifyConfig)
              .build();

      // Send the request and receive response from the service
      DeidentifyContentResponse response = dlp.deidentifyContent(request);

      // Print the results
      System.out.println(
          "Text after format-preserving encryption: " + response.getItem().getValue());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

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

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

// The string to deidentify
// const string = 'My SSN is 372819127';

// The set of characters to replace sensitive ones with
// For more information, see https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/reference/rest/v2/organizations.deidentifyTemplates#ffxcommonnativealphabet
// const alphabet = 'ALPHA_NUMERIC';

// The name of the Cloud KMS key used to encrypt ('wrap') the AES-256 key
// const keyName = 'projects/YOUR_GCLOUD_PROJECT/locations/YOUR_LOCATION/keyRings/YOUR_KEYRING_NAME/cryptoKeys/YOUR_KEY_NAME';

// The encrypted ('wrapped') AES-256 key to use
// This key should be encrypted using the Cloud KMS key specified above
// const wrappedKey = 'YOUR_ENCRYPTED_AES_256_KEY'

// (Optional) The name of the surrogate custom info type to use
// Only necessary if you want to reverse the deidentification process
// Can be essentially any arbitrary string, as long as it doesn't appear
// in your dataset otherwise.
// const surrogateType = 'SOME_INFO_TYPE_DEID';

async function deidentifyWithFpe() {
  // Construct FPE config
  const cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig = {
    cryptoKey: {
      kmsWrapped: {
        wrappedKey: wrappedKey,
        cryptoKeyName: keyName,
      },
    },
    commonAlphabet: alphabet,
  };
  if (surrogateType) {
    cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig.surrogateInfoType = {
      name: surrogateType,
    };
  }

  // Construct deidentification request
  const item = {value: string};
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    deidentifyConfig: {
      infoTypeTransformations: {
        transformations: [
          {
            primitiveTransformation: {
              cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig: cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig,
            },
          },
        ],
      },
    },
    item: item,
  };

  // Run deidentification request
  const [response] = await dlp.deidentifyContent(request);
  const deidentifiedItem = response.item;
  console.log(deidentifiedItem.value);
}
deidentifyWithFpe();

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import base64
from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp


def deidentify_with_fpe(
    project: str,
    input_str: str,
    info_types: List[str],
    alphabet: str = None,
    surrogate_type: str = None,
    key_name: str = None,
    wrapped_key: str = None,
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to deidentify sensitive data in a
    string using Format Preserving Encryption (FPE).
    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        input_str: The string to deidentify (will be treated as text).
        info_types: A list of strings representing info types to look for.
        alphabet: The set of characters to replace sensitive ones with. For
            more information, see https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/reference/
            rest/v2beta2/organizations.deidentifyTemplates#ffxcommonnativealphabet
        surrogate_type: The name of the surrogate custom info type to use. Only
            necessary if you want to reverse the deidentification process. Can
            be essentially any arbitrary string, as long as it doesn't appear
            in your dataset otherwise.
        key_name: The name of the Cloud KMS key used to encrypt ('wrap') the
            AES-256 key. Example:
            key_name = 'projects/YOUR_GCLOUD_PROJECT/locations/YOUR_LOCATION/
            keyRings/YOUR_KEYRING_NAME/cryptoKeys/YOUR_KEY_NAME'
        wrapped_key: The encrypted ('wrapped') AES-256 key to use. This key
            should be encrypted using the Cloud KMS key specified by key_name.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

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

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

    # The wrapped key is base64-encoded, but the library expects a binary
    # string, so decode it here.
    wrapped_key = base64.b64decode(wrapped_key)

    # Construct FPE configuration dictionary
    crypto_replace_ffx_fpe_config = {
        "crypto_key": {
            "kms_wrapped": {"wrapped_key": wrapped_key, "crypto_key_name": key_name}
        },
        "common_alphabet": alphabet,
    }

    # Add surrogate type
    if surrogate_type:
        crypto_replace_ffx_fpe_config["surrogate_info_type"] = {"name": surrogate_type}

    # Construct inspect configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {"info_types": [{"name": info_type} for info_type in info_types]}

    # Construct deidentify configuration dictionary
    deidentify_config = {
        "info_type_transformations": {
            "transformations": [
                {
                    "primitive_transformation": {
                        "crypto_replace_ffx_fpe_config": crypto_replace_ffx_fpe_config
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }

    # Convert string to item
    item = {"value": input_str}

    # Call the API
    response = dlp.deidentify_content(
        request={
            "parent": parent,
            "deidentify_config": deidentify_config,
            "inspect_config": inspect_config,
            "item": item,
        }
    )

    # Print results
    print(response.item.value)

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// deidentifyFPE deidentifies the input with FPE (Format Preserving Encryption).
// keyFileName is the file name with the KMS wrapped key and cryptoKeyName is the
// full KMS key resource name used to wrap the key. surrogateInfoType is an
// optional identifier needed for reidentification. surrogateInfoType can be any
// value not found in your input.
// Info types can be found with the infoTypes.list method or on https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference
func deidentifyFPE(w io.Writer, projectID, input string, infoTypeNames []string, kmsKeyName, wrappedAESKey, surrogateInfoType string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// input := "My SSN is 123456789"
	// infoTypeNames := []string{"US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"}
	// kmsKeyName := "projects/YOUR_GCLOUD_PROJECT/locations/YOUR_LOCATION/keyRings/YOUR_KEYRING_NAME/cryptoKeys/YOUR_KEY_NAME"
	// wrappedAESKey := "YOUR_ENCRYPTED_AES_256_KEY"
	// surrogateInfoType := "AGE"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("dlp.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()
	// Convert the info type strings to a list of InfoTypes.
	var infoTypes []*dlppb.InfoType
	for _, it := range infoTypeNames {
		infoTypes = append(infoTypes, &dlppb.InfoType{Name: it})
	}

	// Specify an encrypted AES-256 key and the name of the Cloud KMS key that encrypted it.
	kmsWrappedCryptoKey, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(wrappedAESKey)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Create a configured request.
	req := &dlppb.DeidentifyContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes: infoTypes,
		},
		DeidentifyConfig: &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig{
			Transformation: &dlppb.DeidentifyConfig_InfoTypeTransformations{
				InfoTypeTransformations: &dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations{
					Transformations: []*dlppb.InfoTypeTransformations_InfoTypeTransformation{
						{
							InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{}, // Match all info types.
							PrimitiveTransformation: &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation{
								Transformation: &dlppb.PrimitiveTransformation_CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig{
									CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig: &dlppb.CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig{
										CryptoKey: &dlppb.CryptoKey{
											Source: &dlppb.CryptoKey_KmsWrapped{
												KmsWrapped: &dlppb.KmsWrappedCryptoKey{
													WrappedKey:    kmsWrappedCryptoKey,
													CryptoKeyName: kmsKeyName,
												},
											},
										},
										// Set the alphabet used for the output.
										Alphabet: &dlppb.CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig_CommonAlphabet{
											CommonAlphabet: dlppb.CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig_ALPHA_NUMERIC,
										},
										// Set the surrogate info type, used for reidentification.
										SurrogateInfoType: &dlppb.InfoType{
											Name: surrogateInfoType,
										},
									},
								},
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		// The item to analyze.
		Item: &dlppb.ContentItem{
			DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_Value{
				Value: input,
			},
		},
	}
	// Send the request.
	r, err := client.DeidentifyContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("DeidentifyContent: %w", err)
	}
	// Print the result.
	fmt.Fprint(w, r.GetItem().GetValue())
	return nil
}

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CryptoKey;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig\FfxCommonNativeAlphabet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DeidentifyContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoTypeTransformations;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoTypeTransformations\InfoTypeTransformation;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\KmsWrappedCryptoKey;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\PrimitiveTransformation;

/**
 * Deidentify a string using Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE).
 *
 * @param string $callingProjectId  The GCP Project ID to run the API call under
 * @param string $string            The string to deidentify
 * @param string $keyName           The name of the Cloud KMS key used to encrypt (wrap) the AES-256 key
 * @param string $wrappedKey        The name of the Cloud KMS key use, encrypted with the KMS key in $keyName
 * @param string $surrogateTypeName (Optional) surrogate custom info type to enable reidentification
 */
function deidentify_fpe(
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $string,
    string $keyName,
    string $wrappedKey,
    string $surrogateTypeName = ''
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    // The infoTypes of information to mask
    $ssnInfoType = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER');
    $infoTypes = [$ssnInfoType];

    // Create the wrapped crypto key configuration object
    $kmsWrappedCryptoKey = (new KmsWrappedCryptoKey())
        ->setWrappedKey(base64_decode($wrappedKey))
        ->setCryptoKeyName($keyName);

    // The set of characters to replace sensitive ones with
    // For more information, see https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/reference/rest/V2/organizations.deidentifyTemplates#ffxcommonnativealphabet
    $commonAlphabet = FfxCommonNativeAlphabet::NUMERIC;

    // Create the crypto key configuration object
    $cryptoKey = (new CryptoKey())
        ->setKmsWrapped($kmsWrappedCryptoKey);

    // Create the crypto FFX FPE configuration object
    $cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig = (new CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig())
        ->setCryptoKey($cryptoKey)
        ->setCommonAlphabet($commonAlphabet);

    if ($surrogateTypeName) {
        $surrogateType = (new InfoType())
            ->setName($surrogateTypeName);
        $cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig->setSurrogateInfoType($surrogateType);
    }

    // Create the information transform configuration objects
    $primitiveTransformation = (new PrimitiveTransformation())
        ->setCryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig($cryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig);

    $infoTypeTransformation = (new InfoTypeTransformation())
        ->setPrimitiveTransformation($primitiveTransformation)
        ->setInfoTypes($infoTypes);

    $infoTypeTransformations = (new InfoTypeTransformations())
        ->setTransformations([$infoTypeTransformation]);

    // Create the deidentification configuration object
    $deidentifyConfig = (new DeidentifyConfig())
        ->setInfoTypeTransformations($infoTypeTransformations);

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

    $parent = "projects/$callingProjectId/locations/global";

    // Run request
    $deidentifyContentRequest = (new DeidentifyContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setDeidentifyConfig($deidentifyConfig)
        ->setItem($content);
    $response = $dlp->deidentifyContent($deidentifyContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $deidentifiedValue = $response->getItem()->getValue();
    print($deidentifiedValue);
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;
using Google.Protobuf;
using static Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig.Types;

public class DeidentifyWithFpe
{
    public static DeidentifyContentResponse Deidentify(
        string projectId,
        string dataValue,
        IEnumerable<InfoType> infoTypes,
        string keyName,
        string wrappedKey,
        FfxCommonNativeAlphabet alphabet)
    {
        var deidentifyConfig = new DeidentifyConfig
        {
            InfoTypeTransformations = new InfoTypeTransformations
            {
                Transformations =
                {
                    new InfoTypeTransformations.Types.InfoTypeTransformation
                    {
                        PrimitiveTransformation = new PrimitiveTransformation
                        {
                            CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig = new CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig
                            {
                                CommonAlphabet = alphabet,
                                CryptoKey = new CryptoKey
                                {
                                    KmsWrapped = new KmsWrappedCryptoKey
                                    {
                                        CryptoKeyName = keyName,
                                        WrappedKey = ByteString.FromBase64 (wrappedKey)
                                    }
                                },
                                SurrogateInfoType = new InfoType
                                {
                                    Name = "TOKEN"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        };

        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();
        var response = dlp.DeidentifyContent(
            new DeidentifyContentRequest
            {
                Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
                InspectConfig = new InspectConfig
                {
                    InfoTypes = { infoTypes }
                },
                DeidentifyConfig = deidentifyConfig,
                Item = new ContentItem { Value = dataValue }
            });

        Console.WriteLine($"Deidentified content: {response.Item.Value}");
        return response;
    }
}

For code samples that demonstrate how to use Sensitive Data Protection to re-identify sensitive data that was de-identified through the CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig transformation method, see Format-preserving encryption: re-identification examples.

fixedSizeBucketingConfig

The bucketing transformations—this one and bucketingConfig—serve to mask numerical data by "bucketing" it into ranges. The resulting number range is a hyphenated string consisting of a lower bound, a hyphen, and an upper bound.

Setting fixedSizeBucketingConfig to a FixedSizeBucketingConfig object buckets input values based on fixed size ranges. The FixedSizeBucketingConfig object consists of the following:

• lowerBound: The lower bound value of all of the buckets. Values less than this one are grouped together in a single bucket.
• upperBound: The upper bound value of all of the buckets. Values greater than this one are grouped together in a single bucket.
• bucketSize: The size of each bucket other than the minimum and maximum buckets.

For example, if lowerBound is set to 10, upperBound is set to 89, and bucketSize is set to 10, then the following buckets would be used: -10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-89, 89+.

For more information about the concept of bucketing, see Generalization and Bucketing.

bucketingConfig

The bucketingConfig transformation offers more flexibility than the other bucketing transformation, fixedSizeBucketingConfig. Instead of specifying upper and lower bounds and an interval value with which to create equal-sized buckets, you specify the maximum and minimum values for each bucket you want created. Each maximum and minimum value pair must have the same type.

Setting bucketingConfig to a BucketingConfig object specifies custom buckets. The BucketingConfig object consists of a buckets[] array of Bucket objects. Each Bucket object consists of the following:

• min: The lower bound of the bucket's range. Omit this value to create a bucket that has no lower bound.
• max: The upper bound of the bucket's range. Omit this value to create a bucket that has no upper bound.
• replacementValue: The value with which to replace values that fall within the lower and upper bounds. If you don't provide a replacementValue, a hyphenated min-max range will be used instead.

If a value falls outside of the defined ranges, the TransformationSummary returned will contain an error message.

For example, consider the following configuration for the bucketingConfig transformation:

"bucketingConfig":{
  "buckets":[
    {
      "min":{
        "integerValue":"1"
      },
      "max":{
        "integerValue":"30"
      },
      "replacementValue":{
        "stringValue":"LOW"
      }
    },
    {
      "min":{
        "integerValue":"31"
      },
      "max":{
        "integerValue":"65"
      },
      "replacementValue":{
        "stringValue":"MEDIUM"
      }
    },
    {
      "min":{
        "integerValue":"66"
      },
      "max":{
        "integerValue":"100"
      },
      "replacementValue":{
        "stringValue":"HIGH"
      }
    }
  ]
}

This defines the following behavior:

• Integer values falling between 1 and 30 are masked by being replaced with LOW.
• Integer values falling between 31-65 are masked by being replaced with MEDIUM.
• Integer values falling between 66-100 are masked by being replaced with HIGH.

For more information about the concept of bucketing, see Generalization and Bucketing.

replaceWithInfoTypeConfig

Specifying replaceWithInfoTypeConfig replaces each matched value with the name of the infoType. The replaceWithInfoTypeConfig message has no arguments; specifying it enables its transformation.

For example, suppose you've specified replaceWithInfoTypeConfig for all EMAIL_ADDRESS infoTypes, and the following string is sent to Sensitive Data Protection:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is [e-mail].

The returned string will be the following:

My name is Alicia Abernathy, and my email address is EMAIL_ADDRESS.

timePartConfig

Setting timePartConfig to a TimePartConfig object preserves a portion of a matched value that includes Date, Timestamp, and TimeOfDay values. The TimePartConfig object consists of a partToExtract argument, which can be set to any of the TimePart enumerated values, including year, month, day of the month, and so on.

For example, suppose you've configured a timePartConfig transformation by setting partToExtract to YEAR. After sending the data in the first column below to Sensitive Data Protection, you'd end up with the transformed values in the second column:

Original values	Transformed values
9/21/1976	1976
6/7/1945	1945
1/20/2009	2009
7/4/1776	1776
8/1/1984	1984
4/21/1982	1982

Record transformations

Record transformations (the RecordTransformations object) are only applied to values within tabular data that are identified as a specific infoType. Within RecordTransformations, there are two further subcategories of transformations:

• fieldTransformations[]: Transformations that apply various field transformations.
• recordSuppressions[]: Rules defining which records get suppressed completely. Records that match any suppression rule within recordSuppressions[] are omitted from the output.

Note: If you want to use a RecordTransformations configuration in a content.deidentify call, make sure that the value of the item field is of type Table.

Field transformations

Each FieldTransformation object includes three arguments:

• fields: One or more input fields (FieldID objects) to apply the transformation to.
• condition: A condition (a RecordCondition object) that must evaluate to true for the transformation to be applied. For example, apply a bucket transformation to an age column of a record only if the ZIP code column for the same record is within a specific range. Or, redact a field only if the birthdate field puts a person's age at 85 or above.

• One of the following two transformation type arguments. Specifying one is required:

  • infoTypeTransformations: Treat the contents of the field as free text, and apply a PrimitiveTransformation only to content that matches an InfoType. These transformations were discussed earlier in this topic.

  • primitiveTransformation: Apply the specified primitive transformation (PrimitiveTransformation object) to the entire field. These transformations were discussed earlier in this topic.

    If your RecordTransformations object contains only a primitiveTransformation and no infoTypeTransformations, then you don't need to include an InspectConfig object in your request. If you do, Sensitive Data Protection ignores it.

Field transformations example

The following example sends a projects.content.deidentify request with two field transformations:

• The first field transformation applies to the first two columns (column1 and column2). Because its transformation type is a primitiveTransformation object (specifically, a CryptoDeterministicConfig), Sensitive Data Protection transforms the entire field.

  Warning: For demonstration purposes, this example uses an unwrapped key. Don't use this key for actual sensitive workloads. Google recommends that you use a wrapped key instead. For more information about how to create a wrapped key and use it in de-identification and re-identification requests, see De-identify and re-identify sensitive data.

• The second field transformation applies to the third column (column3). Because its transformation type is an infoTypeTransformations object, Sensitive Data Protection applies the primitive transformation (specifically, a ReplaceWithInfoTypeConfig) to only the content that matches the infoType set in the inspection configuration.

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

• PROJECT_ID: Your Google Cloud project ID. Project IDs are alphanumeric strings, like my-project.

HTTP method and URL:

POST https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/projects/PROJECT_ID/content:deidentify

Request JSON body:

{
  "item": {
    "table": {
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "column1"
        },
        {
          "name": "column2"
        },
        {
          "name": "column3"
        }
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "values": [
            {
              "stringValue": "Example string 1"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "Example string 2"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "My email address is [e-mail]"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "values": [
            {
              "stringValue": "Example string 1"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "Example string 3"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "My email address is [e-mail]"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "deidentifyConfig": {
    "recordTransformations": {
      "fieldTransformations": [
        {
          "fields": [
            {
              "name": "column1"
            },
            {
              "name": "column2"
            }
          ],
          "primitiveTransformation": {
            "cryptoDeterministicConfig": {
              "cryptoKey": {
                "unwrapped": {
                  "key": "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcA=="
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "fields": [
            {
              "name": "column3"
            }
          ],
          "infoTypeTransformations": {
            "transformations": [
              {
                "primitiveTransformation": {
                  "replaceWithInfoTypeConfig": {}
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"
      }
    ]
  }
}

To send your request, expand one of these options:

curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell)

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login , or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Save the request body in a file named deidentify-tabular-content-request.json, and execute the following command:

curl -X POST \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
     -H "x-goog-user-project: PROJECT_ID" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
     -d @deidentify-tabular-content-request.json \
     "https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/projects/PROJECT_ID/content:deidentify"

PowerShell (Windows)

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Save the request body in a file named deidentify-tabular-content-request.json, and execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred"; "x-goog-user-project" = "PROJECT_ID" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
    -Method POST `
    -Headers $headers `
    -ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
    -InFile deidentify-tabular-content-request.json `
    -Uri "https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/projects/PROJECT_ID/content:deidentify" | Select-Object -Expand Content

You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:

{
  "item": {
    "table": {
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "column1"
        },
        {
          "name": "column2"
        },
        {
          "name": "column3"
        }
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "values": [
            {
              "stringValue": "AWttmGlln6Z2MFOMqcOzDdNJS52XFxOOZsg0ckDeZzfc"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "AUBTE+sQB6eKZ5iD3Y0Ss682zANXbijuFl9KL9ExVOTF"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "My email address is [EMAIL_ADDRESS]"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "values": [
            {
              "stringValue": "AWttmGlln6Z2MFOMqcOzDdNJS52XFxOOZsg0ckDeZzfc"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "AU+oD2pnqUDTLNItE8RplY3E0fTHeO4rZkX4GeFHN2CI"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "My email address is [EMAIL_ADDRESS]"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "overview": {
    "transformedBytes": "96",
    "transformationSummaries": [
      {
        "field": {
          "name": "column1"
        },
        "results": [
          {
            "count": "2",
            "code": "SUCCESS"
          }
        ],
        "fieldTransformations": [
          {
            "fields": [
              {
                "name": "column1"
              },
              {
                "name": "column2"
              }
            ],
            "primitiveTransformation": {
              "cryptoDeterministicConfig": {
                "cryptoKey": {
                  "unwrapped": {
                    "key": "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcA=="
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "transformedBytes": "32"
      },
      {
        "field": {
          "name": "column2"
        },
        "results": [
          {
            "count": "2",
            "code": "SUCCESS"
          }
        ],
        "fieldTransformations": [
          {
            "fields": [
              {
                "name": "column1"
              },
              {
                "name": "column2"
              }
            ],
            "primitiveTransformation": {
              "cryptoDeterministicConfig": {
                "cryptoKey": {
                  "unwrapped": {
                    "key": "YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcA=="
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "transformedBytes": "32"
      },
      {
        "infoType": {
          "name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS",
          "sensitivityScore": {
            "score": "SENSITIVITY_MODERATE"
          }
        },
        "field": {
          "name": "column3"
        },
        "results": [
          {
            "count": "2",
            "code": "SUCCESS"
          }
        ],
        "fieldTransformations": [
          {
            "fields": [
              {
                "name": "column3"
              }
            ],
            "infoTypeTransformations": {
              "transformations": [
                {
                  "primitiveTransformation": {
                    "replaceWithInfoTypeConfig": {}
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ],
        "transformedBytes": "32"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Record suppressions

In addition to applying transformations to field data, you can also instruct Sensitive Data Protection to de-identify data by simply suppressing records when certain suppression conditions evaluate to true. You can apply both field transformations and record suppressions in the same request.

You set the recordSuppressions message of the RecordTransformations object to an array of one or more RecordSuppression objects.

Each RecordSuppression object contains a single RecordCondition object, which in turn contains a single Expressions object.

An Expressions object contains:

• logicalOperator: One of the LogicalOperator enumerated types.
• conditions: A Conditions object, containing an array of one or more Condition objects. A Condition is a comparison of a field value and another value, both of which be of type string, boolean, integer, double, Timestamp, or TimeofDay.

If the comparison evaluates to true, the record is suppressed, and vice-versa. If the compared values are not the same type, a warning is given and the condition evaluates to false.

Reversible transformations

When you de-identify data using the CryptoReplaceFfxFpeConfig or CryptoDeterministicConfig infoType transformations, you can re-identify that data, as long as you have the CryptoKey used to originally de-identify the data. For more information, see Crypto-based tokenization transformations.

Limit on the number of findings

If your request has more than 3,000 findings, Sensitive Data Protection returns the following message:

Too many findings to de-identify. Retry with a smaller request.

The list of findings that Sensitive Data Protection returns is an arbitrary subset of all findings in the request. To get all of the findings, break up your request into smaller batches.

What's next

• Learn more about how a de-identification workflow fits into real-life deployments.

• Work through the Redacting Sensitive Data with Sensitive Data Protection codelab.

• Work through an example that demonstrates how to create a wrapped key, tokenize content, and re-identify tokenized content.

• Learn more about creating a de-identified copy of data in storage.