Inspect a local file

Demonstrates finding sensitive data in a local text or image file.

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• Inspecting text for sensitive data

Code sample

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

public class DlpInspectFile
{
    public static IEnumerable<Finding> InspectFile(string projectId, string filePath, BytesType fileType)
    {
        // Instantiate a client.
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        // Get the bytes from the file.
        ByteString fileBytes;
        using (Stream f = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open))
        {
            fileBytes = ByteString.FromStream(f);
        }

        // Construct a request.
        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = new ContentItem
            {
                ByteItem = new ByteContentItem()
                {
                    Data = fileBytes,
                    Type = fileType
                }
            },
            InspectConfig = new InspectConfig
            {
                // The info types of information to match
                InfoTypes =
                {
                    new InfoType { Name = "PHONE_NUMBER" },
                    new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" },
                    new InfoType { Name = "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER" }
                },
                // The minimum likelihood before returning a match
                MinLikelihood = Likelihood.Unspecified,
                // Whether to include the matching string
                IncludeQuote = true,
                Limits = new InspectConfig.Types.FindingLimits
                {
                    // The maximum number of findings to report per request
                    // (0 = server maximum)
                    MaxFindingsPerRequest = 0
                }
            }
        };

        // Execute request
        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        // Inspect response
        var findings = response.Result.Findings;
        if (findings.Any())
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Findings:");
            foreach (var finding in findings)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Quote: {finding.Quote}");
                Console.WriteLine($"InfoType: {finding.InfoType}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Likelihood: {finding.Likelihood}");
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("No findings.");
        }
        return findings;
    }
}

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"
	"os"

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

// inspectTextFile inspects a text file at a given filePath, and prints results.
func inspectTextFile(w io.Writer, projectID, filePath string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// filePath := "path/to/image.png"
	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize client.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Close() // Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.

	// Gather the resources for the request.
	data, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Create and send the request.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item: &dlppb.ContentItem{
			DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
				ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
					Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
					Data: data,
				},
			},
		},
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
				{Name: "PHONE_NUMBER"},
				{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
				{Name: "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER"},
			},
			IncludeQuote: true,
		},
	}
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("InspectContent: %w", err)
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %d\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, f := range resp.Result.Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tQuote: %s\n", f.Quote)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tInfo type: %s\n", f.InfoType.Name)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tLikelihood: %s\n", f.Likelihood)
	}
	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.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class InspectTextFile {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String filePath = "path/to/file.txt";
    inspectTextFile(projectId, filePath);
  }

  // Inspects the specified text file.
  public static void inspectTextFile(String projectId, String filePath) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteString fileBytes = ByteString.readFrom(new FileInputStream(filePath));
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder().setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8).setData(fileBytes).build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      List<InfoType> infoTypes = new ArrayList<>();
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types
      for (String typeName : new String[] {"PHONE_NUMBER", "EMAIL_ADDRESS", "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER"}) {
        infoTypes.add(InfoType.newBuilder().setName(typeName).build());
      }

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder().addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes).setIncludeQuote(true).build();

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

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

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

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');

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

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

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

// The path to a local file to inspect. Can be a text, JPG, or PNG file.
// const filepath = 'path/to/image.png';

// The minimum likelihood required before returning a match
// const minLikelihood = 'LIKELIHOOD_UNSPECIFIED';

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

// The infoTypes of information to match
// const infoTypes = [{ name: 'PHONE_NUMBER' }, { name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS' }, { name: 'CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER' }];

// The customInfoTypes of information to match
// const customInfoTypes = [{ infoType: { name: 'DICT_TYPE' }, dictionary: { wordList: { words: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']}}},
//   { infoType: { name: 'REGEX_TYPE' }, regex: {pattern: '\\(\\d{3}\\) \\d{3}-\\d{4}'}}];

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

async function inspectFile() {
  // Construct file data to inspect
  const fileTypeConstant =
    ['image/jpeg', 'image/bmp', 'image/png', 'image/svg'].indexOf(
      mime.getType(filepath)
    ) + 1;
  const fileBytes = Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync(filepath)).toString('base64');
  const item = {
    byteItem: {
      type: fileTypeConstant,
      data: fileBytes,
    },
  };

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

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

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 mimetypes
from typing import List
from typing import Optional

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_file(
    project: str,
    filename: str,
    info_types: List[str],
    min_likelihood: str = None,
    custom_dictionaries: List[str] = None,
    custom_regexes: List[str] = None,
    max_findings: Optional[int] = None,
    include_quote: bool = True,
    mime_type: str = None,
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to analyze a file for protected data.
    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        filename: The path to the file to inspect.
        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.
        min_likelihood: A string representing the minimum likelihood threshold
            that constitutes a match. One of: 'LIKELIHOOD_UNSPECIFIED',
            'VERY_UNLIKELY', 'UNLIKELY', 'POSSIBLE', 'LIKELY', 'VERY_LIKELY'.
        max_findings: The maximum number of findings to report; 0 = no maximum.
        include_quote: Boolean for whether to display a quote of the detected
            information in the results.
        mime_type: The MIME type of the file. If not specified, the type is
            inferred via the Python standard library's mimetypes module.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

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

    # Prepare info_types by converting the list of strings into a list of
    # dictionaries (protos are also accepted).
    if not info_types:
        info_types = ["FIRST_NAME", "LAST_NAME", "EMAIL_ADDRESS"]
    info_types = [{"name": info_type} for info_type in info_types]

    # Prepare custom_info_types by parsing the dictionary word lists and
    # regex patterns.
    if custom_dictionaries is None:
        custom_dictionaries = []
    dictionaries = [
        {
            "info_type": {"name": f"CUSTOM_DICTIONARY_{i}"},
            "dictionary": {"word_list": {"words": custom_dict.split(",")}},
        }
        for i, custom_dict in enumerate(custom_dictionaries)
    ]
    if custom_regexes is None:
        custom_regexes = []
    regexes = [
        {
            "info_type": {"name": f"CUSTOM_REGEX_{i}"},
            "regex": {"pattern": custom_regex},
        }
        for i, custom_regex in enumerate(custom_regexes)
    ]
    custom_info_types = dictionaries + regexes

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

    # If mime_type is not specified, guess it from the filename.
    if mime_type is None:
        mime_guess = mimetypes.MimeTypes().guess_type(filename)
        mime_type = mime_guess[0]

    # Select the content type index from the list of supported types.
    # https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/privacy/dlp/v2/dlp.proto / message ByteContentItem
    supported_content_types = {
        None: 0,  # "Unspecified" or BYTES_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED
        "image/jpeg": 1,  # IMAGE_JPEG
        "image/bmp": 2,  # IMAGE_BMP
        "image/png": 3,  # IMAGE_PNG
        "image/svg": 4,  # IMAGE_SVG - Adjusted to "image/svg+xml" for correct MIME type
        "text/plain": 5,  # TEXT_UTF8
        # Note: No specific MIME type for general "image", mapping to IMAGE for any image type not specified
        "image": 6,  # IMAGE - Any image type
        "application/msword": 7,  # WORD_DOCUMENT
        "application/pdf": 8,  # PDF
        "application/powerpoint": 9,  # POWERPOINT_DOCUMENT
        "application/msexcel": 10,  # EXCEL_DOCUMENT
        "application/avro": 11,  # AVRO
        "text/csv": 12,  # CSV
        "text/tsv": 13,  # TSV
    }
    content_type_index = supported_content_types.get(mime_type, 0)

    # Construct the item, containing the file's byte data.
    with open(filename, mode="rb") as f:
        item = {"byte_item": {"type_": content_type_index, "data": f.read()}}

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

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

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

Ruby

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.

# project_id   = "Your Google Cloud project ID"
# filename     = "The file path to the file to inspect"
# max_findings = "Maximum number of findings to report per request (0 = server maximum)"

require "google/cloud/dlp"

dlp = Google::Cloud::Dlp.dlp_service
inspect_config = {
  # The types of information to match
  info_types:     [{ name: "PERSON_NAME" }, { name: "PHONE_NUMBER" }],

  # Only return results above a likelihood threshold (0 for all)
  min_likelihood: :POSSIBLE,

  # Limit the number of findings (0 for no limit)
  limits:         { max_findings_per_request: max_findings },

  # Whether to include the matching string in the response
  include_quote:  true
}

# The item to inspect
file = File.open filename, "rb"
item_to_inspect = { byte_item: { type: :BYTES_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED, data: file.read } }

# Run request
parent = "projects/#{project_id}/locations/global"
response = dlp.inspect_content parent:         parent,
                               inspect_config: inspect_config,
                               item:           item_to_inspect

# Print the results
if response.result.findings.empty?
  puts "No findings"
else
  response.result.findings.each do |finding|
    puts "Quote:      #{finding.quote}"
    puts "Info type:  #{finding.info_type.name}"
    puts "Likelihood: #{finding.likelihood}"
  end
end

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