Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) is now a part of Sensitive Data Protection. The API name remains the same: Cloud Data Loss Prevention API (DLP API). For information about the services that make up Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection overview.

Redact an image

Demonstrates redacting sensitive data from an image.

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Redacting sensitive data from images

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

public class RedactImage
{
    public static RedactImageResponse Redact(string projectId, string originalImagePath, string redactedImagePath)
    {
        var request = new RedactImageRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            InspectConfig = new InspectConfig
            {
                MinLikelihood = Likelihood.Likely,
                IncludeQuote = true,
                InfoTypes =
                {
                    new InfoType { Name = "PHONE_NUMBER" },
                    new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" },
                    new InfoType { Name = "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER" }
                }
            },
            ByteItem = new ByteContentItem
            {
                Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.ImagePng,
                Data = ByteString.FromStream(new FileStream(originalImagePath, FileMode.Open))
            },
        };

        var client = DlpServiceClient.Create();
        var response = client.RedactImage(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Extracted text: {response.ExtractedText}");

        // Writes redacted image into file
        response.RedactedImage.WriteTo(new FileStream(redactedImagePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));

        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"
	"io/ioutil"

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

// redactImage blacks out the identified portions of the input image (with type bytesType)
// and stores the result in outputPath.
func redactImage(w io.Writer, projectID string, infoTypeNames []string, bytesType dlppb.ByteContentItem_BytesType, inputPath, outputPath string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// infoTypeNames := []string{"US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"}
	// bytesType := dlppb.ByteContentItem_IMAGE_PNG
	// inputPath := /tmp/input
	// outputPath := /tmp/output

	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})
	}

	// Convert the info type strings to a list of types to redact in the image.
	var redactInfoTypes []*dlppb.RedactImageRequest_ImageRedactionConfig
	for _, it := range infoTypeNames {
		redactInfoTypes = append(redactInfoTypes, &dlppb.RedactImageRequest_ImageRedactionConfig{
			Target: &dlppb.RedactImageRequest_ImageRedactionConfig_InfoType{
				InfoType: &dlppb.InfoType{Name: it},
			},
		})
	}

	// Read the input file.
	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(inputPath)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("ioutil.ReadFile: %w", err)
	}

	// Create a configured request.
	req := &dlppb.RedactImageRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes:     infoTypes,
			MinLikelihood: dlppb.Likelihood_POSSIBLE,
		},
		// The item to analyze.
		ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
			Type: bytesType,
			Data: b,
		},
		ImageRedactionConfigs: redactInfoTypes,
	}
	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.RedactImage(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("RedactImage: %w", err)
	}
	// Write the output file.
	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, resp.GetRedactedImage(), 0644); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("ioutil.WriteFile: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Wrote output to %s", outputPath)
	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.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Likelihood;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.RedactImageRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.RedactImageResponse;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

class RedactImageFile {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String inputPath = "src/test/resources/test.png";
    String outputPath = "redacted.png";
    redactImageFile(projectId, inputPath, outputPath);
  }

  static void redactImageFile(String projectId, String inputPath, String outputPath)
      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 content to be inspected.
      ByteString fileBytes = ByteString.readFrom(new FileInputStream(inputPath));
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder().setType(BytesType.IMAGE).setData(fileBytes).build();

      // Specify the type of info and likelihood necessary to redact.
      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());
      }
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .setMinLikelihood(Likelihood.LIKELY)
              .build();

      // Construct the Redact request to be sent by the client.
      RedactImageRequest request =
          RedactImageRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setByteItem(byteItem)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      RedactImageResponse response = dlp.redactImage(request);

      // Parse the response and process results.
      FileOutputStream redacted = new FileOutputStream(outputPath);
      redacted.write(response.getRedactedImage().toByteArray());
      redacted.close();
      System.out.println("Redacted image written to " + outputPath);
    }
  }
}

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');

// Imports required Node.js libraries
const mime = require('mime');
const fs = require('fs');

// 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 JPG or PNG image file.
// const filepath = 'path/to/image.png';

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

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

// The local path to save the resulting image to.
// const outputPath = 'result.png';
async function redactImage() {
  const imageRedactionConfigs = infoTypes.map(infoType => {
    return {infoType: infoType};
  });

  // Load image
  const fileTypeConstant =
    ['image/jpeg', 'image/bmp', 'image/png', 'image/svg'].indexOf(
      mime.getType(filepath)
    ) + 1;
  const fileBytes = Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync(filepath)).toString('base64');

  // Construct image redaction request
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    byteItem: {
      type: fileTypeConstant,
      data: fileBytes,
    },
    inspectConfig: {
      minLikelihood: minLikelihood,
      infoTypes: infoTypes,
    },
    imageRedactionConfigs: imageRedactionConfigs,
  };

  // Run image redaction request
  const [response] = await dlp.redactImage(request);
  const image = response.redactedImage;
  fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, image);
  console.log(`Saved image redaction results to path: ${outputPath}`);
}
redactImage();

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\ByteContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\RedactImageRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\RedactImageRequest\ImageRedactionConfig;

/**
 * Redact sensitive data from an image.
 *
 * @param string $callingProjectId    The project ID to run the API call under
 * @param string $imagePath           The local filepath of the image to inspect
 * @param string $outputPath          The local filepath to save the resulting image to
 */
function redact_image(
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $imagePath,
    string $outputPath
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

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

    // The minimum likelihood required before returning a match
    $minLikelihood = likelihood::LIKELIHOOD_UNSPECIFIED;

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

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

    // Read image file into a buffer
    $imageRef = fopen($imagePath, 'rb');
    $imageBytes = fread($imageRef, filesize($imagePath));
    fclose($imageRef);

    // Get the image's content type
    $typeConstant = (int) array_search(
        mime_content_type($imagePath),
        [false, 'image/jpeg', 'image/bmp', 'image/png', 'image/svg']
    );

    // Create the byte-storing object
    $byteContent = (new ByteContentItem())
        ->setType($typeConstant)
        ->setData($imageBytes);

    // Create the image redaction config objects
    $imageRedactionConfigs = [];
    foreach ($infoTypes as $infoType) {
        $config = (new ImageRedactionConfig())
            ->setInfoType($infoType);
        $imageRedactionConfigs[] = $config;
    }

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

    // Run request
    $redactImageRequest = (new RedactImageRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setByteItem($byteContent)
        ->setImageRedactionConfigs($imageRedactionConfigs);
    $response = $dlp->redactImage($redactImageRequest);

    // Save result to file
    file_put_contents($outputPath, $response->getRedactedImage());

    // Print completion message
    print('Redacted image saved to ' . $outputPath . PHP_EOL);
}

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

import google.cloud.dlp


def redact_image(
    project: str,
    filename: str,
    output_filename: str,
    info_types: List[str],
    min_likelihood: str = None,
    mime_type: str = None,
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to redact protected data in an image.
    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        filename: The path to the file to inspect.
        output_filename: The path to which the redacted image will be written.
        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'.
        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).
    info_types = [{"name": info_type} for info_type in info_types]

    # Prepare image_redaction_configs, a list of dictionaries. Each dictionary
    # contains an info_type and optionally the color used for the replacement.
    # The color is omitted in this sample, so the default (black) will be used.
    image_redaction_configs = []

    if info_types is not None:
        for info_type in info_types:
            image_redaction_configs.append({"info_type": info_type})

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

    # 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] or "application/octet-stream"

    # 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 byte_item, containing the file's byte data.
    with open(filename, mode="rb") as f:
        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.redact_image(
        request={
            "parent": parent,
            "inspect_config": inspect_config,
            "image_redaction_configs": image_redaction_configs,
            "byte_item": byte_item,
        }
    )

    # Write out the results.
    with open(output_filename, mode="wb") as f:
        f.write(response.redacted_image)
    print(
        "Wrote {byte_count} to {filename}".format(
            byte_count=len(response.redacted_image), filename=output_filename
        )
    )

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