Redact sensitive data from an image using default infoTypes

Redact the default infoTypes from this 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 RedactSensitiveDataFromImageUsingDefaultInfoTypes
{
    public static RedactImageResponse RedactImage(
        string projectId,
        string originalImagePath,
        string redactedImagePath)
    {
        // Instantiate the dlp client.
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        // Construct the content item.
        var byteContentItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.ImagePng,
            Data = ByteString.FromStream(new FileStream(originalImagePath, FileMode.Open))
        };

        // Construct the Redact request to be sent by the client. Do not specify the type of info to redact.
        var request = new RedactImageRequest
        {
            ParentAsLocationName = new LocationName(projectId, "global"),
            ByteItem = byteContentItem
        };

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

        // Inspect the response.
        Console.WriteLine($"Redacted image written to: {redactedImagePath}");

        // 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"
	"os"

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

// redactImageFileAllInfoTypes redact sensitive data from an image using default infoTypes.
func redactImageFileAllInfoTypes(w io.Writer, projectID, inputPath, outputPath string) error {
	// projectId := "my-project-id"
	// inputPath := "testdata/image.jpg"
	// outputPath := "testdata/test-output-image-file-all-infoType.jpeg"

	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 err
	}

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

	// Read the image file.
	fileBytes, err := os.ReadFile(inputPath)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "os.ReadFile: %v", err)
		return err
	}

	// Specify the content to be redacted.
	byteItem := &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
		Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_IMAGE_JPEG,
		Data: fileBytes,
	}

	// Construct the Redact request to be sent by the client.
	// Do not specify the type of info to redact.
	req := &dlppb.RedactImageRequest{
		Parent:   fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		ByteItem: byteItem,
	}

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

	// Write the output file.
	if err := os.WriteFile(outputPath, resp.GetRedactedImage(), 0644); err != nil {
		return 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.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;

class RedactImageFileAllInfoTypes {

  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/sensitive-data-image.jpeg";
    String outputPath = "sensitive-data-image-redacted.jpeg";
    redactImageFileAllInfoTypes(projectId, inputPath, outputPath);
  }

  static void redactImageFileAllInfoTypes(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 redacted.
      ByteString fileBytes = ByteString.readFrom(new FileInputStream(inputPath));
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder().setType(BytesType.IMAGE_JPEG).setData(fileBytes).build();

      // Construct the Redact request to be sent by the client.
      // Do not specify the type of info to redact.
      RedactImageRequest request =
          RedactImageRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setByteItem(byteItem)
              .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 local path to save the resulting image to.
// const outputPath = 'result.png';

async function redactImage() {
  // Specify the content to be redacted.
  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 the Redact request to be sent by the client.
  // Do not specify the type of info to redact.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    byteItem: {
      type: fileTypeConstant,
      data: fileBytes,
    },
  };

  // Use the client to send the API request.
  const [response] = await dlp.redactImage(request);

  // Parse the response and process results.
  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\RedactImageRequest;

/**
 * Redact sensitive data from an image using default infoTypes.
 *
 * @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_all_infotypes(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $imagePath = './test/data/test.png',
    string $outputPath = './test/data/redact_image_all_infotypes.png'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    // 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);

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

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

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

    // Print completion message.
    printf('Redacted image saved to %s ' . PHP_EOL, $outputPath);
}

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 google.cloud.dlp


def redact_image_all_info_types(
    project: str,
    filename: str,
    output_filename: str,
) -> 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.
            A full list of info type categories can be fetched from the API.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

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

    # Construct the byte_item, containing the file's byte data.
    with open(filename, mode="rb") as f:
        byte_item = {"type_": google.cloud.dlp_v2.FileType.IMAGE, "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,
            "byte_item": byte_item,
        }
    )

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

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