Working with long-running operations

Several operations you request are long-running, such as model training, file import into a dataset, and model deletion. These types of requests will return a JSON with an operation ID that you can use to get the status of the operation.

For example, a model training request returns the following JSON:

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/ICN3074819451447672458",
  "metadata": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata",
    "createTime": "2019-07-26T21:10:18.338846Z",
    "updateTime": "2019-07-26T21:10:18.338846Z",
    "createModelDetails": {}
  }
}

In this case, the operation ID is ICN3074819451447672458. The following samples show how to get the status of this operation with this ID.

Get an operation code samples

REST

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

  • project-id: your GCP project ID.
  • operation-id: the ID of your operation. The ID is the last element of the name of your operation. For example:
    • operation name: projects/project-id/locations/location-id/operations/IOD5281059901324392598
    • operation id: IOD5281059901324392598

HTTP method and URL: 

GET https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID

To send your request, choose one of these options:

curl

Execute the following command: 

curl -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    -H "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
    "https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID"

PowerShell

Execute the following command: 

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

Invoke-WebRequest `
    -Method GET `
    -Headers $headers `
    -Uri "https://automl.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID" | Select-Object -Expand Content
You should see output similar to the following for a completed import operation: 
{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID",
  "metadata": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata",
    "createTime": "2018-10-29T15:56:29.176485Z",
    "updateTime": "2018-10-29T16:10:41.326614Z",
    "importDataDetails": {}
  },
  "done": true,
  "response": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty"
  }
}

You should see output similar to the following for a completed create model operation:

{
  "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/operations/OPERATION_ID",
  "metadata": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.automl.v1.OperationMetadata",
    "createTime": "2019-07-22T18:35:06.881193Z",
    "updateTime": "2019-07-22T19:58:44.972235Z",
    "createModelDetails": {}
  },
  "done": true,
  "response": {
    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.automl.v1.Model",
    "name": "projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/models/MODEL_ID"
  }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the APIs & Reference > Client Libraries page.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	automl "cloud.google.com/go/automl/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/automl/apiv1/automlpb"
)

// getOperationStatus gets an operation's status.
func getOperationStatus(w io.Writer, projectID string, location string, datasetID string, modelName string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// datasetID := "ICN123456789..."
	// modelName := "model_display_name"

	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := automl.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &automlpb.CreateModelRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s", projectID, location),
		Model: &automlpb.Model{
			DisplayName: modelName,
			DatasetId:   datasetID,
			ModelMetadata: &automlpb.Model_ImageClassificationModelMetadata{
				ImageClassificationModelMetadata: &automlpb.ImageClassificationModelMetadata{
					TrainBudgetMilliNodeHours: 1000, // 1000 milli-node hours are 1 hour
				},
			},
		},
	}

	op, err := client.CreateModel(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Name: %v\n", op.Name())

	// Wait for the longrunning operation complete.
	resp, err := op.Wait(ctx)
	if err != nil && !op.Done() {
		fmt.Println("failed to fetch operation status", err)
		return err
	}
	if err != nil && op.Done() {
		fmt.Println("operation completed with error", err)
		return err
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Response: %v\n", resp)

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the APIs & Reference > Client Libraries page.

import com.google.cloud.automl.v1.AutoMlClient;
import com.google.longrunning.Operation;
import java.io.IOException;

class GetOperationStatus {

  static void getOperationStatus() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String operationFullId = "projects/[projectId]/locations/us-central1/operations/[operationId]";
    getOperationStatus(operationFullId);
  }

  // Get the status of an operation
  static void getOperationStatus(String operationFullId) 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 (AutoMlClient client = AutoMlClient.create()) {
      // Get the latest state of a long-running operation.
      Operation operation = client.getOperationsClient().getOperation(operationFullId);

      // Display operation details.
      System.out.println("Operation details:");
      System.out.format("\tName: %s\n", operation.getName());
      System.out.format("\tMetadata Type Url: %s\n", operation.getMetadata().getTypeUrl());
      System.out.format("\tDone: %s\n", operation.getDone());
      if (operation.hasResponse()) {
        System.out.format("\tResponse Type Url: %s\n", operation.getResponse().getTypeUrl());
      }
      if (operation.hasError()) {
        System.out.println("\tResponse:");
        System.out.format("\t\tError code: %s\n", operation.getError().getCode());
        System.out.format("\t\tError message: %s\n", operation.getError().getMessage());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the APIs & Reference > Client Libraries page.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'us-central1';
// const operationId = 'YOUR_OPERATION_ID';

// Imports the Google Cloud AutoML library
const {AutoMlClient} = require('@google-cloud/automl').v1;

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

async function getOperationStatus() {
  // Construct request
  const request = {
    name: `projects/${projectId}/locations/${location}/operations/${operationId}`,
  };

  const [response] = await client.operationsClient.getOperation(request);

  console.log(`Name: ${response.name}`);
  console.log('Operation details:');
  console.log(`${response}`);
}

getOperationStatus();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the setup instructions for this language on the APIs & Reference > Client Libraries page.

from google.cloud import automl

# TODO(developer): Uncomment and set the following variables
# operation_full_id = \
#     "projects/[projectId]/locations/us-central1/operations/[operationId]"

client = automl.AutoMlClient()
# Get the latest state of a long-running operation.
response = client._transport.operations_client.get_operation(operation_full_id)

print(f"Name: {response.name}")
print("Operation details:")
print(response)

Additional languages

C#: Please follow the C# setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for .NET.

PHP: Please follow the PHP setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for PHP.

Ruby: Please follow the Ruby setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the AutoML Vision reference documentation for Ruby.