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/*
Package cloud is the root of the packages used to access Google Cloud
Services. See https://pkg.go.dev/cloud.google.com/go for a full list
of sub-modules.

# Client Options

All clients in sub-packages are configurable via client options. These options
are described here: https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/api/option.

# Endpoint Override

Endpoint configuration is used to specify the URL to which requests are
sent. It is used for services that support or require regional endpoints, as
well as for other use cases such as [testing against fake servers].

For example, the Vertex AI service recommends that you configure the endpoint to
the location with the features you want that is closest to your physical
location or the location of your users. There is no global endpoint for Vertex
AI. See [Vertex AI - Locations] for more details. The following example
demonstrates configuring a Vertex AI client with a regional endpoint:

	ctx := context.Background()
	endpoint := "us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com:443"
	client, err := aiplatform.NewDatasetClient(ctx, option.WithEndpoint(endpoint))

# Authentication and Authorization

All of the clients support authentication via [Google Application Default Credentials],
or by providing a JSON key file for a Service Account. See examples below.

Google Application Default Credentials (ADC) is the recommended way to authorize
and authenticate clients. For information on how to create and obtain
Application Default Credentials, see
https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production. If you have your
environment configured correctly you will not need to pass any extra information
to the client libraries. Here is an example of a client using ADC to
authenticate:

	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(context.Background())
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}
	_ = client // Use the client.

You can use a file with credentials to authenticate and authorize, such as a
JSON key file associated with a Google service account. Service Account keys can
be created and downloaded from https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts.
This example uses the Secret Manger client, but the same steps apply to the
all other client libraries this package as well. Example:

	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(context.Background(),
		option.WithCredentialsFile("/path/to/service-account-key.json"))
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}
	_ = client // Use the client.

In some cases (for instance, you don't want to store secrets on disk), you can
create credentials from in-memory JSON and use the WithCredentials option.
This example uses the Secret Manager client, but the same steps apply to
all other client libraries as well. Note that scopes can be
found at https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes, and
are also provided in all auto-generated libraries: for example,
cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1 provides DefaultAuthScopes. Example:

	ctx := context.Background()
	// https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/oauth2/google
	creds, err := google.CredentialsFromJSON(ctx, []byte("JSON creds"), secretmanager.DefaultAuthScopes()...)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx, option.WithCredentials(creds))
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}
	_ = client // Use the client.

# Timeouts and Cancellation

By default, non-streaming methods, like Create or Get, will have a default
deadline applied to the context provided at call time, unless a context deadline
is already set. Streaming methods have no default deadline and will run
indefinitely. To set timeouts or arrange for cancellation, use
[context]. Transient errors will be retried when correctness allows.

Here is an example of setting a timeout for an RPC using
[context.WithTimeout]:

	ctx := context.Background()
	// Do not set a timeout on the context passed to NewClient: dialing happens
	// asynchronously, and the context is used to refresh credentials in the
	// background.
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}
	// Time out if it takes more than 10 seconds to create a dataset.
	tctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
	defer cancel() // Always call cancel.

	req := &secretmanagerpb.DeleteSecretRequest{Name: "projects/project-id/secrets/name"}
	if err := client.DeleteSecret(tctx, req); err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}

Here is an example of setting a timeout for an RPC using
[github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2.WithTimeout]:

	ctx := context.Background()
	// Do not set a timeout on the context passed to NewClient: dialing happens
	// asynchronously, and the context is used to refresh credentials in the
	// background.
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}

	req := &secretmanagerpb.DeleteSecretRequest{Name: "projects/project-id/secrets/name"}
	// Time out if it takes more than 10 seconds to create a dataset.
	if err := client.DeleteSecret(tctx, req, gax.WithTimeout(10*time.Second)); err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}

Here is an example of how to arrange for an RPC to be canceled, use
[context.WithCancel]:

	ctx := context.Background()
	// Do not cancel the context passed to NewClient: dialing happens asynchronously,
	// and the context is used to refresh credentials in the background.
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}
	cctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
	defer cancel() // Always call cancel.

	// TODO: Make the cancel function available to whatever might want to cancel the
	// call--perhaps a GUI button.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.DeleteSecretRequest{Name: "projects/proj/secrets/name"}
	if err := client.DeleteSecret(cctx, req); err != nil {
		// TODO: handle error.
	}

Do not attempt to control the initial connection (dialing) of a service by
setting a timeout on the context passed to NewClient. Dialing is non-blocking,
so timeouts would be ineffective and would only interfere with credential
refreshing, which uses the same context.

# Connection Pooling

Connection pooling differs in clients based on their transport. Cloud
clients either rely on HTTP or gRPC transports to communicate
with Google Cloud.

Cloud clients that use HTTP rely on the underlying HTTP transport to cache
connections for later re-use. These are cached to the http.MaxIdleConns
and http.MaxIdleConnsPerHost settings in http.DefaultTransport by default.

For gRPC clients, connection pooling is configurable. Users of Cloud Client
Libraries may specify option.WithGRPCConnectionPool(n) as a client option to
NewClient calls. This configures the underlying gRPC connections to be pooled
and accessed in a round robin fashion.

# Using the Libraries in Container environments(Docker)

Minimal container images like Alpine lack CA certificates. This causes RPCs to
appear to hang, because gRPC retries indefinitely. See
https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/928 for more information.

# Debugging

For tips on how to write tests against code that calls into our libraries check
out our [Debugging Guide].

# Testing

For tips on how to write tests against code that calls into our libraries check
out our [Testing Guide].

# Inspecting errors

Most of the errors returned by the generated clients are wrapped in an
[github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2/apierror.APIError] and can be further unwrapped
into a [google.golang.org/grpc/status.Status] or
[google.golang.org/api/googleapi.Error] depending on the transport used to make
the call (gRPC or REST). Converting your errors to these types can be a useful
way to get more information about what went wrong while debugging.

APIError gives access to specific details in the error. The transport-specific
errors can still be unwrapped using the APIError.

	if err != nil {
	   var ae *apierror.APIError
	   if errors.As(err, &ae) {
	      log.Println(ae.Reason())
	      log.Println(ae.Details().Help.GetLinks())
	   }
	}

If the gRPC transport was used, the [google.golang.org/grpc/status.Status] can
still be parsed using the [google.golang.org/grpc/status.FromError] function.

	if err != nil {
	   if s, ok := status.FromError(err); ok {
	      log.Println(s.Message())
	      for _, d := range s.Proto().Details {
	         log.Println(d)
	      }
	   }
	}

# Client Stability

Semver is used to communicate stability of the sub-modules of this package.
Note, some stable sub-modules do contain packages, and sometimes features, that
are considered unstable. If something is unstable it will be explicitly labeled
as such. Example of package does in an unstable package:

	NOTE: This package is in beta. It is not stable, and may be subject to changes.

Clients that contain alpha and beta in their import path may change or go away
without notice.

Clients marked stable will maintain compatibility with future versions for as
long as we can reasonably sustain. Incompatible changes might be made in some
situations, including:

  - Security bugs may prompt backwards-incompatible changes.
  - Situations in which components are no longer feasible to maintain without
    making breaking changes, including removal.
  - Parts of the client surface may be outright unstable and subject to change.
    These parts of the surface will be labeled with the note, "It is EXPERIMENTAL
    and subject to change or removal without notice."

[testing against fake servers]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/blob/main/testing.md#testing-grpc-services-using-fakes
[Vertex AI - Locations]: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/general/locations
[Google Application Default Credentials]: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/external/set-up-adc
[Logging, Debugging and Telemetry Guide]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/blob/main/debug.md
[Testing Guide]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/blob/main/testing.md
*/
package cloud // import "cloud.google.com/go"