A factory function to construct an object of type LicensesConnection that uses REST over HTTP as transport in lieu of gRPC.
REST transport should only be used for services that do not support gRPC or if the existing network configuration precludes using gRPC.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of LicensesClient.
The optional options argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned LicensesConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThe latest version available for the compute licenses is 2.37.0-rc, with a variety of previous versions available, ranging down to version 2.15.1.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eLicensesClient\u003c/code\u003e class provides the service for interacting with the licenses resource.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eLicensesConnection\u003c/code\u003e and its associated classes, such as \u003ccode\u003eLicensesConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eLicensesLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eLicensesLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eLicensesRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, manage the connection and retry policies for the licenses service.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eVarious structs like \u003ccode\u003eLicensesBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eLicensesConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eLicensesPollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eLicensesRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e allow customization of the connection behavior through \u003ccode\u003egoogle::cloud::Options\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeLicensesConnectionRest\u003c/code\u003e function creates a connection object that uses REST over HTTP as transport, and provides the ability to use custom options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::compute_licenses_v1 (2.42.0-rc)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [LicensesClient](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesClient)\n\nService for the licenses resource.\n\n### [LicensesConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnection)\n\nThe [`LicensesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnection) object for [`LicensesClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesClient).\n\n### [LicensesConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [LicensesLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`LicensesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [LicensesLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`LicensesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [LicensesRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`LicensesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [LicensesBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [LicensesConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [LicensesPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesPollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [LicensesRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeDefaultLicensesConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\n### MakeLicensesConnectionRest(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`LicensesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnection) that uses REST over HTTP as transport in lieu of gRPC. \nREST transport should only be used for services that do not support gRPC or if the existing network configuration precludes using gRPC.\n\nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [LicensesClient](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`LicensesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__licenses__v1_1_1LicensesConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::RestOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::compute_licenses_v1::LicensesPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment."]]
