The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of ConnectorsClient.
The optional options argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned ConnectorsConnection. 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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-14 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis document provides C++ reference documentation for Google Cloud Connectors, including various versions, with the latest being version 2.37.0-rc.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsClient\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsConnection\u003c/code\u003e classes are the primary interfaces for managing and interacting with Connectors, and they are featured within this version of documentation.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSeveral structs are detailed, including those related to backoff, idempotency, polling, and retry policies, offering options to configure the behavior of Connectors operations.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document includes functions such as \u003ccode\u003eMakeConnectorsConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which is used to construct a \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, and \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e to generate the default connection policy.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eType aliases like \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e are provided for configuring retry and other policies, streamlining the use of Connectors.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::connectors_v1 (2.12.0)\n\nVersion 2.12.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [ConnectorsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsClient)\n\nConnectors is the interface for managing Connectors.\n\n### [ConnectorsConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection)\n\nThe [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection) object for [`ConnectorsClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsClient).\n\n### [ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ConnectorsBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [ConnectorsPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsPollingPolicyOption)\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### [ConnectorsRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeConnectorsConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [ConnectorsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection). 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::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::connectors_v1::ConnectorsPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### ConnectorsRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::TraitBasedRetryPolicy\u003c connectors_v1_internal::ConnectorsRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### ConnectorsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::LimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c connectors_v1_internal::ConnectorsRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### ConnectorsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::LimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c connectors_v1_internal::ConnectorsRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### ConnectorsPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c ConnectorsRetryPolicyOption, ConnectorsBackoffPolicyOption, ConnectorsPollingPolicyOption, ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to Connectors."]]
