The following shows the code that you'll run in the google/cloud/storagecontrol/quickstart/ directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Storage Control API C++ client library API.
#include "google/cloud/storagecontrol/v2/storage_control_client.h"
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
if (argc != 2) {
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " bucket-id\n";
return 1;
}
auto const name =
std::string{"projects/_/buckets/"} + argv[1] + "/storageLayout";
namespace storagecontrol = ::google::cloud::storagecontrol_v2;
auto client = storagecontrol::StorageControlClient(
storagecontrol::MakeStorageControlConnection());
auto layout = client.GetStorageLayout(name);
if (!layout) throw std::move(layout).status();
std::cout << layout->DebugString() << "\n";
return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
return 1;
}
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[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).\n\n### Quickstart\n\nThe following shows the code that you'll run in the `google/cloud/storagecontrol/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Storage Control API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/storagecontrol/v2/storage_control_client.h\"\n #include \u003ciostream\u003e\n\n int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {\n if (argc != 2) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"Usage: \" \u003c\u003c argv[0] \u003c\u003c \" bucket-id\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n auto const name =\n std::string{\"projects/_/buckets/\"} + argv[1] + \"/storageLayout\";\n\n namespace storagecontrol = ::google::cloud::storagecontrol_v2;\n auto client = storagecontrol::StorageControlClient(\n storagecontrol::MakeStorageControlConnection());\n\n auto layout = client.GetStorageLayout(name);\n if (!layout) throw std::move(layout).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c layout-\u003eDebugString() \u003c\u003c \"\\n\";\n\n return 0;\n } catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"google::cloud::Status thrown: \" \u003c\u003c status \u003c\u003c \"\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n### Main classes\n\nThe main class in this library is [`storagecontrol_v2::StorageControlClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/storagecontrol/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1storagecontrol__v2_1_1StorageControlClient). All RPCs are exposed as member functions of this class. Other classes provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock [`storagecontrol_v2::StorageControlClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/storagecontrol/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1storagecontrol__v2_1_1StorageControlClient) when testing your application.\n\n### More Information\n\n- [Error Handling](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/common-error-handling.html) - describes how the library reports errors.\n- [How to Override the Default Endpoint](/cpp/docs/reference/storagecontrol/latest/storagecontrol-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/storagecontrol/latest/storagecontrol-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/storagecontrol/latest/storagecontrol-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/storagecontrol/latest/storagecontrol-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]