The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of VideoIntelligenceServiceClient.
The optional options argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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Intelligence API.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e function is provided as a factory for creating \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects, allowing for optional configuration through the \u003ccode\u003eoptions\u003c/code\u003e argument.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are multiple struct objects that are able to be used with \u003ccode\u003egoogle::cloud::Options\u003c/code\u003e such as, \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServicePollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServicePolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e type alias combines the option types, \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServicePollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e into a single list to apply to the VideoIntelligenceService.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::videointelligence_v1 (2.18.0)\n\nVersion 2.18.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceClient)\n\nService that implements the Video Intelligence API.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) object for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceClient).\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [VideoIntelligenceServicePollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServicePollingPolicyOption)\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### [VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [VideoIntelligenceServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection). 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::videointelligence_v1::VideoIntelligenceServicePolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__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### MakeDefaultVideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### VideoIntelligenceServicePolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicyOption, VideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption, VideoIntelligenceServicePollingPolicyOption, VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to VideoIntelligenceService."]]
