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:
[[["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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-14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 webpage provides documentation for the Google Cloud Video Intelligence C++ client library, with the latest release candidate being version 2.37.0-rc and the current stable version being 2.23.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation covers a range of versions for the Video Intelligence API, from 2.11.0 up to the latest release candidate, offering resources for different API iterations.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eKey classes documented include \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which are fundamental for interacting with the Video Intelligence API.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation details various retry and backoff policies, such as \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, to enhance connection reliability.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e function is a factory method that is used to create a \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, allowing configuration of the connection with various options, such as \u003ccode\u003eCommonOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eGrpcOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eUnifiedCredentialsOptionList\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::videointelligence_v1 (2.23.0)\n\nVersion 2.23.0keyboard_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/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceClient)\n\nService that implements the Video Intelligence API.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) object for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceClient).\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.23.0/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/2.23.0/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/2.23.0/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/2.23.0/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/2.23.0/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/2.23.0/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/2.23.0/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`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::videointelligence_v1::VideoIntelligenceServicePolicyOptionList`](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.\n\n### MakeDefaultVideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]
