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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-14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 document provides C++ reference documentation for the Google Cloud Video Intelligence API, with version 2.37.0-rc being the latest release candidate and 2.30.0 being the current version in focus.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation includes details on various classes such as \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\u003eSeveral retry and backoff policies are outlined, including \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and associated configuration options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document features a factory function, \u003ccode\u003eMakeVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which is used to construct a \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e object and supports configuration with various option lists.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultVideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e function is available to return a unique pointer for \u003ccode\u003eVideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e to the user.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::videointelligence_v1 (2.30.0)\n\nVersion 2.30.0keyboard_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/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceClient)\n\nService that implements the Video Intelligence API.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) object for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceClient).\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1videointelligence__v1_1_1VideoIntelligenceServiceConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [VideoIntelligenceServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/videointelligence/2.30.0/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/2.30.0/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/2.30.0/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/2.30.0/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/2.30.0/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/2.30.0/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/2.30.0/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`](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()"]]
