The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of WebSecurityScannerClient.
The optional options argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned WebSecurityScannerConnection. 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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-14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 Web Security Scanner C++ client library, with a focus on version 2.19.0.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe latest release candidate is 2.37.0-rc, and the page lists all available versions from 2.37.0-rc down to 2.11.0, each with its own namespace link.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eKey classes for interacting with the Web Security Scanner service include \u003ccode\u003eWebSecurityScannerClient\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eWebSecurityScannerConnection\u003c/code\u003e, and various policy-related classes for managing retries and connection behavior.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page details the function \u003ccode\u003eMakeWebSecurityScannerConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which creates a connection object for the \u003ccode\u003eWebSecurityScannerClient\u003c/code\u003e and accepts configuration options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eWebSecurityScannerPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e is a type alias defined as a list of options for configuring aspects of the WebSecurityScanner such as retry policies and backoff behavior.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::websecurityscanner_v1 (2.19.0)\n\nVersion 2.19.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [WebSecurityScannerClient](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerClient)\n\nWeb Security Scanner Service identifies security vulnerabilities in web applications hosted on Google Cloud.\n\n### [WebSecurityScannerConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnection)\n\nThe [`WebSecurityScannerConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnection) object for [`WebSecurityScannerClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerClient).\n\n### [WebSecurityScannerConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [WebSecurityScannerLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`WebSecurityScannerConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [WebSecurityScannerLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`WebSecurityScannerConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [WebSecurityScannerRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`WebSecurityScannerConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [WebSecurityScannerBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [WebSecurityScannerConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [WebSecurityScannerRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeWebSecurityScannerConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`WebSecurityScannerConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [WebSecurityScannerClient](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`WebSecurityScannerConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__v1_1_1WebSecurityScannerConnection). 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::websecurityscanner_v1::WebSecurityScannerPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/websecurityscanner/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1websecurityscanner__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### MakeDefaultWebSecurityScannerConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### WebSecurityScannerPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c WebSecurityScannerRetryPolicyOption, WebSecurityScannerBackoffPolicyOption, WebSecurityScannerConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to WebSecurityScanner."]]