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An idiomatic C++ client library for video services, including:
- Live Stream API, a service to transcode live, linear video streams into a variety of formats.
- Transcoder API, a service to convert video files into formats suitable for consumer distribution.
- Video Stitcher API, a service to generate dynamic content for delivery to client devices. Call the Video Stitcher API from your servers to dynamically insert ads into video-on-demand and live streams for your users.
While this library isGA, please note Google Cloud C++ client libraries donot followSemantic Versioning.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in thegoogle/cloud/video/quickstart/ directory, which should give you a taste of the video services C++ client library.
#include "google/cloud/video/transcoder/v1/transcoder_client.h"#include "google/cloud/location.h"#include <iostream>int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try { if (argc != 3) { std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " project-id location-id\n"; return 1; } auto const location = google::cloud::Location(argv[1], argv[2]); namespace transcoder = ::google::cloud::video_transcoder_v1; auto client = transcoder::TranscoderServiceClient( transcoder::MakeTranscoderServiceConnection()); for (auto j : client.ListJobs(location.FullName())) { if (!j) throw std::move(j).status(); std::cout << j->DebugString() << "\n"; } return 0;} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) { std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n"; return 1;}Main classes
This library offers multiple*Client classes, which are listed below. Each one of these classes exposes all the RPCs for a service as member functions of the class. This library groups multiple services because they are part of the same product or are often used together. A typical example may be the administrative and data plane operations for a single product.
The library also has other classes that provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock the*Client classes when testing your application.
video_livestream_v1::LivestreamServiceClientvideo_stitcher_v1::VideoStitcherServiceClientvideo_transcoder_v1::TranscoderServiceClient
More Information
- Error Handling - describes how the library reports errors.
- How to Override the Default Endpoint - describes how to override the default endpoint.
- How to Override the Authentication Credentials - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.
- Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies - describes how to change the default retry policies.
- Environment Variables - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library.
- How to Override the Default Universe Domain - describes how to override the default universe domain.
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Last updated 2026-02-20 UTC.