Modifying infoType detectors to refine scan results

Sensitive Data Protection's built-in infoType detectors are effective at finding common types of sensitive data. Custom infoType detectors enable you to fully customize your own sensitive data detector. Inspection rules help refine the scan results that the Sensitive Data Protection returns by modifying the detection mechanism of a given infoType detector.

If you want to exclude or include more values from the results that are returned by a built-in infoType detector, you can create a new custom infoType from scratch and define all the criteria that Sensitive Data Protection should look for. Alternatively, you can refine the findings that Sensitive Data Protection's built-in or custom detectors return according to criteria that you specify. You can do this by adding inspection rules that can help reduce noise, increase precision and recall, or adjust likelihood certainty of scan findings.

This topic discusses how to use the two types of inspection rules to either exclude certain findings or add additional findings, all according to custom criteria that you specify. Presented in this topic are several scenarios in which you might want to alter an existing infoType detector.

Note: The methods described in this topic are not intended to speed scans, but they can help lessen noise by reducing the volume of output and the number of findings stored.

The following types of inspection rules are available:

• Exclusion rules, which help exclude false or unwanted findings.
• Hotword rules, which help detect additional findings in text content.
• Adjustment rules, which help adjust the likelihood of findings based on the context in which they appear.

Target and context infoTypes

This document uses the following terms to refer to infoTypes in a ruleset.

• Target infoType: an infoType that Sensitive Data Protection excludes or adjusts when the conditions defined in the ruleset are met.
• Context infoType: an infoType that, if detected, provides context about a target infoType. Sensitive Data Protection uses context infoTypes to determine whether it must exclude or adjust a target infoType.

Rule ordering and chaining

Sensitive Data Protection applies the rules in the order you specify them in the ruleset. Therefore, the order of your rules can affect the results of the Sensitive Data Protection operation. For an example, see Boost the likelihood of person name in a health document and exclude the health document in this document.

Exclusion rules

Exclusion rules are useful in situations like the following:

• You want to exclude duplicate scan matches in results that are caused by overlapping infoType detectors. For example, you're scanning for email addresses and phone numbers, but you are receiving two hits for email addresses with phone numbers in them, such as "[e-mail]."
• You're experiencing noise in your scan results. For example, you're seeing the same dummy email address (such as [e-mail]") or domain (such as "example.com") returned an inordinate number of times by a scan for legitimate email addresses.
• You have a list of terms, phrases, or combination of characters that you want to exclude from results.
• You want to exclude an entire column of data from results.
• You want to exclude findings that are near a string that matches a regular expression.
• You want to exclude findings in images based on their spatial relationship with other detected findings in the image.

Exclusion rules API overview

Sensitive Data Protection defines an exclusion rule in the ExclusionRule object. Within ExclusionRule you specify one of the following:

• A Dictionary object, which contains a list of strings to exclude from the results.
• A Regex object, which defines a regular expression pattern. Strings that match the pattern are excluded from the results.
• An ExcludeInfoTypes object, which contains an array of infoType detectors. If a finding is matched by any of the infoType detectors listed here, the finding is excluded from the results.

• An ExcludeByHotword object, which contains the following:

  • A regular expression that defines the hotword.
  • A proximity value that defines how near the hotword must be to the finding.

  If the finding is within the set proximity, that finding is excluded from the results. For tables, this exclusion rule type lets you exclude an entire column of data from the results.

• An ExcludeByImageFindings object, which contains the following:

  • A list of context infoTypes, which are used to determine whether to exclude a target infoType finding.

  • An ImageContainmentType object that specifies the required spatial relationship between the bounding boxes of the target and context findings. If this requirement isn't met, Sensitive Data Protection doesn't exclude the target infoType finding.

  Sensitive Data Protection excludes a target infoType finding if the bounding box of a context infoType has the specified relationship with the target infoType finding. When using ExcludeByImageFindings, you must set the matchingType field to MATCHING_TYPE_RULE_SPECIFIC.

Exclusion rule example scenarios

Each of the following JSON snippets illustrates how to configure Sensitive Data Protection for the given scenario.

Omit specific email address from EMAIL_ADDRESS detector scan

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrates how to indicate to Sensitive Data Protection using an InspectConfig that it should avoid matching on "[e-mail]" in a scan that uses the infoType detector EMAIL_ADDRESS:

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;

public class InspectStringWithExclusionDict
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect, List<String> excludedMatchList)
    {
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var byteContentItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };

        var contentItem = new ContentItem { ByteItem = byteContentItem };

        var infoTypes = new string[] { "PHONE_NUMBER", "EMAIL_ADDRESS", "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER" }.Select(it => new InfoType { Name = it });

        var exclusionRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            MatchingType = MatchingType.FullMatch,
            Dictionary = new CustomInfoType.Types.Dictionary
            {
                WordList = new CustomInfoType.Types.Dictionary.Types.WordList
                {
                    Words = { excludedMatchList }
                }
            }
        };

        var ruleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" } },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = exclusionRule } }
        };

        var config = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoTypes },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { ruleSet }
        };

        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = config
        };

        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringWithExclusionDictionary inspects a string for sensitive data
// using exclusion dictionary, here the function omits a specific email address
// from an EMAIL_ADDRESS detector scan with an exclusion dictionary
func inspectStringWithExclusionDictionary(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect string, excludedMatchList []string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]"
	// excludedMatchList := []string{"[e-mail]"}

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
	// See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
	infoTypes := []*dlppb.InfoType{
		{Name: "PHONE_NUMBER"},
		{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
		{Name: "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER"},
	}

	// Exclude matches from the specified excludedMatchList.
	exclusionRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_Dictionary{
			Dictionary: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary{
				Source: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList_{
					WordList: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList{
						Words: excludedMatchList,
					},
				},
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infoType.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{
					ExclusionRule: exclusionRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:   contentItem,
		// Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleSet.
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes:    infoTypes,
			IncludeQuote: true,
			RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
				ruleSet,
			},
		},
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary.WordList;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class InspectStringWithExclusionDict {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]";
    List<String> excludedMatchList = Arrays.asList("[e-mail]");
    inspectStringWithExclusionDict(projectId, textToInspect, excludedMatchList);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringWithExclusionDict(
      String projectId, String textToInspect, List<String> excludedMatchList) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
      List<InfoType> infoTypes = new ArrayList<>();
      for (String typeName : new String[] {"PHONE_NUMBER", "EMAIL_ADDRESS", "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER"}) {
        infoTypes.add(InfoType.newBuilder().setName(typeName).build());
      }

      // Exclude matches from the specified excludedMatchList.
      ExclusionRule exclusionRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH)
              .setDictionary(
                  Dictionary.newBuilder()
                      .setWordList(WordList.newBuilder().addAllWords(excludedMatchList)))
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS"))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(exclusionRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]';

// The infoTypes of information to match
// const infoTypes = [{ name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS' }];

// Words to exclude
// const excludedWords = ['[e-mail]'];

async function inspectStringWithExclusionDict() {
  // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
  const item = {
    byteItem: {
      type: DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType
        .TEXT_UTF8,
      data: Buffer.from(string, 'utf-8'),
    },
  };

  // Exclude matches from the specified excludedWords.
  const exclusionRule = {
    dictionary: {
      wordList: {
        words: excludedWords,
      },
    },
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
  };

  // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the specified infotype.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: infoTypes,
      rules: [
        {
          exclusionRule: exclusionRule,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: infoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Use the client to send the API request.
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print Findings
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringWithExclusionDict();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary\WordList;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string for sensitive data, using exclusion dictionary
 * Omit a specific email address from an EMAIL_ADDRESS detector scan with an exclusion dictionary.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_with_exclusion_dict(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $infotypes = [
        (new InfoType())->setName('PHONE_NUMBER'),
        (new InfoType())->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS'),
        (new InfoType())->setName('CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER'),
    ];

    // Exclude matches from the specified excludedMatchList.
    $excludedMatchList = (new Dictionary())
        ->setWordList((new WordList())
            ->setWords(['[e-mail]']));
    $matchingType = MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH;
    $exclusionRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType($matchingType)
        ->setDictionary($excludedMatchList);

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
    $emailAddress = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS');
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([$emailAddress])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($exclusionRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes($infotypes)
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_with_exclusion_dict(
    project: str,
    content_string: str,
    exclusion_list: List[str] = ["[e-mail]"],
) -> None:
    """Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list

    Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to omit matches on EMAIL_ADDRESS if they are
    in the specified exclusion list.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.
        exclusion_list: The list of strings to ignore matches on

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a list of infoTypes for DLP to locate in `content_string`. See
    # https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/concepts-infotypes for more information
    # about supported infoTypes.
    info_types_to_locate = [{"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}]

    # Construct a rule set that will only match on EMAIL_ADDRESS
    # if the match text is not in the exclusion list.
    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
            "rules": [
                {
                    "exclusion_rule": {
                        "dictionary": {"word_list": {"words": exclusion_list}},
                        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
                    }
                }
            ],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {
        "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
    "inspectConfig":{
      "infoTypes":[
        {
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        }
      ],
      "ruleSet":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
            }
          ],
          "rules":[
            {
              "exclusionRule":{
                "dictionary":{
                  "wordList":{
                    "words":[
                      "[e-mail]"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
...

Omit email addresses ending with a specific domain from EMAIL_ADDRESS detector scan

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrates how to indicate to Sensitive Data Protection using an InspectConfig that it should avoid matching on any email addresses that end with "@example.com" in a scan that uses the infoType detector EMAIL_ADDRESS:

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;

public class InspectStringWithExclusionRegex
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect, string excludedRegex)
    {
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var byteContentItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };

        var contentItem = new ContentItem { ByteItem = byteContentItem };

        var infoTypes = new string[] { "PHONE_NUMBER", "EMAIL_ADDRESS", "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER" }.Select(it => new InfoType { Name = it });

        var exclusionRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            MatchingType = MatchingType.FullMatch,
            Regex = new CustomInfoType.Types.Regex { Pattern = excludedRegex }
        };

        var ruleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" } },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = exclusionRule } }
        };

        var config = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoTypes },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { ruleSet }
        };

        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = config
        };

        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringWithExclusionRegex inspects a string excluding REGEX matches
// in this function specifically the function omits email addresses ending with a specific
// domain from EMAIL_ADDRESS detector scan.
func inspectStringWithExclusionRegex(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect, excludedRegex string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]"
	// excludedRegex := "[e-mail]"

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
	// See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
	infoTypes := []*dlppb.InfoType{
		{Name: "PHONE_NUMBER"},
		{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
		{Name: "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER"},
	}

	// Exclude matches from the specified excludedMatchList.
	exclusionRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_Regex{
			Regex: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex{
				Pattern: excludedRegex,
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{
					ExclusionRule: exclusionRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:   contentItem,
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes:    infoTypes,
			IncludeQuote: true,
			RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
				ruleSet,
			},
		},
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil

}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Regex;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class InspectStringWithExclusionRegex {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]";
    String excludedRegex = "[e-mail]";
    inspectStringWithExclusionRegex(projectId, textToInspect, excludedRegex);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringWithExclusionRegex(
      String projectId, String textToInspect, String excludedRegex) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
      List<InfoType> infoTypes = new ArrayList<>();
      for (String typeName : new String[] {"PHONE_NUMBER", "EMAIL_ADDRESS", "CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER"}) {
        infoTypes.add(InfoType.newBuilder().setName(typeName).build());
      }

      // Exclude matches from the specified excludedMatchList.
      ExclusionRule exclusionRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH)
              .setRegex(Regex.newBuilder().setPattern(excludedRegex))
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS"))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(exclusionRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]';

// Exclusion Regex
// const exclusionRegex = '[e-mail]';

async function inspectStringMultipleRules() {
  // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
  const item = {
    byteItem: {
      type: DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType
        .TEXT_UTF8,
      data: Buffer.from(string, 'utf-8'),
    },
  };

  // Info Types for inspection
  const infoTypes = [{name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'}];

  // Construct a exclusion rule that uses a regex pattern
  const exclusionRule = {
    regex: {pattern: exclusionRegex},
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
  };

  // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: infoTypes,
      rules: [
        {
          exclusionRule: exclusionRule,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: infoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Use the client to send the API request.
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print findings.
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringMultipleRules();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Regex;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string, excluding REGEX matches
 * Omit email addresses ending with a specific domain from an EMAIL_ADDRESS detector scan.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_with_exclusion_regex(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $infotypes = [
        (new InfoType())->setName('PHONE_NUMBER'),
        (new InfoType())->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS'),
        (new InfoType())->setName('CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER'),
    ];

    // Exclude matches from the specified excludedRegex.
    $excludedRegex = '[e-mail]';
    $exclusionRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType(MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH)
        ->setRegex((new Regex())
            ->setPattern($excludedRegex));

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([
            (new InfoType())
                ->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS')
        ])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($exclusionRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes($infotypes)
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_with_exclusion_regex(
    project: str, content_string: str, exclusion_regex: str = "[e-mail]"
) -> None:
    """Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion regex

    Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to omit matches on EMAIL_ADDRESS if they match
    the specified exclusion regex.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.
        exclusion_regex: The regular expression to exclude matches on

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a list of infoTypes for DLP to locate in `content_string`. See
    # https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/concepts-infotypes for more information
    # about supported infoTypes.
    info_types_to_locate = [{"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}]

    # Construct a rule set that will only match on EMAIL_ADDRESS
    # if the specified regex doesn't also match.
    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
            "rules": [
                {
                    "exclusion_rule": {
                        "regex": {"pattern": exclusion_regex},
                        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
                    }
                }
            ],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {
        "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
    "inspectConfig":{
      "infoTypes":[
        {
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        }
      ],
      "ruleSet":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
            }
          ],
          "rules":[
            {
              "exclusionRule":{
                "regex":{
                  "pattern":"[e-mail]"
                },
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
...

Omit scan matches that include the substring "TEST"

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrates how to indicate to Sensitive Data Protection using an InspectConfig that it should exclude any findings that include the token "TEST" from the specified list of infoTypes.

Note that this matches on "TEST" as a token, not a substring, so that although something like "[e-mail]" will match, "[e-mail]" will not. If matching on a substring is desired, use a regex in the exclusion rule instead of a dictionary.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;

public class InspectStringWithExclusionDictSubstring
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect, List<String> excludedSubstringList)
    {
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var byteItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };

        var contentItem = new ContentItem { ByteItem = byteItem };

        var infoTypes = new string[]
        {
            "EMAIL_ADDRESS",
            "DOMAIN_NAME",
            "PHONE_NUMBER",
            "PERSON_NAME"
        }.Select(it => new InfoType { Name = it });

        var exclusionRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            MatchingType = MatchingType.PartialMatch,
            Dictionary = new CustomInfoType.Types.Dictionary
            {
                WordList = new CustomInfoType.Types.Dictionary.Types.WordList
                {
                    Words = { excludedSubstringList }
                }
            }
        };

        var ruleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoTypes },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = exclusionRule } }
        };

        var config = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoTypes },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { ruleSet }
        };

        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = config
        };

        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringWithExclusionDictSubstring inspects a string
// with an exclusion dictionary substring
func inspectStringWithExclusionDictSubstring(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect string, excludedSubString []string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]"
	// excludedSubString := []string{"TEST"}

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
	// See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
	infoTypes := []*dlppb.InfoType{
		{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
		{Name: "DOMAIN_NAME"},
		{Name: "PHONE_NUMBER"},
		{Name: "PERSON_NAME"},
	}

	// Exclude partial matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
	exclusionRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_Dictionary{
			Dictionary: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary{
				Source: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList_{
					WordList: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList{
						Words: excludedSubString,
					},
				},
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleSet that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infoType.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: infoTypes,
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{
					ExclusionRule: exclusionRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:   contentItem,
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes:    infoTypes,
			IncludeQuote: true,
			RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
				ruleSet,
			},
		},
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil

}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary.WordList;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class InspectStringWithExclusionDictSubstring {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]";
    List<String> excludedSubstringList = Arrays.asList("TEST");
    inspectStringWithExclusionDictSubstring(projectId, textToInspect, excludedSubstringList);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringWithExclusionDictSubstring(
      String projectId, String textToInspect, List<String> excludedSubstringList)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
      List<InfoType> infoTypes = new ArrayList<>();
      for (String typeName :
          new String[] {"EMAIL_ADDRESS", "DOMAIN_NAME", "PHONE_NUMBER", "PERSON_NAME"}) {
        infoTypes.add(InfoType.newBuilder().setName(typeName).build());
      }

      // Exclude partial matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
      ExclusionRule exclusionRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
              .setDictionary(
                  Dictionary.newBuilder()
                      .setWordList(WordList.newBuilder().addAllWords(excludedSubstringList)))
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(exclusionRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]';

// List of substrings to be used for exclusion
// const excludedSubstringList = ['Test'];

async function inspectStringExclusionDictSubstr() {
  // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
  const item = {
    byteItem: {
      type: DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType
        .TEXT_UTF8,
      data: Buffer.from(string, 'utf-8'),
    },
  };

  // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
  // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
  const infoTypes = [
    {name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'},
    {name: 'DOMAIN_NAME'},
    {name: 'PHONE_NUMBER'},
    {name: 'PERSON_NAME'},
  ];

  // Exclude partial matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
  const exclusionRule = {
    dictionary: {wordList: {words: excludedSubstringList}},
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType
        .MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
  };

  // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: infoTypes,
      rules: [
        {
          exclusionRule: exclusionRule,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: infoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Use the client to send the API request.
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print findings.
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringExclusionDictSubstr();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary\WordList;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string with an exclusion dictionary substring
 * Omit scan matches that include the substring "TEST".
 *
 * @param string $projectId                 The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect             The string to inspect.
 * @param array  $excludedSubStringArray    The sub string to excluded.
 */
function inspect_string_with_exclusion_dict_substring(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'Some email addresses: [e-mail], [e-mail]',
    array  $excludedSubStringArray = ['Test']
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $infotypes = [
        (new InfoType())->setName('PHONE_NUMBER'),
        (new InfoType())->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS'),
        (new InfoType())->setName('DOMAIN_NAME'),
        (new InfoType())->setName('PERSON_NAME'),
    ];

    // Exclude matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
    $excludedSubstringList = (new Dictionary())
        ->setWordList((new WordList())
            ->setWords($excludedSubStringArray));

    $exclusionRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType(MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
        ->setDictionary($excludedSubstringList);

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes($infotypes)
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($exclusionRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes($infotypes)
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_with_exclusion_dict_substring(
    project: str, content_string: str, exclusion_list: List[str] = ["TEST"]
) -> None:
    """Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches that contain excluded tokens

    Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to omit matches if they include tokens
    in the specified exclusion list.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.
        exclusion_list: The list of strings to ignore partial matches on

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a list of infoTypes for DLP to locate in `content_string`. See
    # https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/concepts-infotypes for more information
    # about supported infoTypes.
    info_types_to_locate = [{"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}, {"name": "DOMAIN_NAME"}]

    # Construct a rule set that will only match if the match text does not
    # contains tokens from the exclusion list.
    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
            "rules": [
                {
                    "exclusion_rule": {
                        "dictionary": {"word_list": {"words": exclusion_list}},
                        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
                    }
                }
            ],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {
        "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
    "inspectConfig":{
      "infoTypes":[
        {
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        },
        {
          "name":"DOMAIN_NAME"
        },
        {
          "name":"PHONE_NUMBER"
        },
        {
          "name":"PERSON_NAME"
        }
      ],
      "ruleSet":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
            },
            {
              "name":"DOMAIN_NAME"
            },
            {
              "name":"PHONE_NUMBER"
            },
            {
              "name":"PERSON_NAME"
            }
          ],
          "rules":[
            {
              "exclusionRule":{
                "dictionary":{
                  "wordList":{
                    "words":[
                      "TEST"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
...

Omit scan matches that include the substring "Jimmy" from a custom infoType detector scan

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrates how to indicate to Sensitive Data Protection using an InspectConfig that it should avoid matching on the name "Jimmy" in a scan that uses the specified custom regex detector:

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;

public class InspectStringCustomExcludingSubstring
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect, string customDetectorPattern, List<String> excludedSubstringList)
    {
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var byteContentItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };

        var contentItem = new ContentItem { ByteItem = byteContentItem };

        var infoType = new InfoType
        {
            Name = "CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR"
        };
        var customInfoType = new CustomInfoType
        {
            InfoType = infoType,
            Regex = new CustomInfoType.Types.Regex { Pattern = customDetectorPattern }
        };

        var exclusionRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            MatchingType = MatchingType.PartialMatch,
            Dictionary = new CustomInfoType.Types.Dictionary
            {
                WordList = new CustomInfoType.Types.Dictionary.Types.WordList
                {
                    Words = { excludedSubstringList }
                }
            }
        };

        var ruleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoType },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = exclusionRule } }
        };

        var config = new InspectConfig
        {
            CustomInfoTypes = { customInfoType },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { ruleSet }
        };

        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = config
        };

        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringCustomExcludingSubstring inspects a string for sensitive data, excluding a custom substring
func inspectStringCustomExcludingSubstring(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect, customDetectorPattern string, excludedSubstringList []string) error {
	// projectId := "your-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "Name: Doe, John. Name: Example, Jimmy"
	// customDetectorPattern := "[A-Z][a-z]{1,15}, [A-Z][a-z]{1,15}"
	// excludedSubstringList := []string{"Jimmy"}

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
	infoType := &dlppb.InfoType{
		Name: "CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR",
	}

	customInfotype := &dlppb.CustomInfoType{
		InfoType: infoType,
		Type: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex_{
			Regex: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex{
				Pattern: customDetectorPattern,
			},
		},
	}

	// Exclude partial matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
	exclusionRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_Dictionary{
			Dictionary: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary{
				Source: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList_{
					WordList: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList{
						Words: excludedSubstringList,
					},
				},
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infoType.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			infoType,
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{
					ExclusionRule: exclusionRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:   contentItem,
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			CustomInfoTypes: []*dlppb.CustomInfoType{
				customInfotype,
			},
			IncludeQuote: true,
			RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
				ruleSet,
			},
		},
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil

}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary.WordList;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Regex;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class InspectStringCustomExcludingSubstring {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "Name: Doe, John. Name: Example, Jimmy";
    String customDetectorPattern = "[A-Z][a-z]{1,15}, [A-Z][a-z]{1,15}";
    List<String> excludedSubstringList = Arrays.asList("Jimmy");
    inspectStringCustomExcludingSubstring(
        projectId, textToInspect, customDetectorPattern, excludedSubstringList);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringCustomExcludingSubstring(
      String projectId,
      String textToInspect,
      String customDetectorPattern,
      List<String> excludedSubstringList)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      InfoType infoType = InfoType.newBuilder().setName("CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR").build();
      CustomInfoType customInfoType =
          CustomInfoType.newBuilder()
              .setInfoType(infoType)
              .setRegex(Regex.newBuilder().setPattern(customDetectorPattern))
              .build();

      // Exclude partial matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
      ExclusionRule exclusionRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
              .setDictionary(
                  Dictionary.newBuilder()
                      .setWordList(WordList.newBuilder().addAllWords(excludedSubstringList)))
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the EMAIL_ADDRESSES infotype.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(infoType)
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(exclusionRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addCustomInfoTypes(customInfoType)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'Name: Doe, John. Name: Example, Jimmy';

// Words to exclude
// const excludedWords = ['Jimmy'];

async function inspectStringCustomExclusionDict() {
  // Specify the content to be inspected.
  const item = {value: string};

  // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
  const customInfoTypes = [
    {
      infoType: {name: 'CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR'},
      regex: {pattern: '[A-Z][a-z]{1,15}, [A-Z][a-z]{1,15}'},
    },
  ];

  // Exclude partial matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
  const exclusionRUle = {
    dictionary: {wordList: {words: excludedWords}},
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType
        .MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
  };

  // Construct a rule set that will only match if the match text does not
  // contains tokens from the exclusion list.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR'}],
      rules: [
        {
          exclusionRule: exclusionRUle,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
  const inspectConfig = {
    customInfoTypes: customInfoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Use the client to send the API request.
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print findings.
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringCustomExclusionDict();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary\WordList;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Regex;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string for sensitive data, excluding a custom substring
 * Illustrates how to use an InspectConfig to instruct Cloud DLP to avoid matching on the name "Jimmy" in a scan that uses the specified custom regular expression detector.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_custom_excluding_substring(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'Name: Doe, John. Name: Example, Jimmy'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();
    $customDetectorPattern = '[A-Z][a-z]{1,15}, [A-Z][a-z]{1,15}';

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $customerNameDetector = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR');
    $customInfoType = (new CustomInfoType())
        ->setInfoType($customerNameDetector)
        ->setRegex((new Regex())
            ->setPattern($customDetectorPattern));

    // Exclude partial matches from the specified excludedSubstringList.
    $excludedSubstringList = (new Dictionary())
        ->setWordList((new WordList())
            ->setWords(['Jimmy']));

    $exclusionRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType(MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
        ->setDictionary($excludedSubstringList);

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule.
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([$customerNameDetector])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($exclusionRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setCustomInfoTypes([$customInfoType])
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from typing import List

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_custom_excluding_substring(
    project: str, content_string: str, exclusion_list: List[str] = ["jimmy"]
) -> None:
    """Inspects the provided text with a custom detector, avoiding matches on specific tokens

    Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to omit matches on a custom detector
    if they include tokens in the specified exclusion list.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.
        exclusion_list: The list of strings to ignore matches on

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a custom regex detector for names
    custom_info_types = [
        {
            "info_type": {"name": "CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR"},
            "regex": {"pattern": "[A-Z][a-z]{1,15}, [A-Z][a-z]{1,15}"},
        }
    ]

    # Construct a rule set that will only match if the match text does not
    # contains tokens from the exclusion list.
    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": [{"name": "CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR"}],
            "rules": [
                {
                    "exclusion_rule": {
                        "dictionary": {"word_list": {"words": exclusion_list}},
                        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
                    }
                }
            ],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {
        "custom_info_types": custom_info_types,
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
    "inspectConfig":{
      "customInfoTypes":[
        {
          "infoType":{
            "name":"CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR"
          },
          "regex":{
            "pattern":"[A-Z][a-z]{1,15}, [A-Z][a-z]{1,15}"
          }
        }
      ],
      "ruleSet":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"CUSTOM_NAME_DETECTOR"
            }
          ],
          "rules":[
            {
              "exclusionRule":{
                "dictionary":{
                  "wordList":{
                    "words":[
                      "Jimmy"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
...

Omit scan matches from a PERSON_NAME detector scan that overlap with a custom detector

In this scenario, the user does not want a match from a Sensitive Data Protection scan using the PERSON_NAME built-in detector returned if the match would also be matched in a scan using the custom regex detector defined in the first part of the snippet.

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages specifies both a custom regex detector and an exclusion rule in the InspectConfig. The custom regex detector specifies the names to exclude from results. The exclusion rule specifies that if any results returned from a scan for PERSON_NAME would also be matched by the custom regex detector, they are omitted. Note that VIP_DETECTOR in this case is marked as EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE, so it will not produce results itself. It will only affect results produced by the PERSON_NAME detector.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;
using static Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.CustomInfoType.Types;

public class InspectStringCustomOmitOverlap
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect)
    {
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var byteItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };

        var contentItem = new ContentItem { ByteItem = byteItem };

        var customInfoType = new CustomInfoType
        {
            InfoType = new InfoType { Name = "VIP_DETECTOR" },
            Regex = new CustomInfoType.Types.Regex { Pattern = "Larry Page|Sergey Brin" },
            ExclusionType = ExclusionType.Exclude
        };

        var exclusionRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            ExcludeInfoTypes = new ExcludeInfoTypes { InfoTypes = { customInfoType.InfoType } },
            MatchingType = MatchingType.FullMatch
        };

        var ruleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "PERSON_NAME" } },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = exclusionRule } }
        };

        var config = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "PERSON_NAME" } },
            CustomInfoTypes = { customInfoType },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { ruleSet }
        };

        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = config
        };

        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringCustomOmitOverlap inspects a string for sensitive data with omitting custom matches
func inspectStringCustomOmitOverlap(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect, customInfoTypeName, infoTypeName, regex string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "Name: Jane Doe. Name: Larry Page."
	// customInfoTypeName := "VIP_DETECTOR"
	// infoTypeName := "PERSON_NAME"
	// regex := "Larry Page|Sergey Brin"

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}
	// Construct the custom infoType.
	customInfotype := &dlppb.CustomInfoType{
		InfoType: &dlppb.InfoType{
			Name: customInfoTypeName,
		},
		Type: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex_{
			Regex: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex{
				Pattern: regex,
			},
		},
		ExclusionType: dlppb.CustomInfoType_EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE,
	}

	// Exclude matches that also match the custom infoType.
	exclusionRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_ExcludeInfoTypes{
			ExcludeInfoTypes: &dlppb.ExcludeInfoTypes{
				InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
					customInfotype.GetInfoType(),
				},
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleSet that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infoType.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: infoTypeName},
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{
					ExclusionRule: exclusionRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleSet.
	config := &dlppb.InspectConfig{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: infoTypeName},
		},
		CustomInfoTypes: []*dlppb.CustomInfoType{
			customInfotype,
		},
		IncludeQuote: true,
		RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
			ruleSet,
		},
	}

	// Create a configured request.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent:        fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:          contentItem,
		InspectConfig: config,
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Parse the response and process results
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.ExclusionType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Regex;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExcludeInfoTypes;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;

public class InspectStringCustomOmitOverlap {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "Name: Jane Doe. Name: Larry Page.";
    inspectStringCustomOmitOverlap(projectId, textToInspect);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringCustomOmitOverlap(String projectId, String textToInspect)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Construct the custom infotype.
      CustomInfoType customInfoType =
          CustomInfoType.newBuilder()
              .setInfoType(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("VIP_DETECTOR"))
              .setRegex(Regex.newBuilder().setPattern("Larry Page|Sergey Brin"))
              .setExclusionType(ExclusionType.EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE)
              .build();

      // Exclude matches that also match the custom infotype.
      ExclusionRule exclusionRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setExcludeInfoTypes(
                  ExcludeInfoTypes.newBuilder().addInfoTypes(customInfoType.getInfoType()))
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH)
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("PERSON_NAME"))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(exclusionRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("PERSON_NAME"))
              .addCustomInfoTypes(customInfoType)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'Name: Jane Doe. Name: Larry Page.';

async function inspectStringCustomOmitOverlap() {
  // Construct item to inspect
  const item = {value: string};

  // Construct a custom regex detector for names
  const customInfoTypes = [
    {
      infoType: {name: 'VIP_DETECTOR'},
      regex: {pattern: 'Larry Page|Sergey Brin'},
      exclusionType:
        DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.ExclusionType
          .EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE,
    },
  ];

  // Construct a exclusion rule
  const exclusionRule = {
    excludeInfoTypes: {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'VIP_DETECTOR'}],
    },
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
  };

  // Construct a rule set that will only match if the match text does not
  // contains Info type matches.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}],
      rules: [
        {
          exclusionRule: exclusionRule,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the inspect configuration
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}],
    customInfoTypes: customInfoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Combine configurations into a request for the service.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Run request
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print Findings
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringCustomOmitOverlap();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\ExclusionType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Regex;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExcludeInfoTypes;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string for sensitive data, omitting custom matches
 * Omit scan matches from a PERSON_NAME detector scan that overlap with a custom detector.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_custom_omit_overlap(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'Name: Jane Doe. Name: Larry Page.'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $vipDetector = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('VIP_DETECTOR');
    $pattern = 'Larry Page|Sergey Brin';
    $customInfoType = (new CustomInfoType())
        ->setInfoType($vipDetector)
        ->setRegex((new Regex())
            ->setPattern($pattern))
        ->setExclusionType(ExclusionType::EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE);

    // Exclude matches that also match the custom infotype.
    $exclusionRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType(MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH)
        ->setExcludeInfoTypes((new ExcludeInfoTypes())
                ->setInfoTypes([$customInfoType->getInfoType()])
        );

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
    $personName = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('PERSON_NAME');
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([$personName])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($exclusionRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes([$personName])
        ->setCustomInfoTypes([$customInfoType])
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_custom_omit_overlap(project: str, content_string: str) -> None:
    """Matches PERSON_NAME and a custom detector,
    but if they overlap only matches the custom detector

    Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to omit matches on a built-in detector
    if they overlap with matches from a custom detector

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a custom regex detector for names
    custom_info_types = [
        {
            "info_type": {"name": "VIP_DETECTOR"},
            "regex": {"pattern": "Larry Page|Sergey Brin"},
            "exclusion_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.CustomInfoType.ExclusionType.EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE,
        }
    ]

    # Construct a rule set that will exclude PERSON_NAME matches
    # that overlap with VIP_DETECTOR matches
    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": [{"name": "PERSON_NAME"}],
            "rules": [
                {
                    "exclusion_rule": {
                        "exclude_info_types": {
                            "info_types": [{"name": "VIP_DETECTOR"}]
                        },
                        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH,
                    }
                }
            ],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {
        "info_types": [{"name": "PERSON_NAME"}],
        "custom_info_types": custom_info_types,
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
    "inspectConfig":{
      "infoTypes":[
        {
          "name":"PERSON_NAME"
        }
      ],
      "customInfoTypes":[
        {
          "infoType":{
            "name":"VIP_DETECTOR"
          },
          "regex":{
            "pattern":"Dana Williams|Quinn Garcia"
          },
          "exclusionType":"EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE"
        }
      ],
      "ruleSet":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"PERSON_NAME"
            }
          ],
          "rules":[
            {
              "exclusionRule":{
                "excludeInfoTypes":{
                  "infoTypes":[
                    {
                      "name":"VIP_DETECTOR"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
...

Omit matches on PERSON_NAME detector if also matched by EMAIL_ADDRESS detector

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrate how to indicate to Sensitive Data Protection using an InspectConfig that it should only return one match in the case that matches for the PERSON_NAME detector overlap with matches for the EMAIL_ADDRESS detector. Doing this is to avoid the situation where an email address such as "[e-mail]" matches on both the PERSON_NAME and EMAIL_ADDRESS detectors.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Linq;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;

public class InspectStringOmitOverlap
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect)
    {
        // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
        // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
        // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
        var byteItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };
        var contentItem = new ContentItem { ByteItem = byteItem };

        // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
        // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
        var infoTypes = new string[] { "PERSON_NAME", "EMAIL_ADDRESS" }.Select(it => new InfoType { Name = it });

        // Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
        var exclusionRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            ExcludeInfoTypes = new ExcludeInfoTypes { InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" } } },
            MatchingType = MatchingType.PartialMatch
        };

        // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
        // If a PERSON_NAME match overlaps with an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the PERSON_NAME match will
        // be excluded.
        var ruleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "PERSON_NAME" } },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = exclusionRule } }
        };

        // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
        var config = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoTypes },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { ruleSet }
        };

        // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = config
        };

        // Use the client to send the API request.
        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        // Parse the response and process results
        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringOmitOverlap inspects a string for sensitive data and
// omitting overlapping matches on person and email
func inspectStringOmitOverlap(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "[e-mail]"

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
	// See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
	infoTypes := []*dlppb.InfoType{
		{Name: "PERSON_NAME"},
		{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
	}

	// Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
	exclusionRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_ExcludeInfoTypes{
			ExcludeInfoTypes: &dlppb.ExcludeInfoTypes{
				InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
					{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
				},
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleSet that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infoType.
	// If a PERSON_NAME match overlaps with an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the PERSON_NAME match will
	// be excluded.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: "PERSON_NAME"},
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{
					ExclusionRule: exclusionRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:   contentItem,
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes:    infoTypes,
			IncludeQuote: true,
			RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
				ruleSet,
			},
		},
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil

}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExcludeInfoTypes;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class InspectStringOmitOverlap {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "[e-mail]";
    inspectStringOmitOverlap(projectId, textToInspect);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringOmitOverlap(String projectId, String textToInspect)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
      List<InfoType> infoTypes = new ArrayList<>();
      for (String typeName : new String[] {"PERSON_NAME", "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}) {
        infoTypes.add(InfoType.newBuilder().setName(typeName).build());
      }

      // Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
      ExclusionRule exclusionRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setExcludeInfoTypes(
                  ExcludeInfoTypes.newBuilder()
                      .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS")))
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
      // If a PERSON_NAME match overlaps with an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the PERSON_NAME match will
      // be excluded.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("PERSON_NAME"))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(exclusionRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = '[e-mail]';

async function inspectStringWithoutOverlapPersonEmail() {
  // Construct item to inspect
  const item = {
    byteItem: {
      type: DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType
        .TEXT_UTF8,
      data: Buffer.from(string, 'utf-8'),
    },
  };

  // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
  const infoTypes = [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}, {name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'}];

  // Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
  const exclusionRule = {
    excludeInfoTypes: {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'}],
    },
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType
        .MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
  };

  // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
  // If a PERSON_NAME match overlaps with an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the PERSON_NAME match will
  // be excluded.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}],
      rules: [
        {
          exclusionRule: exclusionRule,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: infoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Run request
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print Findings
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringWithoutOverlapPersonEmail();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExcludeInfoTypes;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string for sensitive data, omitting overlapping matches on person and email
 * Omit matches on a PERSON_NAME detector if also matched by an EMAIL_ADDRESS detector.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_omit_overlap(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = '[e-mail] is an email.'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $personName = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('PERSON_NAME');
    $emailAddress = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS');
    $infoTypes = [$personName, $emailAddress];

    // Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
    $exclusionRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType(MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
        ->setExcludeInfoTypes((new ExcludeInfoTypes())
                ->setInfoTypes([$emailAddress])
        );

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
    // If a PERSON_NAME match overlaps with an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the PERSON_NAME match will
    // be excluded.
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([$personName])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($exclusionRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes($infoTypes)
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_omit_overlap(
    project: str,
    content_string: str,
) -> None:
    """Matches PERSON_NAME and EMAIL_ADDRESS, but not both.

    Uses the Data Loss Prevention API omit matches on PERSON_NAME if the
    EMAIL_ADDRESS detector also matches.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a list of infoTypes for DLP to locate in `content_string`. See
    # https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/concepts-infotypes for more information
    # about supported infoTypes.
    info_types_to_locate = [{"name": "PERSON_NAME"}, {"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary that will only match on PERSON_NAME
    # if the EMAIL_ADDRESS doesn't also match. This configuration helps reduce
    # the total number of findings when there is a large overlap between different
    # infoTypes.
    inspect_config = {
        "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
        "rule_set": [
            {
                "info_types": [{"name": "PERSON_NAME"}],
                "rules": [
                    {
                        "exclusion_rule": {
                            "exclude_info_types": {
                                "info_types": [{"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}]
                            },
                            "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
                        }
                    }
                ],
            }
        ],
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
    "inspectConfig":{
      "infoTypes":[
        {
          "name":"PERSON_NAME"
        },
        {
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        }
      ],
      "ruleSet":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"PERSON_NAME"
            }
          ],
          "rules":[
            {
              "exclusionRule":{
                "excludeInfoTypes":{
                  "infoTypes":[
                    {
                      "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
...

Omit matches on domain names that are part of email addresses in a DOMAIN_NAME detector scan

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrate how to indicate to Sensitive Data Protection using an InspectConfig that it should only return matches for a DOMAIN_NAME detector scan if the match does not overlap with a match in an EMAIL_ADDRESS detector scan. In this scenario, the main scan is a DOMAIN_NAME detector scan. The user does not want a domain name match returned in findings if the domain name is used in an email address:

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System.Linq;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;
using static Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.CustomInfoType.Types;

public class InspectStringWithoutOverlap
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect)
    {
        // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
        // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
        // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
        var byteContentItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };
        var contentItem = new ContentItem
        {
            ByteItem = byteContentItem
        };

        // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
        // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
        var infoTypes = new string[] { "DOMAIN_NAME", "EMAIL_ADDRESS" }.Select(it => new InfoType { Name = it });

        // Define a custom info type to exclude email addresses
        var customInfoType = new CustomInfoType
        {
            InfoType = new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" },
            ExclusionType = ExclusionType.Exclude
        };

        // Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
        var exclusionRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            ExcludeInfoTypes = new ExcludeInfoTypes
            {
                InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "EMAIL_ADDRESS" } }
            },
            MatchingType = MatchingType.PartialMatch
        };

        // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the DOMAIN_NAME infotype.
        // If a DOMAIN_NAME match is part of an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the DOMAIN_NAME match will
        // be excluded.
        var ruleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { new InfoType { Name = "DOMAIN_NAME" } },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = exclusionRule } }
        };

        // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
        var config = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoTypes },
            CustomInfoTypes = { customInfoType },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { ruleSet }
        };

        // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = config
        };

        // Use the client to send the API request.
        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringWithoutOverlap inspects a string for sensitive data
// and omit overlapping matches on domain and email
func inspectStringWithoutOverlap(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "example.com is a domain, [e-mail] is an email."

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
	// See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
	infoTypes := []*dlppb.InfoType{
		{Name: "DOMAIN_NAME"},
		{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
	}

	// Define a custom info type to exclude email addresses
	customInfotype := &dlppb.CustomInfoType{
		InfoType: &dlppb.InfoType{
			Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS",
		},
		ExclusionType: dlppb.CustomInfoType_EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE,
	}

	// Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
	exclusionRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_ExcludeInfoTypes{
			ExcludeInfoTypes: &dlppb.ExcludeInfoTypes{
				InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
					{Name: "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
				},
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleSet that applies the exclusion rule to the DOMAIN_NAME infoType.
	// If a DOMAIN_NAME match is part of an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the DOMAIN_NAME match will
	// be excluded.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: "DOMAIN_NAME"},
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{
					ExclusionRule: exclusionRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:   contentItem,
		// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes: infoTypes,
			CustomInfoTypes: []*dlppb.CustomInfoType{
				customInfotype,
			},
			IncludeQuote: true,
			RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
				ruleSet,
			},
		},
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.ExclusionType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExcludeInfoTypes;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class InspectStringWithoutOverlap {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "example.com is a domain, [e-mail] is an email.";
    inspectStringWithoutOverlap(projectId, textToInspect);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringWithoutOverlap(String projectId, String textToInspect)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
      // See https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/infotypes-reference for complete list of info types.
      List<InfoType> infoTypes = new ArrayList<>();
      for (String typeName : new String[] {"DOMAIN_NAME", "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}) {
        infoTypes.add(InfoType.newBuilder().setName(typeName).build());
      }

      // Define a custom info type to exclude email addresses
      CustomInfoType customInfoType =
          CustomInfoType.newBuilder()
              .setInfoType(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS"))
              .setExclusionType(ExclusionType.EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE)
              .build();

      // Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
      ExclusionRule exclusionRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setExcludeInfoTypes(
                  ExcludeInfoTypes.newBuilder()
                      .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("EMAIL_ADDRESS")))
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the DOMAIN_NAME infotype.
      // If a DOMAIN_NAME match is part of an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the DOMAIN_NAME match will
      // be excluded.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("DOMAIN_NAME"))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(exclusionRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addAllInfoTypes(infoTypes)
              .addCustomInfoTypes(customInfoType)
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'example.com is a domain, [e-mail] is an email.';

async function inspectStringWithoutOverlap() {
  // Construct item to inspect
  const item = {value: string};

  // The infoTypes of information to match
  const infoTypes = [{name: 'DOMAIN_NAME'}, {name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'}];

  // Define a custom info type to exclude email addresses
  const customInfoTypes = [
    {
      infoType: {name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'},
      exclusionType:
        DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.ExclusionType
          .EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE,
    },
  ];

  // Construct a exclusion rule
  const exclusionRule = {
    excludeInfoTypes: {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'}],
    },
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType
        .MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
  };

  // Construct a rule set with exclusions
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'DOMAIN_NAME'}],
      rules: [
        {
          exclusionRule: exclusionRule,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the inspect configuration
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: infoTypes,
    customInfoTypes: customInfoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Combine configurations into a request for the service.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Run request
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print Findings
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringWithoutOverlap();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\ExclusionType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExcludeInfoTypes;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string for sensitive data, omitting overlapping matches on domain and email
 * Omit matches on domain names that are part of email addresses in a DOMAIN_NAME detector scan.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_without_overlap(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'example.com is a domain, [e-mail] is an email.'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Specify the type of info the inspection will look for.
    $domainName = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('DOMAIN_NAME');
    $emailAddress = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('EMAIL_ADDRESS');
    $infoTypes = [$domainName, $emailAddress];

    // Define a custom info type to exclude email addresses
    $customInfoType = (new CustomInfoType())
        ->setInfoType($emailAddress)
        ->setExclusionType(ExclusionType::EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE);

    // Exclude EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
    $matchingType = MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH;

    $exclusionRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType($matchingType)
        ->setExcludeInfoTypes((new ExcludeInfoTypes())
            ->setInfoTypes([$customInfoType->getInfoType()])
        );

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the exclusion rule to the DOMAIN_NAME infotype.
    // If a DOMAIN_NAME match is part of an EMAIL_ADDRESS match, the DOMAIN_NAME match will
    // be excluded.
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([$domainName])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($exclusionRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes($infoTypes)
        ->setCustomInfoTypes([$customInfoType])
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf(
                '  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL,
                Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_without_overlap(project: str, content_string: str) -> None:
    """Matches EMAIL_ADDRESS and DOMAIN_NAME, but DOMAIN_NAME is omitted
    if it overlaps with EMAIL_ADDRESS

    Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to omit matches of one infotype
    that overlap with another.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a list of infoTypes for DLP to locate in `content_string`. See
    # https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/concepts-infotypes for more information
    # about supported infoTypes.
    info_types_to_locate = [{"name": "DOMAIN_NAME"}, {"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}]

    # Define a custom info type to exclude email addresses
    custom_info_types = [
        {
            "info_type": {"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"},
            "exclusion_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.CustomInfoType.ExclusionType.EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE,
        }
    ]

    # Construct a rule set that will exclude DOMAIN_NAME matches
    # that overlap with EMAIL_ADDRESS matches
    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": [{"name": "DOMAIN_NAME"}],
            "rules": [
                {
                    "exclusion_rule": {
                        "exclude_info_types": {
                            "info_types": [{"name": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"}]
                        },
                        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
                    }
                }
            ],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {
        "info_types": info_types_to_locate,
        "custom_info_types": custom_info_types,
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
    "inspectConfig":{
      "infoTypes":[
        {
          "name":"DOMAIN_NAME"
        },
        {
          "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
        }
      ],
      "customInfoTypes":[
        {
          "infoType":{
            "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
          },
          "exclusionType":"EXCLUSION_TYPE_EXCLUDE"
        }
      ],
      "ruleSet":[
        {
          "infoTypes":[
            {
              "name":"DOMAIN_NAME"
            }
          ],
          "rules":[
            {
              "exclusionRule":{
                "excludeInfoTypes":{
                  "infoTypes":[
                    {
                      "name":"EMAIL_ADDRESS"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
...

Omit matches if they are located near a string

The following example illustrates how to exclude matches on the US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER infoType detector if the word "SKU" is within 10 characters before or 10 characters after the finding.

Because of the exclusion rule, this example doesn't classify 222-22-2222 as a possible US Social Security number.

{
  "item": {
    "value": "The customer sent the product SKU 222-22-2222"
  },
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet": [
      {
        "infoTypes": [
          {
            "name": "US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"
          }
        ],
        "rules": [
          {
            "exclusionRule": {
              "excludeByHotword": {
                "hotwordRegex": {
                  "pattern": "(SKU)"
                },
                "proximity": {
                  "windowBefore": 10,
                  "windowAfter": 10
                }
              },
              "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "includeQuote": true
  }
}

Omit findings in an entire column of data

The following example illustrates how to exclude findings in an entire column of tabular data if the name of that column matches a regular expression. Here, any finding that matches the US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER infoType detector is excluded from results if that finding is in the Fake Social Security Number column.

This example returns only 222-22-2222, because 111-11-1111 is in the Fake Social Security Number column.

{
  "item": {
    "table": {
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "Fake Social Security Number"
        },
        {
          "name": "Real Social Security Number"
        }
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "values": [
            {
              "stringValue": "111-11-1111"
            },
            {
              "stringValue": "222-22-2222"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"
      }
    ],
    "includeQuote": true,
    "ruleSet": [
      {
        "infoTypes": [
          {
            "name": "US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER"
          }
        ],
        "rules": [
          {
            "exclusionRule": {
              "excludeByHotword": {
                "hotwordRegex": {
                  "pattern": "(Fake Social Security Number)"
                },
                "proximity": {
                  "windowBefore": 1
                }
              },
              "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_FULL_MATCH"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "minLikelihood": "POSSIBLE"
  }
}

Omit findings in images based on spatial relationships

The following JSON snippets illustrate how to configure Sensitive Data Protection to exclude findings in images based on their spatial relationship with other detected objects.

Exclude a person finding if it is part of a passport

This rule excludes person findings (OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON) when they are contained within a passport finding (OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PASSPORT).

{
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON"
      },
      {
        "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PASSPORT"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet": [
      {
        "infoTypes": [
          {
            "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON"
          }
        ],
        "rules": [
          {
            "exclusionRule": {
              "excludeByImageFindings": {
                "infoTypes": [
                  {
                    "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PASSPORT"
                  }
                ],
                "imageContainmentType": {
                  "encloses": {}
                }
              },
              "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_RULE_SPECIFIC"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Exclude a license plate finding if it contains a VIN

This rule excludes a finding of a license plate (OBJECT_TYPE/LICENSE_PLATE) if a VEHICLE_IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER finding is fully inside it.

{
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/LICENSE_PLATE"
      },
      {
        "name": "VEHICLE_IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet": [
      {
        "infoTypes": [
          {
            "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/LICENSE_PLATE"
          }
        ],
        "rules": [
          {
            "exclusionRule": {
              "excludeByImageFindings": {
                "infoTypes": [
                  {
                    "name": "VEHICLE_IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER"
                  }
                ],
                "imageContainmentType": {
                  "fullyInside": {}
                }
              },
              "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_RULE_SPECIFIC"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Hotword rules

Hotword rules are useful in situations like the following:

• You want to change likelihood values assigned to scan matches based on the match's proximity to a hotword. For example, you want to set the likelihood value higher for matches on patient names depending on the names' proximity to the word "patient."
• When inspecting structured, tabular data, you want to change likelihood values assigned to matches based on a column header name. For example, you want to set the likelihood value higher for US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER when found in a column with header ACCOUNT_ID.

Hotword rules API overview

Within Sensitive Data Protection's InspectionRule object, you specify a HotwordRule object, which adjusts the likelihood of findings within a certain proximity of hotwords.

InspectionRule objects are grouped as a "rule set" in an InspectionRuleSet object, along with a list of infoType detectors the rule set applies to. Rules within a rule set are applied in the order specified.

Hotword rule example scenarios

The following code snippet illustrates how to configure a hotword rule.

Increase the likelihood of a PERSON_NAME match if there is the hotword "patient" nearby

The following JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrate using the InspectConfig property for the purpose of scanning a medical database for patient names. You can use Sensitive Data Protection's built-in PERSON_NAME infoType detector, but that will cause Sensitive Data Protection to match on all names of people, not just names of patients. To fix this, you can include a hotword rule that looks for the word "patient" within a certain character proximity from the first character of potential matches. You can then assign findings matching this pattern a likelihood of "very likely," since they correspond to your special criteria. Setting the minimum Likelihood to VERY_LIKELY within InspectConfig ensures that only matches to this configuration are returned in findings.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;
using System;
using static Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.CustomInfoType.Types;

public class InspectStringCustomHotword
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect, string customHotword)
    {
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var byteContentItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };

        var contentItem = new ContentItem
        {
            ByteItem = byteContentItem
        };

        var hotwordRule = new DetectionRule.Types.HotwordRule
        {
            HotwordRegex = new Regex { Pattern = customHotword },
            Proximity = new DetectionRule.Types.Proximity { WindowBefore = 50 },
            LikelihoodAdjustment = new DetectionRule.Types.LikelihoodAdjustment { FixedLikelihood = Likelihood.VeryLikely }
        };

        var infoType = new InfoType { Name = "PERSON_NAME" };

        var inspectionRuleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoType },
            Rules = { new InspectionRule { HotwordRule = hotwordRule } }
        };

        var inspectConfig = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoType },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { inspectionRuleSet },
            MinLikelihood = Likelihood.VeryLikely
        };

        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = inspectConfig
        };

        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringCustomHotWord inspects a string from sensitive data by using a custom hot word
func inspectStringCustomHotWord(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect, customHotWord, infoTypeName string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "patient name: John Doe"
	// customHotWord := "patient"
	// infoTypeName := "PERSON_NAME"

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	contentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Increase likelihood of matches that have customHotword nearby
	hotwordRule := &dlppb.InspectionRule_HotwordRule{

		HotwordRule: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_HotwordRule{
			HotwordRegex: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex{
				Pattern: customHotWord,
			},
			Proximity: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_Proximity{
				WindowBefore: 50,
			},
			LikelihoodAdjustment: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_LikelihoodAdjustment{
				Adjustment: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_LikelihoodAdjustment_FixedLikelihood{
					FixedLikelihood: dlppb.Likelihood_VERY_LIKELY,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct a ruleset that applies the hotword rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: infoTypeName}, //"PERSON_NAME"
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{
				Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_HotwordRule{
					HotwordRule: hotwordRule.HotwordRule,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:   contentItem,
		InspectConfig: &dlppb.InspectConfig{
			InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
				{Name: infoTypeName}, //"PERSON_NAME"
			},
			IncludeQuote:  true,
			MinLikelihood: dlppb.Likelihood_VERY_LIKELY,
			RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
				ruleSet,
			},
		},
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Parse the response and process results
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil

}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.DetectionRule.HotwordRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.DetectionRule.LikelihoodAdjustment;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.DetectionRule.Proximity;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Regex;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Likelihood;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;

public class InspectStringCustomHotword {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "patient name: John Doe";
    String customHotword = "patient";
    inspectStringCustomHotword(projectId, textToInspect, customHotword);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text.
  public static void inspectStringCustomHotword(
      String projectId, String textToInspect, String customHotword) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Increase likelihood of matches that have customHotword nearby
      HotwordRule hotwordRule =
          HotwordRule.newBuilder()
              .setHotwordRegex(Regex.newBuilder().setPattern(customHotword))
              .setProximity(Proximity.newBuilder().setWindowBefore(50))
              .setLikelihoodAdjustment(
                  LikelihoodAdjustment.newBuilder().setFixedLikelihood(Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY))
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the hotword rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("PERSON_NAME").build())
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setHotwordRule(hotwordRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("PERSON_NAME").build())
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .setMinLikelihood(Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'patient name: John Doe';

// Custom hotward
// const customHotword = 'patient';

async function inspectStringCustomHotword() {
  // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
  const item = {
    byteItem: {
      type: DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType
        .TEXT_UTF8,
      data: Buffer.from(string, 'utf-8'),
    },
  };

  // Increase likelihood of matches that have customHotword nearby.
  const hotwordRule = {
    hotwordRegex: {
      pattern: customHotword,
    },
    proximity: {
      windowBefore: 50,
    },
    likelihoodAdjustment: {
      fixedLikelihood:
        DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY,
    },
  };

  // Construct a ruleset that applies the hotword rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}],
      rules: [
        {
          hotwordRule: hotwordRule,
        },
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request.
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}],
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Use the client to send the API request.
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print findings.
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringCustomHotword();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\DetectionRule\HotwordRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\DetectionRule\LikelihoodAdjustment;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\DetectionRule\Proximity;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Regex;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;

/**
 * Inspect a string from sensitive data by using a custom hotword
 * Increase the likelihood of a PERSON_NAME match if there is the hotword "patient" nearby. Illustrates using the InspectConfig property for the purpose of scanning a medical database for patient names. You can use Cloud DLP's built-in PERSON_NAME infoType detector, but that causes Cloud DLP to match on all names of people, not just names of patients. To fix this, you can include a hotword rule that looks for the word "patient" within a certain character proximity from the first character of potential matches. You can then assign findings that match this pattern a likelihood of "very likely," since they correspond to your special criteria. Setting the minimum likelihood to VERY_LIKELY within InspectConfig ensures that only matches to this configuration are returned in findings.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_custom_hotword(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'patient name: John Doe'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Construct hotword rules
    $hotwordRule = (new HotwordRule())
        ->setHotwordRegex(
            (new Regex())
                ->setPattern('patient')
        )
        ->setProximity(
            (new Proximity())
                ->setWindowBefore(50)
        )
        ->setLikelihoodAdjustment(
            (new LikelihoodAdjustment())
                ->setFixedLikelihood(Likelihood::VERY_LIKELY)
        );

    // Construct a ruleset that applies the hotword rule to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
    $personName = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('PERSON_NAME');
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([$personName])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setHotwordRule($hotwordRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes([$personName])
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet])
        ->setMinLikelihood(Likelihood::VERY_LIKELY);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_w_custom_hotword(
    project: str, content_string: str, custom_hotword: str = "patient"
) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API increase likelihood for matches on
       PERSON_NAME if the user specified custom hot-word is present. Only
       includes findings with the increased likelihood by setting a minimum
       likelihood threshold of VERY_LIKELY.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.
        custom_hotword: The custom hot-word used for likelihood boosting.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct a rule set with caller provided hotword, with a likelihood
    # boost to VERY_LIKELY when the hotword are present within the 50 character-
    # window preceding the PII finding.
    hotword_rule = {
        "hotword_regex": {"pattern": custom_hotword},
        "likelihood_adjustment": {
            "fixed_likelihood": google.cloud.dlp_v2.Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY
        },
        "proximity": {"window_before": 50},
    }

    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": [{"name": "PERSON_NAME"}],
            "rules": [{"hotword_rule": hotword_rule}],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary with the custom regex info type.
    inspect_config = {
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "min_likelihood": google.cloud.dlp_v2.Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
  "inspectConfig":{
    "infoTypes":[
      {
        "name":"PERSON_NAME"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet":[
      {
        "infoTypes":[
          {
            "name":"PERSON_NAME"
          }
        ],
        "rules":[
          {
            "hotwordRule":{
              "hotwordRegex":{
                "pattern":"patient"
              },
              "proximity":{
                "windowBefore":50
              },
              "likelihoodAdjustment":{
                "fixedLikelihood":"VERY_LIKELY"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "minLikelihood":"VERY_LIKELY"
  }
...

For more detailed information about hotwords, see Customizing match likelihood.

Adjustment rules

Adjustment rules can help you refine detection accuracy by increasing (also called boosting) or decreasing the likelihood values of findings based on the context in which they appear.

Adjustment rules are useful in situations like the following:

• You want to change the likelihood value of a target infoType finding if the finding overlaps with a context infoType finding. For example, increase the likelihood values of PERSON_NAME findings that are detected in documents that match DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH.

• You want to change the likelihood value of a target infoType finding based on its spatial relationship with other detected findings in the image. For example, increase the likelihood values of GENERIC_ID findings that are detected within images that match OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PHOTO_ID_CARD.

Adjustment rules API overview

Sensitive Data Protection defines an adjustment rule in the AdjustmentRule object. Within AdjustmentRule, you specify the following:

• One of the following:

  • An AdjustByMatchingInfoTypes object, which adjusts the likelihood value of a target infoType finding if that finding overlaps a finding of a context infoType. This object contains the following:

    • A list of context infoTypes, which are used to determine whether to adjust the target infoType finding.
    • A min_likelihood value for the context infoTypes. If the likelihood value of any detected context finding is lower than this value, Sensitive Data Protection doesn't adjust the likelihood of the target finding.
    • A matching_type value which must be set to MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH.

  • An AdjustByImageFindings object, which adjusts the likelihood value of a target infoType finding if the bounding box of a context infoType has the specified relationship with the target infoType finding. This object contains the following:

    • A list of context infoTypes, which are used to determine whether to adjust the target infoType finding.

    • An ImageContainmentType object, which specifies the required spatial relationship between the bounding boxes of the target and context findings. If this requirement isn't met, Sensitive Data Protection doesn't adjust the likelihood of the target infoType finding.

    • A min_likelihood value for the context infoTypes. If the likelihood value of any detected context finding is lower than this value, Sensitive Data Protection doesn't adjust the likelihood of the target finding.

• A likelihood_adjustment object, which specifies the new likelihood as either a fixed value or a relative adjustment.

Adjustment rule example scenarios

The following JSON snippets illustrate how to configure adjustment rules for various scenarios.

Boost the likelihood of person name when used in health document

The following example boosts the likelihood value of a PERSON_NAME finding to VERY_LIKELY if the finding overlaps with a DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH finding.

{
  "parent": "projects/PROJECT_ID",
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "PERSON_NAME"
      },
      {
        "name": "DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet": [
      {
        "infoTypes": [
          {
            "name": "PERSON_NAME"
          }
        ],
        "rules": [
          {
            "adjustmentRule": {
              "adjustByMatchingInfoTypes": {
                "infoTypes": [
                  {
                    "name": "DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH"
                  }
                ],
                "minLikelihood": "POSSIBLE",
                "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
              },
              "likelihoodAdjustment": {
                "fixedLikelihood": "VERY_LIKELY"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "item": {
    "value": "My name is John and my arm is broken."
  }
}

Replace PROJECT_ID with the ID of the project associated with your request.

Boost the likelihood of person name in a health document and exclude the health document

The following example boosts the likelihood value of a PERSON_NAME finding to VERY_LIKELY if the finding overlaps with a DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH finding. To reduce noise, this example specifies a second rule, which excludes DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH findings from inspection results.

The order in which the rules in a ruleset are specified is important. In this example, the adjustment rule is specified before the exclusion rule, so that the DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH findings can be used to provide context to the adjustment rule. If you specify the exclusion rule first, then the DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH findings are excluded from the result set before they can be used to provide context to the adjustment rule.

{
  "parent": "projects/PROJECT_ID",
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [{
      "name": "PERSON_NAME"
    }, {
      "name": "DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH"
    }],
    "minLikelihood": "VERY_UNLIKELY",
    "ruleSet": [{
      "infoTypes": [{
        "name": "PERSON_NAME"
      }],
      "rules": [{
        "adjustmentRule": {
          "adjustByMatchingInfoTypes": {
            "infoTypes": [{
              "name": "DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH"
            }],
            "minLikelihood": "VERY_UNLIKELY",
            "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
          },
          "likelihoodAdjustment": {
            "fixedLikelihood": "VERY_LIKELY"
          }
        }
      }]
    }, {
      "infoTypes": [{
        "name": "DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH"
      }],
      "rules": [{
        "exclusionRule": {
          "excludeInfoTypes": {
            "infoTypes": [{
              "name": "DOCUMENT_TYPE/CONTEXT/HEALTH"
            }]
          },
          "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
        }
      }]
    }]
  },
  "item": {
    "value": "My name is John and my arm is broken."
  }
}

Replace PROJECT_ID with the ID of the project associated with your request.

Boost the likelihood of a person on a photo ID card

The following example boosts the likelihood value of an OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON finding to VERY_LIKELY if it appears within the bounding box of an OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PHOTO_ID_CARD finding.

...
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON"
      },
      {
        "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PHOTO_ID_CARD"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet": [
      {
        "infoTypes": [
          {
            "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON"
          }
        ],
        "rules": [
          {
            "adjustmentRule": {
              "adjustByImageFindings": {
                "infoTypes": [
                  {
                    "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PHOTO_ID_CARD"
                  }
                ],
                "imageContainmentType": {
                  "encloses": {}
                },
                "minLikelihood": "POSSIBLE"
              },
              "likelihoodAdjustment": {
                "fixedLikelihood": "VERY_LIKELY"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
...

Boost the likelihood of a passport that contains personal identifiers

The following example boosts the likelihood value of an OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PASSPORT finding to VERY_LIKELY if a PERSON_NAME or DATE_OF_BIRTH finding is fully inside it.

...
  "inspectConfig": {
    "infoTypes": [
      {
        "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PASSPORT"
      },
      {
        "name": "PERSON_NAME"
      },
      {
        "name": "DATE_OF_BIRTH"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet": [
      {
        "infoTypes": [
          {
            "name": "OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/PASSPORT"
          }
        ],
        "rules": [
          {
            "adjustmentRule": {
              "adjustByImageFindings": {
                "infoTypes": [
                  {
                    "name": "PERSON_NAME"
                  },
                  {
                    "name": "DATE_OF_BIRTH"
                  }
                ],
                "imageContainmentType": {
                  "fullyInside": {}
                },
                "minLikelihood": "POSSIBLE"
              },
              "likelihoodAdjustment": {
                "fixedLikelihood": "VERY_LIKELY"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
...

Multiple inspection rules scenario

The following InspectConfig JSON snippet and code in several languages illustrate applying both exclusion and hotword rules. This snippet's rule set includes both hotword rules and dictionary and regex exclusion rules. Notice that the four rules are specified in an array within the rules element.

Important: The code on this page requires that you first set up a Sensitive Data Protection client. For more information about installing and creating a Sensitive Data Protection client, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries. (Sending JSON to Sensitive Data Protection REST endpoints does not require a client library.)

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;
using static Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.CustomInfoType.Types;

public class InspectStringMultipleRules
{
    public static InspectContentResponse Inspect(string projectId, string textToInspect)
    {
        var dlp = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var byteContentItem = new ByteContentItem
        {
            Type = ByteContentItem.Types.BytesType.TextUtf8,
            Data = Google.Protobuf.ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(textToInspect)
        };

        var contentItem = new ContentItem
        {
            ByteItem = byteContentItem
        };

        var patientRule = new DetectionRule.Types.HotwordRule
        {
            HotwordRegex = new CustomInfoType.Types.Regex { Pattern = "patient" },
            Proximity = new DetectionRule.Types.Proximity { WindowBefore = 10 },
            LikelihoodAdjustment = new DetectionRule.Types.LikelihoodAdjustment { FixedLikelihood = Likelihood.VeryLikely }
        };

        var doctorRule = new DetectionRule.Types.HotwordRule
        {
            HotwordRegex = new CustomInfoType.Types.Regex { Pattern = "doctor" },
            Proximity = new DetectionRule.Types.Proximity { WindowBefore = 10 },
            LikelihoodAdjustment = new DetectionRule.Types.LikelihoodAdjustment { FixedLikelihood = Likelihood.Unlikely }
        };

        // Construct exclusion rules
        var quasimodoRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            Dictionary = new Dictionary { WordList = new Dictionary.Types.WordList { Words = { "Quasimodo" } } },
            MatchingType = MatchingType.PartialMatch
        };

        var redactedRule = new ExclusionRule
        {
            Regex = new CustomInfoType.Types.Regex { Pattern = "REDACTED" },
            MatchingType = MatchingType.PartialMatch
        };

        var infoType = new InfoType { Name = "PERSON_NAME" };

        var inspectionRuleSet = new InspectionRuleSet
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoType },
            Rules =
            {
                new InspectionRule { HotwordRule = patientRule },
                new InspectionRule { HotwordRule = doctorRule},
                new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = quasimodoRule },
                new InspectionRule { ExclusionRule = redactedRule }
            }
        };

        var inspectConfig = new InspectConfig
        {
            InfoTypes = { infoType },
            IncludeQuote = true,
            RuleSet = { inspectionRuleSet }
        };

        var request = new InspectContentRequest
        {
            Parent = new LocationName(projectId, "global").ToString(),
            Item = contentItem,
            InspectConfig = inspectConfig
        };

        var response = dlp.InspectContent(request);

        Console.WriteLine($"Findings: {response.Result.Findings.Count}");
        foreach (var f in response.Result.Findings)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\tQuote: " + f.Quote);
            Console.WriteLine("\tInfo type: " + f.InfoType.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\tLikelihood: " + f.Likelihood);
        }

        return response;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// inspectStringMultipleRules inspects the provided text,
// avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
// this function implements the both exclusion and hot word rules.
func inspectStringMultipleRules(w io.Writer, projectID, textToInspect string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// textToInspect := "patient: Jane Doe"

	ctx := context.Background()

	// Initialize a client once and reuse it to send multiple requests. Clients
	// are safe to use across goroutines. When the client is no longer needed,
	// call the Close method to cleanup its resources.
	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	defer client.Close()

	// Specify the type and content to be inspected.
	ContentItem := &dlppb.ContentItem{
		DataItem: &dlppb.ContentItem_ByteItem{
			ByteItem: &dlppb.ByteContentItem{
				Type: dlppb.ByteContentItem_TEXT_UTF8,
				Data: []byte(textToInspect),
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the rule that adjust the likelihood of findings
	// within a certain proximity of hot-word("patient").
	patientRule := &dlppb.InspectionRule_HotwordRule{
		HotwordRule: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_HotwordRule{
			HotwordRegex: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex{
				Pattern: "patient",
			},
			Proximity: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_Proximity{
				WindowBefore: 10,
			},
			LikelihoodAdjustment: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_LikelihoodAdjustment{
				Adjustment: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_LikelihoodAdjustment_FixedLikelihood{
					FixedLikelihood: dlppb.Likelihood_VERY_LIKELY,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the rule that adjust the likelihood of findings
	// within a certain proximity of hot-word("doctor").
	doctorRule := &dlppb.InspectionRule_HotwordRule{
		HotwordRule: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_HotwordRule{
			HotwordRegex: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex{
				Pattern: "doctor",
			},
			Proximity: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_Proximity{
				WindowBefore: 10,
			},
			LikelihoodAdjustment: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_LikelihoodAdjustment{
				Adjustment: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_DetectionRule_LikelihoodAdjustment_FixedLikelihood{
					FixedLikelihood: dlppb.Likelihood_UNLIKELY,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Construct the exclusion rule that avoids the matches for the specified word list.
	quasimodoRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_Dictionary{
			Dictionary: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary{
				Source: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList_{
					WordList: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Dictionary_WordList{
						Words: []string{"Quasimodo"},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct the exclusion rule that avoids the matches for the specified regex pattern.
	redactedRule := &dlppb.ExclusionRule{
		Type: &dlppb.ExclusionRule_Regex{
			Regex: &dlppb.CustomInfoType_Regex{
				Pattern: "REDACTED",
			},
		},
		MatchingType: dlppb.MatchingType_MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
	}

	// Construct a ruleSet that applies the rules to the PERSON_NAME infoType.
	ruleSet := &dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: "PERSON_NAME"},
		},
		Rules: []*dlppb.InspectionRule{
			{Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_HotwordRule{HotwordRule: doctorRule.HotwordRule}},
			{Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_HotwordRule{HotwordRule: patientRule.HotwordRule}},
			{Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{ExclusionRule: quasimodoRule}},
			{Type: &dlppb.InspectionRule_ExclusionRule{ExclusionRule: redactedRule}},
		},
	}

	// Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleSet.
	inspectConfig := &dlppb.InspectConfig{
		InfoTypes: []*dlppb.InfoType{
			{Name: "PERSON_NAME"},
		},
		IncludeQuote: true,
		RuleSet: []*dlppb.InspectionRuleSet{
			ruleSet,
		},
	}

	// Create and send the request.
	req := &dlppb.InspectContentRequest{
		Parent:        fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/global", projectID),
		Item:          ContentItem,
		InspectConfig: inspectConfig,
	}

	// Send the request.
	resp, err := client.InspectContent(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Process the results.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Findings: %v\n", len(resp.Result.Findings))
	for _, v := range resp.GetResult().Findings {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Quote: %v\n", v.GetQuote())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Infotype Name: %v\n", v.GetInfoType().GetName())
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Likelihood: %v\n", v.GetLikelihood())
	}
	return nil

}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ByteContentItem.BytesType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ContentItem;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.DetectionRule.HotwordRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.DetectionRule.LikelihoodAdjustment;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.DetectionRule.Proximity;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Dictionary.WordList;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.CustomInfoType.Regex;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.ExclusionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Finding;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InfoType;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectConfig;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentRequest;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectContentResponse;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRule;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.InspectionRuleSet;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Likelihood;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.LocationName;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;

public class InspectStringMultipleRules {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String textToInspect = "patient: Jane Doe";
    inspectStringMultipleRules(projectId, textToInspect);
  }

  // Inspects the provided text, avoiding matches specified in the exclusion list.
  public static void inspectStringMultipleRules(String projectId, String textToInspect)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlp = DlpServiceClient.create()) {
      // Specify the type and content to be inspected.
      ByteContentItem byteItem =
          ByteContentItem.newBuilder()
              .setType(BytesType.TEXT_UTF8)
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(textToInspect))
              .build();
      ContentItem item = ContentItem.newBuilder().setByteItem(byteItem).build();

      // Construct hotword rules
      HotwordRule patientRule =
          HotwordRule.newBuilder()
              .setHotwordRegex(Regex.newBuilder().setPattern("patient"))
              .setProximity(Proximity.newBuilder().setWindowBefore(10))
              .setLikelihoodAdjustment(
                  LikelihoodAdjustment.newBuilder().setFixedLikelihood(Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY))
              .build();

      HotwordRule doctorRule =
          HotwordRule.newBuilder()
              .setHotwordRegex(Regex.newBuilder().setPattern("doctor"))
              .setProximity(Proximity.newBuilder().setWindowBefore(10))
              .setLikelihoodAdjustment(
                  LikelihoodAdjustment.newBuilder().setFixedLikelihood(Likelihood.UNLIKELY))
              .build();

      // Construct exclusion rules
      ExclusionRule quasimodoRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setDictionary(
                  Dictionary.newBuilder().setWordList(WordList.newBuilder().addWords("Quasimodo")))
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
              .build();

      ExclusionRule redactedRule =
          ExclusionRule.newBuilder()
              .setRegex(Regex.newBuilder().setPattern("REDACTED"))
              .setMatchingType(MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
              .build();

      // Construct a ruleset that applies the rules to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
      InspectionRuleSet ruleSet =
          InspectionRuleSet.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("PERSON_NAME"))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setHotwordRule(patientRule))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setHotwordRule(doctorRule))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(quasimodoRule))
              .addRules(InspectionRule.newBuilder().setExclusionRule(redactedRule))
              .build();

      // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
      InspectConfig config =
          InspectConfig.newBuilder()
              .addInfoTypes(InfoType.newBuilder().setName("PERSON_NAME"))
              .setIncludeQuote(true)
              .addRuleSet(ruleSet)
              .build();

      // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
      InspectContentRequest request =
          InspectContentRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(LocationName.of(projectId, "global").toString())
              .setItem(item)
              .setInspectConfig(config)
              .build();

      // Use the client to send the API request.
      InspectContentResponse response = dlp.inspectContent(request);

      // Parse the response and process results
      System.out.println("Findings: " + response.getResult().getFindingsCount());
      for (Finding f : response.getResult().getFindingsList()) {
        System.out.println("\tQuote: " + f.getQuote());
        System.out.println("\tInfo type: " + f.getInfoType().getName());
        System.out.println("\tLikelihood: " + f.getLikelihood());
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The string to inspect
// const string = 'patient: Jane Doe';

async function inspectStringMultipleRules() {
  // Construct item to inspect
  const item = {value: string};

  // Construct hotword rules
  const patientRule = {
    hotwordRegex: {pattern: 'patient'},
    proximity: {windowBefore: 10},
    likelihoodAdjustment: {
      fixedLikelihood:
        DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY,
    },
  };

  const doctorRule = {
    hotwordRegex: {pattern: 'doctor'},
    proximity: {windowBefore: 10},
    likelihoodAdjustment: {
      fixedLikelihood: DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.Likelihood.UNLIKELY,
    },
  };

  // Construct exclusion rules
  const quasimodoRule = {
    dictionary: {wordList: {words: ['quasimodo']}},
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType
        .MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
  };

  const redactedRule = {
    regex: {pattern: 'REDACTED'},
    matchingType:
      DLP.protos.google.privacy.dlp.v2.MatchingType
        .MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
  };

  // The infoTypes of information to match
  const infoTypes = [{name: 'PERSON_NAME'}];

  // Construct a ruleset that applies the rules to the PERSON_NAME infotype.
  const ruleSet = [
    {
      infoTypes: infoTypes,
      rules: [
        {hotwordRule: patientRule},
        {hotwordRule: doctorRule},
        {exclusionRule: quasimodoRule},
        {exclusionRule: redactedRule},
      ],
    },
  ];

  // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
  const inspectConfig = {
    infoTypes: infoTypes,
    ruleSet: ruleSet,
    includeQuote: true,
  };

  // Construct the Inspect request to be sent by the client.
  const request = {
    parent: `projects/${projectId}/locations/global`,
    inspectConfig: inspectConfig,
    item: item,
  };

  // Use the client to send the API request.
  const [response] = await dlp.inspectContent(request);

  // Print findings.
  const findings = response.result.findings;
  if (findings.length > 0) {
    console.log(`Findings: ${findings.length}\n`);
    findings.forEach(finding => {
      console.log(`InfoType: ${finding.infoType.name}`);
      console.log(`\tQuote: ${finding.quote}`);
      console.log(`\tLikelihood: ${finding.likelihood} \n`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log('No findings.');
  }
}
inspectStringMultipleRules();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ContentItem;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\DetectionRule\HotwordRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\DetectionRule\LikelihoodAdjustment;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\DetectionRule\Proximity;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Dictionary\WordList;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CustomInfoType\Regex;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ExclusionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InfoType;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectContentRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRule;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectionRuleSet;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\MatchingType;

/**
 * Inspect a string for sensitive data by using multiple rules
 * Illustrates applying both exclusion and hotword rules. This snippet's rule set includes both hotword rules and dictionary and regex exclusion rules. Notice that the four rules are specified in an array within the rules element.
 *
 * @param string $projectId         The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
 * @param string $textToInspect     The string to inspect.
 */
function inspect_string_multiple_rules(
    // TODO(developer): Replace sample parameters before running the code.
    string $projectId,
    string $textToInspect = 'patient: Jane Doe'
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    $parent = "projects/$projectId/locations/global";

    // Specify what content you want the service to Inspect.
    $item = (new ContentItem())
        ->setValue($textToInspect);

    // Construct hotword rules
    $patientRule = (new HotwordRule())
        ->setHotwordRegex((new Regex())
            ->setPattern('patient'))
        ->setProximity((new Proximity())
            ->setWindowBefore(10))
        ->setLikelihoodAdjustment((new LikelihoodAdjustment())
            ->setFixedLikelihood(Likelihood::VERY_LIKELY));

    $doctorRule = (new HotwordRule())
        ->setHotwordRegex((new Regex())
            ->setPattern('doctor'))
        ->setProximity((new Proximity())
            ->setWindowBefore(10))
        ->setLikelihoodAdjustment((new LikelihoodAdjustment())
            ->setFixedLikelihood(Likelihood::VERY_UNLIKELY));

    // Construct exclusion rules
    $wordList = (new Dictionary())
        ->setWordList((new WordList())
            ->setWords(['Quasimodo']));

    $quasimodoRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType(MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
        ->setDictionary($wordList);

    $redactedRule = (new ExclusionRule())
        ->setMatchingType(MatchingType::MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH)
        ->setRegex((new Regex())
            ->setPattern('REDACTED'));

    // Specify the exclusion rule and build-in info type the inspection will look for.
    $personName = (new InfoType())
        ->setName('PERSON_NAME');
    $inspectionRuleSet = (new InspectionRuleSet())
        ->setInfoTypes([$personName])
        ->setRules([
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setHotwordRule($patientRule),
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setHotwordRule($doctorRule),
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($quasimodoRule),
            (new InspectionRule())
                ->setExclusionRule($redactedRule),
        ]);

    // Construct the configuration for the Inspect request, including the ruleset.
    $inspectConfig = (new InspectConfig())
        ->setInfoTypes([$personName])
        ->setIncludeQuote(true)
        ->setRuleSet([$inspectionRuleSet]);

    // Run request
    $inspectContentRequest = (new InspectContentRequest())
        ->setParent($parent)
        ->setInspectConfig($inspectConfig)
        ->setItem($item);
    $response = $dlp->inspectContent($inspectContentRequest);

    // Print the results
    $findings = $response->getResult()->getFindings();
    if (count($findings) == 0) {
        printf('No findings.' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        printf('Findings:' . PHP_EOL);
        foreach ($findings as $finding) {
            printf('  Quote: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getQuote());
            printf('  Info type: %s' . PHP_EOL, $finding->getInfoType()->getName());
            printf('  Likelihood: %s' . PHP_EOL, Likelihood::name($finding->getLikelihood()));
        }
    }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

To authenticate to Sensitive Data Protection, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import google.cloud.dlp


def inspect_string_multiple_rules(project: str, content_string: str) -> None:
    """Uses the Data Loss Prevention API to modify likelihood for matches on
       PERSON_NAME combining multiple hotword and exclusion rules.

    Args:
        project: The Google Cloud project id to use as a parent resource.
        content_string: The string to inspect.

    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Construct hotword rules
    patient_rule = {
        "hotword_regex": {"pattern": "patient"},
        "proximity": {"window_before": 10},
        "likelihood_adjustment": {
            "fixed_likelihood": google.cloud.dlp_v2.Likelihood.VERY_LIKELY
        },
    }
    doctor_rule = {
        "hotword_regex": {"pattern": "doctor"},
        "proximity": {"window_before": 10},
        "likelihood_adjustment": {
            "fixed_likelihood": google.cloud.dlp_v2.Likelihood.UNLIKELY
        },
    }

    # Construct exclusion rules
    quasimodo_rule = {
        "dictionary": {"word_list": {"words": ["quasimodo"]}},
        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
    }
    redacted_rule = {
        "regex": {"pattern": "REDACTED"},
        "matching_type": google.cloud.dlp_v2.MatchingType.MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH,
    }

    # Construct the rule set, combining the above rules
    rule_set = [
        {
            "info_types": [{"name": "PERSON_NAME"}],
            "rules": [
                {"hotword_rule": patient_rule},
                {"hotword_rule": doctor_rule},
                {"exclusion_rule": quasimodo_rule},
                {"exclusion_rule": redacted_rule},
            ],
        }
    ]

    # Construct the configuration dictionary
    inspect_config = {
        "info_types": [{"name": "PERSON_NAME"}],
        "rule_set": rule_set,
        "include_quote": True,
    }

    # Construct the `item`.
    item = {"value": content_string}

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Call the API.
    response = dlp.inspect_content(
        request={"parent": parent, "inspect_config": inspect_config, "item": item}
    )

    # Print out the results.
    if response.result.findings:
        for finding in response.result.findings:
            print(f"Quote: {finding.quote}")
            print(f"Info type: {finding.info_type.name}")
            print(f"Likelihood: {finding.likelihood}")
    else:
        print("No findings.")

REST

See the JSON quickstart for more information about using the DLP API with JSON.

...
  "inspectConfig":{
    "infoTypes":[
      {
        "name":"PERSON_NAME"
      }
    ],
    "ruleSet":[
      {
        "infoTypes":[
          {
            "name":"PERSON_NAME"
          }
        ],
        "rules":[
          {
            "hotwordRule":{
              "hotwordRegex":{
                "pattern":"patient"
              },
              "proximity":{
                "windowBefore":10
              },
              "likelihoodAdjustment":{
                "fixedLikelihood":"VERY_LIKELY"
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "hotwordRule":{
              "hotwordRegex":{
                "pattern":"doctor"
              },
              "proximity":{
                "windowBefore":10
              },
              "likelihoodAdjustment":{
                "fixedLikelihood":"UNLIKELY"
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "exclusionRule":{
              "dictionary":{
                "wordList":{
                  "words":[
                    "Quasimodo"
                  ]
                }
              },
              "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
            }
          },
          {
            "exclusionRule":{
              "regex":{
                "pattern":"REDACTED"
              },
              "matchingType": "MATCHING_TYPE_PARTIAL_MATCH"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
...

Overlapping infoType detectors

It is possible to define a custom infoType detector that has the same name as a built-in infoType detector. As shown in the example in the "Hotword rule example scenarios" section, when you create a custom infoType detector with the same name as a built-in infoType, any findings detected by the new infoType detector are added to those detected by the built-in detector. This is only true as long as the built-in infoType is specified in the list of infoTypes in the InspectConfig object.

When creating new custom infoType detectors, test them thoroughly on example content to ensure they work as you intend.