Listing built-in infoType detectors

InfoTypes are types of sensitive data. Sensitive Data Protection supports both built-in and custom infoTypes. You can view all built-in infoTypes in the infoTypes reference, or you can use the DLP API to list all built-in infoTypes programmatically.

The infoTypes.list method lists all built-in infoTypes that are currently supported in Sensitive Data Protection. Each infoType includes the following information:

The infoType identifier (ID), the internal name of the infoType.
The infoType display name, a human readable infoType name.
Whether the infoType is supported by inspection or risk analysis operations.

Code examples

To list all built-in infoType detectors:

Console

In the Google Cloud console, open Sensitive Data Protection.

Go to Sensitive Data Protection UI
Click the Configuration tab, and then click InfoTypes.
A table containing all built-in infoType detectors appears.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

REST

JSON input:

GET https://dlp.googleapis.com/v2/infoTypes?key={YOUR_API_KEY}

The preceding request, when sent to the indicated endpoint, returns a list of all predefined detectors in the following format, where:

[INFOTYPE-NAME] represents the name of the infoType detector.
[INFOTYPE-DISPLAY-NAME] represents the display name for the detector
"supportedBy" is set to "INSPECT", "RISK_ANALYSIS", or both, depending on whether the detector is supported by inspection or risk analysis operations
[INFOTYPE-DESCRIPTION] represents the detector's description.

JSON output:

{
  "infoTypes":[
    {
      "name":"[INFOTYPE-NAME]",
      "displayName":"[INFOTYPE-DISPLAY-NAME]",
      "supportedBy":[
        "INSPECT"
      ],
      "description":"[INFOTYPE-DESCRIPTION]"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

APIs Explorer

You can list infoType detectors using APIs Explorer:

Go to the APIs Explorer on the API reference page for infoTypes.list by clicking the following button:

Open APIs Explorer
Uncheck Google OAuth 2.0.
Click Execute.

APIs Explorer sends a request to Sensitive Data Protection, which sends back a JSON object containing all supported infoType detectors.