Create an endpoint

Creates an endpoint using the create_endpoint method.

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Code sample

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Java API reference documentation.

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


import com.google.api.gax.longrunning.OperationFuture;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.CreateEndpointOperationMetadata;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.Endpoint;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.EndpointServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.EndpointServiceSettings;
import com.google.cloud.aiplatform.v1.LocationName;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

public class CreateEndpointSample {

  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String project = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID";
    String endpointDisplayName = "YOUR_ENDPOINT_DISPLAY_NAME";
    createEndpointSample(project, endpointDisplayName);
  }

  static void createEndpointSample(String project, String endpointDisplayName)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    EndpointServiceSettings endpointServiceSettings =
        EndpointServiceSettings.newBuilder()
            .setEndpoint("us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com:443")
            .build();

    // 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 (EndpointServiceClient endpointServiceClient =
        EndpointServiceClient.create(endpointServiceSettings)) {
      String location = "us-central1";
      LocationName locationName = LocationName.of(project, location);
      Endpoint endpoint = Endpoint.newBuilder().setDisplayName(endpointDisplayName).build();

      OperationFuture<Endpoint, CreateEndpointOperationMetadata> endpointFuture =
          endpointServiceClient.createEndpointAsync(locationName, endpoint);
      System.out.format("Operation name: %s\n", endpointFuture.getInitialFuture().get().getName());
      System.out.println("Waiting for operation to finish...");
      Endpoint endpointResponse = endpointFuture.get(300, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

      System.out.println("Create Endpoint Response");
      System.out.format("Name: %s\n", endpointResponse.getName());
      System.out.format("Display Name: %s\n", endpointResponse.getDisplayName());
      System.out.format("Description: %s\n", endpointResponse.getDescription());
      System.out.format("Labels: %s\n", endpointResponse.getLabelsMap());
      System.out.format("Create Time: %s\n", endpointResponse.getCreateTime());
      System.out.format("Update Time: %s\n", endpointResponse.getUpdateTime());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Node.js API reference documentation.

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

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.\
 * (Not necessary if passing values as arguments)
 */

// const endpointDisplayName = 'YOUR_ENDPOINT_DISPLAY_NAME';
// const project = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const location = 'YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION';

// Imports the Google Cloud Endpoint Service Client library
const {EndpointServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/aiplatform');

// Specifies the location of the api endpoint
const clientOptions = {
  apiEndpoint: 'us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com',
};

// Instantiates a client
const endpointServiceClient = new EndpointServiceClient(clientOptions);

async function createEndpoint() {
  // Configure the parent resource
  const parent = `projects/${project}/locations/${location}`;
  const endpoint = {
    displayName: endpointDisplayName,
  };
  const request = {
    parent,
    endpoint,
  };

  // Get and print out a list of all the endpoints for this resource
  const [response] = await endpointServiceClient.createEndpoint(request);
  console.log(`Long running operation : ${response.name}`);

  // Wait for operation to complete
  await response.promise();
  const result = response.result;

  console.log('Create endpoint response');
  console.log(`\tName : ${result.name}`);
  console.log(`\tDisplay name : ${result.displayName}`);
  console.log(`\tDescription : ${result.description}`);
  console.log(`\tLabels : ${JSON.stringify(result.labels)}`);
  console.log(`\tCreate time : ${JSON.stringify(result.createTime)}`);
  console.log(`\tUpdate time : ${JSON.stringify(result.updateTime)}`);
}
createEndpoint();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python API reference documentation.

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

from google.cloud import aiplatform


def create_endpoint_sample(
    project: str,
    display_name: str,
    location: str = "us-central1",
    api_endpoint: str = "us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com",
    timeout: int = 300,
):
    # The AI Platform services require regional API endpoints.
    client_options = {"api_endpoint": api_endpoint}
    # Initialize client that will be used to create and send requests.
    # This client only needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    client = aiplatform.gapic.EndpointServiceClient(client_options=client_options)
    endpoint = {"display_name": display_name}
    parent = f"projects/{project}/locations/{location}"
    response = client.create_endpoint(parent=parent, endpoint=endpoint)
    print("Long running operation:", response.operation.name)
    create_endpoint_response = response.result(timeout=timeout)
    print("create_endpoint_response:", create_endpoint_response)

Terraform

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands. For more information, see the Terraform provider reference documentation.

# Endpoint name must be unique for the project
resource "random_id" "endpoint_id" {
  byte_length = 4
}

resource "google_vertex_ai_endpoint" "default" {
  name         = substr(random_id.endpoint_id.dec, 0, 10)
  display_name = "sample-endpoint"
  description  = "A sample Vertex AI endpoint"
  location     = "us-central1"
  labels = {
    label-one = "value-one"
  }
}

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