Check operation status

Request to wait until an operation completes and get the operation status before continuing code execution.

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C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine C# API reference documentation.

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

using Google.Cloud.Compute.V1;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class CreateInstanceAsyncSample
{
    public async Task CreateInstanceAsync(
        // TODO(developer): Set your own default values for these parameters or pass different values when calling this method.
        string projectId = "your-project-id",
        string zone = "us-central1-a",
        string machineName = "test-machine",
        string machineType = "n1-standard-1",
        string diskImage = "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-12",
        long diskSizeGb = 10,
        string networkName = "default")
    {
        Instance instance = new Instance
        {
            Name = machineName,
            // See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types for more information on machine types.
            MachineType = $"zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{machineType}",
            // Instance creation requires at least one persistent disk.
            Disks =
            {
                new AttachedDisk
                {
                    AutoDelete = true,
                    Boot = true,
                    Type = ComputeEnumConstants.AttachedDisk.Type.Persistent,
                    InitializeParams = new AttachedDiskInitializeParams 
                    {
                        // See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images for more information on available images.
                        SourceImage = diskImage,
                        DiskSizeGb = diskSizeGb
                    }
                }
            },
            NetworkInterfaces = { new NetworkInterface { Name = networkName } }
        };

        // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
        // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
        InstancesClient client = await InstancesClient.CreateAsync();

        // Insert the instance in the specified project and zone.
        var instanceCreation = await client.InsertAsync(projectId, zone, instance);

        // Wait for the operation to complete using client-side polling.
        // The server-side operation is not affected by polling,
        // and might finish successfully even if polling times out.
        await instanceCreation.PollUntilCompletedAsync();
    }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine Go API reference documentation.

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

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	compute "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1"
)

// waitForOperation waits for an operation to be completed. Calling this function will block until the operation is finished.
func waitForOperation(w io.Writer, projectID string, operation *compute.Operation) error {
	// projectID := "your_project_id"
	// zone := "europe-central2-b"
	// opName := "your_operation_name"

	ctx := context.Background()

	if err := operation.Wait(ctx); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to wait for the operation: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Operation finished\n")

	return nil
}

Java

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

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

import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.Operation;
import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.Operation.Status;
import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.ZoneOperationsClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class WaitForOperation {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    // operation: Specify the operation to wait.
    String project = "your-project-id";
    Operation operation = Operation.newBuilder().build();

    waitForOperation(project, operation);
  }

  // Waits for the specified operation to complete.
  public static void waitForOperation(String project, Operation operation)
      throws IOException {
    try (ZoneOperationsClient zoneOperationsClient = ZoneOperationsClient.create()) {

      // Check if the operation hasn't been completed already.
      if (operation.getStatus() != Status.DONE) {
        String zone = operation.getZone();
        zone = zone.substring(zone.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);

        // Wait for the operation to complete.
        Operation response = zoneOperationsClient.wait(project, zone, operation.getName());

        // Check if the operation has errors.
        if (response.hasError()) {
          System.out.println("Error in executing the operation ! ! " + response.getError());
          return;
        }
        System.out.println("Operation Status: " + response.getStatus());
        return;
      }
      System.out.println("Operation Status: " + operation.getStatus());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

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

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

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment and replace these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const operationString = 'YOUR_OPERATION_STRING'

const compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');

// Parse stringified operation to the object instance.
let operation = JSON.parse(operationString);

async function waitForOperation() {
  const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();

  while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
    [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
      operation: operation.name,
      project: projectId,
      zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
    });
  }

  console.log('Operation finished.');
}

waitForOperation();

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine PHP API reference documentation.

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

// Wait for the operation to complete.
$operation->pollUntilComplete();
if ($operation->operationSucceeded()) {
    printf('Created instance %s' . PHP_EOL, $instanceName);
} else {
    $error = $operation->getError();
    printf('Instance creation failed: %s' . PHP_EOL, $error?->getMessage());
}

Python

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

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

from google.cloud import compute_v1


def wait_for_operation(
    operation: compute_v1.Operation, project_id: str
) -> compute_v1.Operation:
    """
    This method waits for an operation to be completed. Calling this function
    will block until the operation is finished.

    Args:
        operation: The Operation object representing the operation you want to
            wait on.
        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.

    Returns:
        Finished Operation object.
    """
    kwargs = {"project": project_id, "operation": operation.name}
    if operation.zone:
        client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
        # Operation.zone is a full URL address of a zone, so we need to extract just the name
        kwargs["zone"] = operation.zone.rsplit("/", maxsplit=1)[1]
    elif operation.region:
        client = compute_v1.RegionOperationsClient()
        # Operation.region is a full URL address of a region, so we need to extract just the name
        kwargs["region"] = operation.region.rsplit("/", maxsplit=1)[1]
    else:
        client = compute_v1.GlobalOperationsClient()
    return client.wait(**kwargs)

Ruby

Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine Ruby API reference documentation.

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

require "google/cloud/compute/v1"

require "time"

# Waits for an operation to be completed. Calling this method
# will block until the operation is finished or timed out.
#
# @param [::Gapic::GenericLRO::Operation] operation The operation to wait for.
# @param [Numeric] timeout seconds until timeout (default is 3 minutes)
# @return [::Gapic::GenericLRO::Operation] Finished Operation object.
def wait_until_done operation:, timeout: 3 * 60
  retry_policy = ::Gapic::Operation::RetryPolicy.new initial_delay: 0.2, multiplier: 2, max_delay: 1, timeout: timeout
  operation.wait_until_done! retry_policy: retry_policy
end

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