Quickstart: List sensitivity labels (C++)

This quickstart shows you how to use the MIP File SDK to list the sensitivity labels configured for your organization.

Prerequisites

If you haven't already, be sure to complete the following prerequisites before continuing:

• Complete Quickstart: Client application initialization (C++) first, which builds a starter Visual Studio solution. This "List sensitivity labels" quickstart relies on the previous one to create the starter solution.
• Optionally: Review Classification labels concepts.

Add logic to list the sensitivity labels

Add logic to list your organization's sensitivity labels by using the file engine object.

1. Open the Visual Studio solution you created in the previous "Quickstart: Client application initialization (C++)" article.

2. In Solution Explorer, open the .cpp file in your project that contains the implementation of the main() method. It defaults to the same name as the project containing it, which you specified during project creation.

3. Add the following using directive after using mip::FileEngine;, near the top of the file:

   using std::endl;
   

4. Toward the end of the main() body, after the closing brace } of the last catch block and before return 0; (where you left off in the previous quickstart), insert the following code:

   // List sensitivity labels
   cout << "\nSensitivity labels for your organization:\n";
   auto labels = engine->ListSensitivityLabels();
   for (const auto& label : labels)
   {
      cout << label->GetName() << " : " << label->GetId() << endl;
   
      for (const auto& child : label->GetChildren())
      {
        cout << "->  " << child->GetName() << " : " << child->GetId() << endl;
      }
   }
   system("pause");
   

Create a PowerShell script to generate access tokens

Use the following PowerShell script to generate access tokens, which are requested by the SDK in your AuthDelegateImpl::AcquireOAuth2Token implementation. The script uses the Get-MsalToken cmdlet from the MSAL.PS module you installed earlier, in "MIP SDK Setup and configuration".

1. Create a PowerShell script file (.ps1 extension), and copy and paste the following script into the file:

   • Update $authority and $resourceUrl later, in the following section.
   • Update $appId and $redirectUri to match the values you specified in your Microsoft Entra app registration.

   $authority = '<authority-url>'                   # Specified when SDK calls AcquireOAuth2Token()
   $resourceUrl = '<resource-url>'                  # Specified when SDK calls AcquireOAuth2Token()
   $appId = '0edbblll-8773-44de-b87c-b8c6276d41eb'  # App ID of the Microsoft Entra app registration
   $redirectUri = 'bltest://authorize'              # Redirect URI of the Microsoft Entra app registration
   $scope = $resourceUrl + "/.default"
   $response = Get-MsalToken -ClientId $appId -Authority $authority -RedirectUri $redirectUri -Scopes $scope -Interactive
   $response.AccessToken | clip                     # Copy the access token text to the clipboard
   

2. Save the script file so you can run it later when your client application requests it.

Build and test the application

Build and test your client application.

1. Use F6 (Build Solution) to build your client application. If you don't have build errors, use F5 (Start debugging) to run your application.

2. If your project builds and runs successfully, the application prompts for an access token each time the SDK calls your AcquireOAuth2Token() method. You can reuse a previously generated token if the application prompts multiple times and the requested values are the same.

3. To generate an access token for the prompt, go back to your PowerShell script and:

   • Update the $authority and $resourceUrl variables. They must match the values specified in the console output in step 2. The MIP SDK provides these values in the challenge parameter of AcquireOAuth2Token().

   • Run the PowerShell script. The Get-MsalToken cmdlet triggers a Microsoft Entra authentication prompt, similar to the following example. Specify the same account provided in the console output in step 2. After successful sign-in, the cmdlet places the access token on the clipboard.

     

   • You might also need to give consent to allow the application to access the MIP APIs while running under the sign-in account. This happens when the Microsoft Entra application registration isn't pre-consented (as outlined in "MIP SDK setup and configuration"), or you're signing in with an account from a different tenant (other than the one where your application is registered). Select Accept to record your consent.

     

4. After pasting the access token into the prompt from step 2, your console output should show the sensitivity labels, similar to the following example:

   Non-Business : 87ba5c36-17cf-14793-bbc2-bd5b3a9f95cz
   Public : 83867195-f2b8-2ac2-b0b6-6bb73cb33afz
   General : f42a3342-8706-4288-bd31-ebb85995028z
   Confidential : 074e457c-5848-4542-9a6f-34a182080e7z
   Highly Confidential : f55c2dea-db0f-47cd-8520-a52e1590fb6z
   
   Press any key to continue . . .
   

   Note

   Copy and save the ID of one or more of the sensitivity labels (for example, f42a3342-8706-4288-bd31-ebb85995028z), because you use it in the next quickstart.

Troubleshooting

Problems during execution of C++ application

Summary	Error message	Solution
Bad access token	An exception occurred... is the access token incorrect/expired? Failed API call: profile_add_engine_async Failed with: [class mip::PolicySyncException] Failed acquiring policy, Request failed with http status code: 401, x-ms-diagnostics: [2000001;reason="OAuth token submitted with the request cannot be parsed.";error_category="invalid_token"], correlationId:[aaaa0000-bb11-2222-33cc-444444dddddd]' C:\VSProjects\MipDev\Quickstarts\AppInitialization\x64\Debug\AppInitialization.exe (process 29924) exited with code 0. Press any key to close this window . . .	If your project builds successfully, but you see output similar to the left, the token in your AcquireOAuth2Token() method is likely invalid or expired. Go back to Create a PowerShell script to generate access tokens and regenerate the access token, update AcquireOAuth2Token() again, and rebuild/retest. You can also examine and verify the token and its claims by using the jwt.ms single-page web application.
Sensitivity labels aren't configured	n/a	If your project builds successfully, but no output appears in the console window, be sure your organization's sensitivity labels are configured correctly. For details, see MIP SDK setup and configuration, under "Define label taxonomy and protection settings".

Next steps

Now that you know how to list the sensitivity labels for your organization, try the next quickstart:

Set and get a sensitivity label

• Explore the MIP File SDK C++ sample on GitHub.