Extracting Unstructured Data for NLP Models with GCP Datastream

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To extract unstructured data for NLP (Natural Language Processing) models using Google Cloud Platform's Datastream service, you would typically set up a stream that sources data from your unstructured data storage and channels it into a service that can funnel the data into your NLP models for processing.

Datastream is a serverless change data capture and replication service. It allows you to synchronize data across heterogeneous databases, storage systems, and applications with minimal latency.

For the purpose of extracting unstructured data for NLP, let's assume you have your unstructured data in a MySQL database and you want to stream that data to a Google Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket where you can later process it with NLP models.

Here's how you would set up such a system using Pulumi:

1. **Define a MySQL Source Connection Profile**: This profile will hold the configuration needed to connect to your source MySQL database.
2. **Define a GCS Destination Connection Profile**: This will hold the configuration for the GCS bucket where the data will land.
3. **Create a Datastream Stream**: This will define the actual data stream, using the source and destination profiles, to replicate the data change from MySQL to GCS.

Below is a Pulumi program written in Python that demonstrates how to perform these steps:

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_gcp as gcp

# Configure the Google Cloud provider.
gcp_provider = gcp.Provider('gcp', project='your-gcp-project')

# Define a MySQL Source Connection Profile
mysql_source_connection_profile = gcp.datastream.ConnectionProfile("mysql-connection-profile",
    location="us-central1",
    mysql_profile=gcp.datastream.ConnectionProfileMysqlProfileArgs(
        hostname="your-mysql-host",
        password=gcp.datastream.ConnectionProfileMysqlProfileArgsPasswordArgs(
            secret="your-mysql-password", # Ensure this is stored securely
        ),
        port=3306,
        username="your-mysql-username",
    ),
    opts=pulumi.ResourceOptions(provider=gcp_provider)
)

# Define a GCS Destination Connection Profile
gcs_destination_connection_profile = gcp.datastream.ConnectionProfile("gcs-destination-connection-profile",
    location="us-central1",
    gcs_profile=gcp.datastream.ConnectionProfileGcsProfileArgs(
        bucket_name="your-gcs-bucket-name",
        root_path="/path/to/store/datastream/output",
    ),
    opts=pulumi.ResourceOptions(provider=gcp_provider)
)

# Create a Datastream Stream
datastream_stream = gcp.datastream.Stream("mysql-to-gcs-stream",
    location="us-central1",
    destination_config=gcp.datastream.StreamDestinationConfigArgs(
        destination_connection_profile_name=gcs_destination_connection_profile.id,
        gcs_destination_config=gcp.datastream.StreamDestinationConfigGcsDestinationConfigArgs(
            avro_file_format={}, # Use Avro format. You can change this to your preferred file format.
        ),
    ),
    source_config=gcp.datastream.StreamSourceConfigArgs(
        source_connection_profile_name=mysql_source_connection_profile.id,
        mysql_source_config=gcp.datastream.StreamSourceConfigMysqlSourceConfigArgs(
            include_objects=gcp.datastream.StreamSourceConfigMysqlSourceConfigMysqlRdbmsArgs(
                mysql_databases=[gcp.datastream.StreamSourceConfigMysqlSourceConfigMysqlRdbmsMysqlDatabaseArgs(
                    database_name="your-database-name", # Add here the database you want to source from
                )]
            ),
        ),
    ),
    opts=pulumi.ResourceOptions(provider=gcp_provider)
)

# Export the Datastream Stream self link as a stack output
pulumi.export("datastream_self_link", datastream_stream.self_link)
```

In the provided code:

- Replace `'your-gcp-project'`, `'your-mysql-host'`, `'your-mysql-password'`, `'your-mysql-username'`, `'your-gcs-bucket-name'`, and `'your-database-name'` with your actual GCP project ID, MySQL host, password, username, GCS bucket name, and the specific database from which you wish to stream data respectively.
- The `avro_file_format` is specified in the `gcs_destination_config`. Avro is a row-oriented remote procedure call and data serialization framework developed within the Apache Hadoop project. It's used often because it's good for serializing data that will be transferred over a network or stored in a file.
  
This program defines the necessary GCP resources to start pulling data from a MySQL database and stream it into a GCS bucket. You can then use this data in your GCP bucket to train NLP models by pulling the data into tools or services suitable for running NLP processes.

For further processing, if your NLP models are deployed on GCP AI or ML platforms, you can directly consume the data from GCS buckets and run predictions or training as needed.

Note: To run this Pulumi program, you'll need to have Pulumi CLI installed and configured with credentials for your GCP account. And remember that Pulumi programs are executed within the context of a Pulumi project, which provides the Pulumi runtime with metadata about the project.

Please ensure that the credentials used by Pulumi have the necessary permissions to create these resources in Google Cloud. The actual implementation could require additional resources such as permissions, API services enabled on GCP, or specific configurations on your GCS bucket for access and security that are beyond the scope of this example.