debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/api/feature_flags.md

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Feature Flags API (PREMIUM)

Introduced in GitLab Premium 12.5.

NOTE: Note: This API is behind a feature flag. If this flag is not enabled in your environment, you can use the legacy feature flags API.

API for accessing resources of GitLab Feature Flags.

Users with Developer or higher permissions can access Feature Flag API.

Feature Flags pagination

By default, GET requests return 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

List feature flags for a project

Gets all feature flags of the requested project.

GET /projects/:id/feature_flags

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
scope	string	no	The condition of feature flags, one of: enabled, disabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/feature_flags"

Example response:

[
   {
      "name":"merge_train",
      "description":"This feature is about merge train",
      "active": true,
      "version": "new_version_flag",
      "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.423Z",
      "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.423Z",
      "scopes":[],
      "strategies": [
        {
          "id": 1,
          "name": "userWithId",
          "parameters": {
            "userIds": "user1"
          },
          "scopes": [
            {
              "id": 1,
              "environment_scope": "production"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
   },
   {
      "name":"new_live_trace",
      "description":"This is a new live trace feature",
      "active": true,
      "version": "new_version_flag",
      "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.507Z",
      "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.507Z",
      "scopes":[]
      "strategies": [
        {
          "id": 2,
          "name": "default",
          "parameters": {},
          "scopes": [
            {
              "id": 2,
              "environment_scope": "staging"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
   }
]

Get a single feature flag

Gets a single feature flag.

GET /projects/:id/feature_flags/:feature_flag_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
feature_flag_name	string	yes	The name of the feature flag.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/feature_flags/awesome_feature

Example response:

{
  "name": "awesome_feature",
  "description": null,
  "active": true,
  "version": "new_version_flag",
  "created_at": "2020-05-13T19:56:33.119Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-05-13T19:56:33.119Z",
  "scopes": [],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "id": 36,
      "name": "default",
      "parameters": {},
      "scopes": [
        {
          "id": 37,
          "environment_scope": "production"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Create a feature flag

Creates a new feature flag.

POST /projects/:id/feature_flags

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
name	string	yes	The name of the feature flag.
version	string	yes	The version of the feature flag. Must be new_version_flag. Omit or set to legacy_flag to create a Legacy Feature Flag.
description	string	no	The description of the feature flag.
active	boolean	no	The active state of the flag. Defaults to true. Supported in GitLab 13.3 and later.
strategies	JSON	no	The feature flag strategies.
strategies:name	JSON	no	The strategy name.
strategies:parameters	JSON	no	The strategy parameters.
strategies:scopes	JSON	no	The scopes for the strategy.
strategies:scopes:environment_scope	string	no	The environment spec for the scope.

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/feature_flags" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --header "Content-type: application/json" \
     --data @- << EOF
{
  "name": "awesome_feature",
  "version": "new_version_flag",
  "strategies": [{ "name": "default", "parameters": {}, "scopes": [{ "environment_scope": "production" }] }]
}
EOF

Example response:

{
  "name": "awesome_feature",
  "description": null,
  "active": true,
  "version": "new_version_flag",
  "created_at": "2020-05-13T19:56:33.119Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-05-13T19:56:33.119Z",
  "scopes": [],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "id": 36,
      "name": "default",
      "parameters": {},
      "scopes": [
        {
          "id": 37,
          "environment_scope": "production"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Update a feature flag

Updates a feature flag.

PUT /projects/:id/feature_flags/:feature_flag_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
feature_flag_name	string	yes	The current name of the feature flag.
description	string	no	The description of the feature flag.
active	boolean	no	The active state of the flag. Supported in GitLab 13.3 and later.
name	string	no	The new name of the feature flag. Supported in GitLab 13.3 and later.
strategies	JSON	no	The feature flag strategies.
strategies:id	JSON	no	The feature flag strategy id.
strategies:name	JSON	no	The strategy name.
strategies:parameters	JSON	no	The strategy parameters.
strategies:scopes	JSON	no	The scopes for the strategy.
strategies:scopes:id	JSON	no	The scopes id.
strategies:scopes:environment_scope	string	no	The environment spec for the scope.

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/feature_flags/awesome_feature" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --header "Content-type: application/json" \
     --data @- << EOF
{
  "strategies": [{ "name": "gradualRolloutUserId", "parameters": { "groupId": "default", "percentage": "25" }, "scopes": [{ "environment_scope": "staging" }] }]
}
EOF

Example response:

{
  "name": "awesome_feature",
  "description": null,
  "active": true,
  "version": "new_version_flag",
  "created_at": "2020-05-13T20:10:32.891Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-05-13T20:10:32.891Z",
  "scopes": [],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "id": 38,
      "name": "gradualRolloutUserId",
      "parameters": {
        "groupId": "default",
        "percentage": "25"
      },
      "scopes": [
        {
          "id": 40,
          "environment_scope": "staging"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 37,
      "name": "default",
      "parameters": {},
      "scopes": [
        {
          "id": 39,
          "environment_scope": "production"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Delete a feature flag

Deletes a feature flag.

DELETE /projects/:id/feature_flags/:feature_flag_name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
feature_flag_name	string	yes	The name of the feature flag.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --request DELETE "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/feature_flags/awesome_feature"