gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/features.md
Zeger-Jan van de Weg caca8f34ff
Allow feature gate removal through the API
Features could be listed and added through the api, now also removed.
This was needed in the case of gitlab.com as the number of gates that
were ever used just grows and cleaning up is hard.
2018-04-03 16:39:08 +02:00

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Features flags API

All methods require administrator authorization.

Notice that currently the API only supports boolean and percentage-of-time gate values.

List all features

Get a list of all persisted features, with its gate values.

GET /features
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/features

Example response:

[
  {
    "name": "experimental_feature",
    "state": "off",
    "gates": [
      {
        "key": "boolean",
        "value": false
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "new_library",
    "state": "on",
    "gates": [
      {
        "key": "boolean",
        "value": true
      }
    ]
  }
]

Set or create a feature

Set a feature's gate value. If a feature with the given name doesn't exist yet it will be created. The value can be a boolean, or an integer to indicate percentage of time.

POST /features/:name
Attribute Type Required Description
name string yes Name of the feature to create or update
value integer/string yes true or false to enable/disable, or an integer for percentage of time
feature_group string no A Feature group name
user string no A GitLab username

Note that you can enable or disable a feature for both a feature_group and a user with a single API call.

curl --data "value=30" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/features/new_library

Example response:

{
  "name": "new_library",
  "state": "conditional",
  "gates": [
    {
      "key": "boolean",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "key": "percentage_of_time",
      "value": 30
    }
  ]
}

Delete a feature

Removes a feature gate. Response is equal when the gate exists, or doesn't.

DELETE /features/:name