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
```
```bash
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/features
```
Example response:
```json
[
{
"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.
```bash
curl --data "value=30" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/features/new_library
```
Example response:
```json
{
"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
```