Feature Flags API (PREMIUM)

Introduced in GitLab Premium 12.5.

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",
      "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.423Z",
      "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.423Z",
      "scopes":[
         {
            "id":82,
            "active":false,
            "environment_scope":"*",
            "strategies":[
               {
                  "name":"default",
                  "parameters":{

                  }
               }
            ],
            "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.425Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.425Z"
         },
         {
            "id":83,
            "active":true,
            "environment_scope":"review/*",
            "strategies":[
               {
                  "name":"default",
                  "parameters":{

                  }
               }
            ],
            "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.427Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.427Z"
         },
         {
            "id":84,
            "active":false,
            "environment_scope":"production",
            "strategies":[
               {
                  "name":"default",
                  "parameters":{

                  }
               }
            ],
            "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.428Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:51.428Z"
         }
      ]
   },
   {
      "name":"new_live_trace",
      "description":"This is a new live trace feature",
      "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.507Z",
      "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.507Z",
      "scopes":[
         {
            "id":79,
            "active":false,
            "environment_scope":"*",
            "strategies":[
               {
                  "name":"default",
                  "parameters":{

                  }
               }
            ],
            "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.516Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.516Z"
         },
         {
            "id":80,
            "active":true,
            "environment_scope":"staging",
            "strategies":[
               {
                  "name":"default",
                  "parameters":{

                  }
               }
            ],
            "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.525Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.525Z"
         },
         {
            "id":81,
            "active":false,
            "environment_scope":"production",
            "strategies":[
               {
                  "name":"default",
                  "parameters":{

                  }
               }
            ],
            "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.527Z",
            "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.527Z"
         }
      ]
   }
]

New 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.
description	string	no	The description of the feature flag.
scopes	JSON	no	The feature flag specs of the feature flag.
scopes:environment_scope	string	no	The environment spec.
scopes:active	boolean	no	Whether the spec is active.
scopes:strategies	JSON	no	The strategies of the feature flag spec.

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",
    "scopes": [{ "environment_scope": "*", "active": false, "strategies": [{ "name": "default", "parameters": {} }] },
               { "environment_scope": "production", "active": true, "strategies": [{ "name": "userWithId", "parameters": { "userIds": "1,2,3" } }] }]
}
EOF

Example response:

{
   "name":"awesome_feature",
   "description":null,
   "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:32:27.288Z",
   "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:32:27.288Z",
   "scopes":[
      {
         "id":85,
         "active":false,
         "environment_scope":"*",
         "strategies":[
            {
               "name":"default",
               "parameters":{

               }
            }
         ],
         "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:32:29.324Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:32:29.324Z"
      },
      {
         "id":86,
         "active":true,
         "environment_scope":"production",
         "strategies":[
            {
               "name":"userWithId",
               "parameters":{
                  "userIds":"1,2,3"
               }
            }
         ],
         "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:32:29.328Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:32:29.328Z"
      }
   ]
}

Single feature flag

Gets a single feature flag.

GET /projects/:id/feature_flags/:name

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.

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

Example response:

{
   "name":"new_live_trace",
   "description":"This is a new live trace feature",
   "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.507Z",
   "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.507Z",
   "scopes":[
      {
         "id":79,
         "active":false,
         "environment_scope":"*",
         "strategies":[
            {
               "name":"default",
               "parameters":{

               }
            }
         ],
         "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.516Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.516Z"
      },
      {
         "id":80,
         "active":true,
         "environment_scope":"staging",
         "strategies":[
            {
               "name":"default",
               "parameters":{

               }
            }
         ],
         "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.525Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.525Z"
      },
      {
         "id":81,
         "active":false,
         "environment_scope":"production",
         "strategies":[
            {
               "name":"default",
               "parameters":{

               }
            }
         ],
         "created_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.527Z",
         "updated_at":"2019-11-04T08:13:10.527Z"
      }
   ]
}

Delete feature flag

Deletes a feature flag.

DELETE /projects/:id/feature_flags/:name

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.

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