Create or update a feature flag

POST

/api/v4/features/{name}

• GitLab REST API

Creates or updates a feature flag value. If a feature with the given name doesn’t exist yet, the operation creates one. The value can be a boolean or an integer to indicate percentage of time.

Authorizations

• http
• oauth2

Parameters

Path Parameters

name

required

string

The name of the feature flag

Request Body ^required

Media type application/json

object

value

required

One of:

string

string

nullable

integer

integer

nullable

key

percentage_of_actors or percentage_of_time (default)

string

nullable

feature_group

A Feature group name

string

nullable

user

A GitLab username or comma-separated multiple usernames

string

nullable

group

A GitLab group’s path, for example gitlab-org, or comma-separated multiple group paths

string

nullable

namespace

A GitLab group or user namespace’s path, for example john-doe, or comma-separated multiple namespace paths. Introduced in GitLab 15.0.

string

nullable

project

A projects path, for example gitlab-org/gitlab-foss, or comma-separated multiple project paths

string

nullable

organization

An organization ID or path, for example 1 or default, or comma-separated multiple organization IDs or paths

string

nullable

repository

A repository path, for example gitlab-org/gitlab-test.git, gitlab-org/gitlab-test.wiki.git, snippets/21.git, to name a few. Use comma to separate multiple repository paths

string

nullable

runner

A runner ID, or comma-separated list of runner IDs

string

nullable

endpoint

A caller_id identifying a code path, for example GET /api/v4/projects/:id or ProjectsController#show. Use comma to separate multiple endpoint paths

string

nullable

force

Skip feature flag validation checks, such as a YAML definition

boolean

nullable

Example ^generated

{
  "value": "example",
  "key": "example",
  "feature_group": "example",
  "user": "example",
  "group": "example",
  "namespace": "example",
  "project": "example",
  "organization": "example",
  "repository": "example",
  "runner": "example",
  "endpoint": "example",
  "force": true
}

Responses

201

Created

Media type application/json

object

name

string

state

string

gates

object

key

string

value

integer

definition

object

name

string

feature_issue_url

string

introduced_by_url

string

rollout_issue_url

string

milestone

string

log_state_changes

boolean

type

string

group

string

default_enabled

boolean

intended_to_rollout_by

string

Example

{
  "name": "experimental_feature",
  "state": "off",
  "gates": {
    "key": "percentage_of_actors",
    "value": 34
  }
}

400

Bad request

401

Unauthorized

403

Forbidden

404

Not Found