Types introspection

Types introspection allows you to retrieve the list of all flags and their variations, as well as the list of all context properties. This endpoint is used by the Tggl CLI to generate the TypeScript types but can be used for other purposes you might have.

The GET/typing endpoint returns a JSON object like the following:

{
  "flags": {
    "flag_a": [
      "A",
      "B"
    ],
    "flag_b": [
      null
    ]
  },
  "context": {
    "timestamp": {
      "type": "DATE",
      "hidden": false
    },
    "userId": {
      "type": "STRING",
      "hidden": true
    },
    "environment": {
      "type": "SELECT",
      "hidden": false,
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "development"
        },
        {
          "value": "staging"
        },
        {
          "value": "production"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Flags and variations

In the example above, flag flag_a can have either values A or B when active, and flag flag_b has a value of null when active.

The value of each flag is an array of all active variation values the flag has, they can be any JSON value including arrays and objects.

Context properties

Context properties are listed with their type. Each type is represented by a JSON value in the context, for instance the VERSION type is represented by a string, the DATE type is represented by a number or a string, etc. Some types have additional options like the SELECT type which has a list of possible values.

In addition to the type, each property has a hidden boolean property which indicates whether the property has been hidden or not from the dashboard.

Command line interface

You can use the Tggl CLI to generate the TypeScript types for your flags and context.

# Install the CLI once
npm i --save-dev tggl-cli
 
# Generate the types every time that it is needed
tggl typing -k <SERVER_API_KEY> -o src/tggl.d.ts
 
# Drop the -k option if you have the TGGL_API_KEY environment variable set
tggl typing -o src/tggl.d.ts

Specifying an output file using the -o option that ends with *.d.ts will generate a TypeScript declaration file for the Node.js SDK.

If you decide not to use the SDK you can specify a simple *.ts file to only generate the interfaces.