Skip to content

Variant routes: create, get, list

The Variant Verbs create, get, list as api.sb routes, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for Variant, one group of Variant routes.

Variant.create

Creates a Variant. Verb page.

Text
POST /{namespace}/variants

Body, as JSON: the inputs. Emits Variant.created.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
keystringrequiredThe name the Flag returns for it.
valuejsonrequiredWhat it changes: copy, behavior, a definition Version, or a Thing.
controlbooleanTrue for the current definition every challenger is judged against.
followsVariantThe Variant it was drafted from by a learn step.
experimentExperimentThe Variants the Experiment can assign, the control among them.

Returns

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
variantVariantrequiredThe Variant.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.None.

Example

Terminal
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"key":"Example key","value":{}}'
JSON
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "variant": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants/variant_nvdfmt7dTw",
    "$type": "Variant",
    "key": "Example key",
    "value": {}
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Variant.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}

Variant.get

Returns one Variant by id. Verb page.

Text
GET /{namespace}/variants/{id}

Path: id. Query: the other inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
idstringrequiredThe id of the Variant.
atstringA time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now.

Returns

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
variantVariantrequiredThe Variant.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.None.

Example

Terminal
curl https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants/variant_nvdfmt7dTw \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
JSON
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Variant",
  "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants/variant_nvdfmt7dTw",
  "variant": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants/variant_nvdfmt7dTw",
    "$type": "Variant",
    "key": "Example key",
    "value": {}
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants/variant_nvdfmt7dTw",
    "up": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants"
  }
}

Variant.list

Returns Variants, newest first, one page at a time. Verb page.

Text
GET /{namespace}/variants

Query: the inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
limitintegerAt most this many records, up to 100. The default is 20.
afterstringThe cursor from the previous page.
wherestringA filter over the properties, such as paidAt = null and total.amount > 500.
sortstringProperties to sort by, comma-separated; a leading minus sorts descending.
totalbooleanTrue adds the match count as meta.total, exact up to 10,000 matches and estimated above.
facetsstringProperties to count by value, comma-separated, returned as meta.facets.
fieldsstringProperties to return on each record, comma-separated; $id and $type always return.
includestringRelated records to embed in place of their URLs, comma-separated.
depthintegerHow many levels of related records to embed. The default is 1.
qstringWords to match across the text properties, ranked by relevance.
matchstringRanks the search by words, or meaning; words is the default.

Returns

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
variantslist of VariantrequiredOne page of Variants.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.None.

Example

Terminal
curl "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants?limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
JSON
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Variant",
  "variants": [
    {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants/variant_nvdfmt7dTw",
      "$type": "Variant",
      "key": "Example key",
      "value": {}
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "limit": 20,
    "after": "variant_nvdfmt7dTw"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants?limit=20",
    "next": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/variants?after=variant_nvdfmt7dTw"
  }
}