Variant commands: update, delete

Reference for Variant, one group of Variant commands.

Variant.update

Changes the given properties of a Variant. Verb page.

Text

npx startup-builder do Variant.update --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]

Emits Variant.updated.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`id`	`string`	required	The id of the Variant.
`key`	`string`		The name the Flag returns for it.
`value`	`json`		What it changes: copy, behavior, a definition Version, or a Thing.
`control`	`boolean`		True for the current definition every challenger is judged against.
`follows`	Variant		The Variant it was drafted from by a learn step.

Returns

Output	Type	Required	Description
`variant`	Variant	required	The Variant.

Refuses when

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	None.

Example

Terminal

npx startup-builder do Variant.update --json '{"id":"variant_nvdfmt7dTw","value":{}}'

Deletes a Variant: a soft delete that keeps its history, undone by Thing.restore. Verb page.