OpenFeature Gleam SDK

OpenFeature is an open specification that provides a vendor-agnostic, community-driven API for feature flagging that works with your favorite feature flag management tool.

This repository contains the unofficial SDK implementation of the specification for the Gleam programming language.

🚀 Quick start

Requirements

• Gleam 1+

Install

gleam add openfeature

Usage

import gleam/bool
import gleam/dict
import gleam/dynamic
import gleam/io
import gleam/option.{None}
import openfeature/api as openfeature
import openfeature/client
import openfeature/evaluation.{type ResolutionDetails}
import openfeature/evaluation_context
import openfeature/providers/in_memory

pub fn main() {
  // flags defined in memory
  let v2_flag =
    in_memory.Flag(
      default_variant: "off",
      variants: dict.from_list([
        #("off", dynamic.from(False)),
        #("on", dynamic.from(True)),
      ]),
      context_evaluator: None,
    )
  let flags = dict.from_list([#("v2_enabled", v2_flag)])

  // configure a provider
  let _ = openfeature.set_provider(in_memory.provider(flags))

  // get a bool flag value
  let flag_value =
    openfeature.get_client()
    |> client.get_bool_value("v2_enabled", False, evaluation_context.empty())

  // use the returned flag value
  io.println("`v2_enabled` evaluated to: " <> bool.to_string(flag_value))
}

Further documentation can be found at https://hexdocs.pm/openfeature.

🌟 Features

_{Implemented: ✅ | In-progress: ⚠️ | Not implemented yet: ❌}

Providers

Providers are an abstraction between a flag management system and the OpenFeature SDK. Look here for a complete list of available providers. If the provider you’re looking for hasn’t been created yet, see the develop a provider section to learn how to build it yourself.

Once you’ve added a provider as a dependency, it can be registered with OpenFeature like this:

import openfeature/api as openfeature

openfeature.set_provider(my_provider())

In some situations, it may be beneficial to register multiple providers in the same application. This is possible using domains, which is covered in more details below.

Targeting

Sometimes, the value of a flag must consider some dynamic criteria about the application or user, such as the user’s location, IP, email address, or the server’s location. In OpenFeature, we refer to this as targeting. If the flag management system you’re using supports targeting, you can provide the input data using the evaluation context.

import gleam/dynamic
import gleam/option.{None}
import openfeature/api as openfeature
import openfeature/client
import openfeature/evaluation_context.{EvaluationContext}

// set the global evaluation context
openfeature.set_context(
  evaluation_context.targetless([
    #("region", dynamic.from("us-east-1-iah-1a")),
  ])
)

// set the client evaluation context
let my_app_client =
  openfeature.get_domain_client("my-app")
  |> client.set_context(
    evaluation_context.targetless([
      #("version",  dynamic.from("1.4.6")),
    ])
  )

// set the invocation context
client.resolve_bool_evaluation(
  my_app_client,
  "bool-flag",
  False,
  evaluation_context.targeted(
    "userId:1234",
    [#("company", dynamic.from("Wise"))]
  ),
)

Hooks

TODO

Logging

TODO

Domains

Clients can be assigned to a domain. A domain is a logical identifier which can be used to associate clients with a particular provider. If a domain has no associated provider, the default provider is used.

import openfeature/api as openfeature

// registering the default provider
openfeature.set_provider(local_provider())
// registering a domain provider
openfeature.set_domain_provider("cached-domain", cached_provider())

// a client bound to the default provider
openfeature.get_client()
// a client bound to the cached provider
openfeature.get_domain_client("cached-domain")

Eventing

TODO

Shutdown

The OpenFeature API provides a close function to perform a cleanup of all registered providers. This should only be called when your application is in the process of shutting down.

import openfeature/api as openfeature

openfeature.shutdown()

Extending

Develop a provider

TODO

Develop a hook

TODO