PostHog.FeatureFlags (posthog v2.0.0)
View SourceConvenience functions to work with Feature Flags API
Summary
Functions
@spec check( PostHog.supervisor_name(), String.t(), PostHog.distinct_id() | map() | nil ) :: {:ok, boolean()} | {:ok, String.t()} | {:error, Exception.t()}
Checks feature flag
If there is a variant assigned, returns {:ok, variant}
. Otherwise, {:ok, true}
or {:ok, false}
.
Accepts an optional distinct_id
or a map with request body. If neither is
passed, attempts to read distinct_id
from the context.
This function will also
send
$feature_flag_called
event and
set
$feature/feature-flag-name
property in context.
Examples
Check boolean feature flag for distinct_id
:
iex> PostHog.FeatureFlags.check("example-feature-flag-1", "user123")
{:ok, true}
Check multivariant feature flag for distinct_id
in the current context:
iex> PostHog.set_context(%{distinct_id: "user123"})
iex> PostHog.FeatureFlags.check("example-feature-flag-1")
{:ok, "variant1"}
Check boolean feature flag through a named PostHog instance:
PostHog.check(MyPostHog, "example-feature-flag-1", "user123")
@spec check!( PostHog.supervisor_name(), String.t(), PostHog.distinct_id() | map() | nil ) :: boolean() | String.t() | no_return()
Checks feature flag and returns the variant or raises on error.
This is a wrapper around check/3
that returns the variant directly
or raises an exception on error. This follows the Elixir convention where
functions ending with !
raise exceptions instead of returning error tuples.
Warning: Use this function with care as it will raise an error if the feature flag is not found or if there are any API errors. For more resilient code, use
check/3
which returns{:error, reason}
instead of raising.
Examples
Check feature flag and get the variant:
iex> PostHog.FeatureFlags.check!("example-feature-flag-1", "user123")
true
Check multivariant feature flag for distinct_id in current context:
iex> PostHog.set_context(%{distinct_id: "user123"})
iex> PostHog.FeatureFlags.check!("example-feature-flag-1")
"variant1"
Check feature flag through a named PostHog instance:
iex> PostHog.FeatureFlags.check!(MyPostHog, "example-feature-flag-1", "user123")
false
Raises an error when feature flag is not found:
iex> PostHog.FeatureFlags.check!("example-feature-flag-3", "user123")
** (PostHog.UnexpectedResponseError) Feature flag example-feature-flag-3 was not found in the response
@spec flags(PostHog.supervisor_name(), map()) :: PostHog.API.Client.response() | {:error, PostHog.Error.t()}
Make request to /flags
API.
This function is a thin wrapper over a client call and is useful as a building
block to build your own check/3
. For example, this is a preferred
way to access remote config payload.
Examples
Make request to /flags
API:
PostHog.FeatureFlags.flags(%{distinct_id: "user123"})
Make request to /flags
API with additional body params:
PostHog.FeatureFlags.flags(%{distinct_id: "my_distinct_id", groups: %{group_type: "group_id"}})
Make request to /flags
API through a named PostHog instance:
PostHog.FeatureFlags.flags(MyPostHog, %{distinct_id: "user123"})
@spec flags_for(PostHog.supervisor_name(), PostHog.distinct_id() | map() | nil) :: {:ok, map()} | {:error, Exception.t()}
Get all feature flags.
Accepts an optional distinct_id
or a map with request body. If neither is
passed, attempts to read distinct_id
from the context.
Examples
Get all feature flags:
PostHog.FeatureFlags.flags_for("user123")
Get all feature flags with full request body:
PostHog.FeatureFlags.flags_for(%{distinct_id: "user123", group: %{group_type: "group_id"}})
Get all feature flags for distinct_id
from the context:
PostHog.set_context(%{distinct_id: "user123"})
PostHog.FeatureFlags.flags_for()
Get all feature flags through a named PostHog instance:
PostHog.FeatureFlags.flags_for(MyPostHog, "foo")