Get all feature types
GET /api/admin/feature-types
Retrieves all feature types that exist in this Unleash instance, along with their descriptions and lifetimes.
Request
- 200
- 401
featureTypesSchema
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
- version integer requiredPossible values: [ 1]The schema version used to describe the feature flag types listed in the typesproperty.
- types object[]required- The list of feature flag types. Array [id string required- The identifier of this feature flag type. name string required- The display name of this feature flag type. description string required- A description of what this feature flag type is intended to be used for. lifetimeDays integer nullable required- How many days it takes before a feature flag of this typed is flagged as potentially stale by Unleash. If this value is - null, Unleash will never mark it as potentially stale.]
{
  "version": 1,
  "types": [
    {
      "id": "release",
      "name": "Release",
      "description": "Release feature flags are used to release new features.",
      "lifetimeDays": 40
    },
    {
      "id": "experiment",
      "name": "Experiment",
      "description": "Experiment feature flags are used to test and verify multiple different versions of a feature.",
      "lifetimeDays": 40
    },
    {
      "id": "operational",
      "name": "Operational",
      "description": "Operational feature flags are used to control aspects of a rollout.",
      "lifetimeDays": 7
    },
    {
      "id": "kill-switch",
      "name": "Kill switch",
      "description": "Kill switch feature flags are used to quickly turn on or off critical functionality in your system.",
      "lifetimeDays": null
    },
    {
      "id": "permission",
      "name": "Permission",
      "description": "Permission feature flags are used to control permissions in your system.",
      "lifetimeDays": null
    }
  ]
}
Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API token as the authorization header, e.g. authorization:*.*.my-admin-token.
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
- id stringThe ID of the error instance 
- name stringThe name of the error kind 
- message stringA description of what went wrong. 
{
  "id": "9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008",
  "name": "AuthenticationRequired",
  "message": "You must log in to use Unleash. Your request had no authorization header, so we could not authorize you. Try logging in at /auth/simple/login."
}