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flagd/evaluation/v1/evaluation.proto

Flag evaluation API

This proto forms the basis of a flag-evaluation API. It supports single and bulk evaluation RPCs, and flags of various types, as well as establishing a stream for getting notifications about changes in a flag definition. It supports the inclusion of a "context" with each evaluation, which may contain arbitrary attributes relevant to flag evaluation.

AnyFlag

A variant type flag response.

Field Type Label Description
reason string The reason for the given return value, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/specification/types#resolution-details
variant string The variant name of the returned flag value.
bool_value bool
string_value string
double_value double
object_value google.protobuf.Struct

EventStreamRequest

Empty stream request body

EventStreamResponse

Response body for the EventStream stream response

Field Type Label Description
type string String key indicating the type of event that is being received, for example, provider_ready or configuration_change
data google.protobuf.Struct Object structure for use when sending relevant metadata to provide context to the event. Can be left unset when it is not required.

ResolveAllRequest

Request body for bulk flag evaluation, used by the ResolveAll rpc.

Field Type Label Description
context google.protobuf.Struct Object structure describing the EvaluationContext used in the flag evaluation, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/reference/concepts/evaluation-context

ResolveAllResponse

Response body for bulk flag evaluation, used by the ResolveAll rpc.

Field Type Label Description
flags ResolveAllResponse.FlagsEntry repeated Object structure describing the evaluated flags for the provided context.

ResolveAllResponse.FlagsEntry

Field Type Label Description
key string
value AnyFlag

ResolveBooleanRequest

Request body for boolean flag evaluation, used by the ResolveBoolean rpc.

Field Type Label Description
flag_key string Flag key of the requested flag.
context google.protobuf.Struct Object structure describing the EvaluationContext used in the flag evaluation, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/reference/concepts/evaluation-context

ResolveBooleanResponse

Response body for boolean flag evaluation. used by the ResolveBoolean rpc.

Field Type Label Description
value bool The response value of the boolean flag evaluation, will be unset in the case of error.
reason string The reason for the given return value, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/specification/types#resolution-details
variant string The variant name of the returned flag value.
metadata google.protobuf.Struct Metadata for this evaluation

ResolveFloatRequest

Request body for float flag evaluation, used by the ResolveFloat rpc.

Field Type Label Description
flag_key string Flag key of the requested flag.
context google.protobuf.Struct Object structure describing the EvaluationContext used in the flag evaluation, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/reference/concepts/evaluation-context

ResolveFloatResponse

Response body for float flag evaluation. used by the ResolveFloat rpc.

Field Type Label Description
value double The response value of the float flag evaluation, will be empty in the case of error.
reason string The reason for the given return value, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/specification/types#resolution-details
variant string The variant name of the returned flag value.
metadata google.protobuf.Struct Metadata for this evaluation

ResolveIntRequest

Request body for int flag evaluation, used by the ResolveInt rpc.

Field Type Label Description
flag_key string Flag key of the requested flag.
context google.protobuf.Struct Object structure describing the EvaluationContext used in the flag evaluation, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/reference/concepts/evaluation-context

ResolveIntResponse

Response body for int flag evaluation. used by the ResolveInt rpc.

Field Type Label Description
value int64 The response value of the int flag evaluation, will be unset in the case of error.
reason string The reason for the given return value, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/specification/types#resolution-details
variant string The variant name of the returned flag value.
metadata google.protobuf.Struct Metadata for this evaluation

ResolveObjectRequest

Request body for object flag evaluation, used by the ResolveObject rpc.

Field Type Label Description
flag_key string Flag key of the requested flag.
context google.protobuf.Struct Object structure describing the EvaluationContext used in the flag evaluation, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/reference/concepts/evaluation-context

ResolveObjectResponse

Response body for object flag evaluation. used by the ResolveObject rpc.

Field Type Label Description
value google.protobuf.Struct The response value of the object flag evaluation, will be unset in the case of error.

NOTE: This structure will need to be decoded from google/protobuf/struct.proto before it is returned to the SDK | | reason | string | | The reason for the given return value, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/specification/types#resolution-details | | variant | string | | The variant name of the returned flag value. | | metadata | google.protobuf.Struct | | Metadata for this evaluation |

ResolveStringRequest

Request body for string flag evaluation, used by the ResolveString rpc.

Field Type Label Description
flag_key string Flag key of the requested flag.
context google.protobuf.Struct Object structure describing the EvaluationContext used in the flag evaluation, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/reference/concepts/evaluation-context

ResolveStringResponse

Response body for string flag evaluation. used by the ResolveString rpc.

Field Type Label Description
value string The response value of the string flag evaluation, will be unset in the case of error.
reason string The reason for the given return value, see https://openfeature.dev/docs/specification/types#resolution-details
variant string The variant name of the returned flag value.
metadata google.protobuf.Struct Metadata for this evaluation

Service

Service defines the exposed rpcs of flagd

Method Name Request Type Response Type Description
ResolveAll ResolveAllRequest ResolveAllResponse
ResolveBoolean ResolveBooleanRequest ResolveBooleanResponse
ResolveString ResolveStringRequest ResolveStringResponse
ResolveFloat ResolveFloatRequest ResolveFloatResponse
ResolveInt ResolveIntRequest ResolveIntResponse
ResolveObject ResolveObjectRequest ResolveObjectResponse
EventStream EventStreamRequest EventStreamResponse stream

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flagd/sync/v1/sync.proto

Flag definition sync API

This proto defines a simple API to synchronize a feature flag definition. It supports establishing a stream for getting notifications about changes in a flag definition.

FetchAllFlagsRequest

FetchAllFlagsRequest is the request to fetch all flags. Clients send this request as the client in order to resync their internal state

Field Type Label Description
provider_id string Optional: A unique identifier for clients initiating the request. The server implementations may utilize this identifier to uniquely identify, validate(ex:- enforce authentication/authorization) and filter flag configurations that it can expose to this request. This field is intended to be optional. However server implementations may enforce it. ex:- provider_id: flagd-weatherapp-sidecar
selector string Optional: A selector for the flag configuration request. The server implementation may utilize this to select flag configurations from a collection, select the source of the flag or combine this to any desired underlying filtering mechanism. ex:- selector: 'source=database,app=weatherapp'

FetchAllFlagsResponse

FetchAllFlagsResponse is the server response containing feature flag configurations

Field Type Label Description
flag_configuration string flagd feature flag configuration. Must be validated to schema - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-feature/schemas/main/json/flagd-definitions.json

GetMetadataRequest

GetMetadataRequest is the request for retrieving metadata from the sync service

GetMetadataResponse

GetMetadataResponse contains metadata from the sync service

Field Type Label Description
metadata google.protobuf.Struct

SyncFlagsRequest

SyncFlagsRequest is the request initiating the server-streaming rpc. Implementations of Flagd providers and Flagd itself send this request, acting as the client.

Field Type Label Description
provider_id string Optional: A unique identifier for flagd(grpc client) initiating the request. The server implementations may utilize this identifier to uniquely identify, validate(ex:- enforce authentication/authorization) and filter flag configurations that it can expose to this request. This field is intended to be optional. However server implementations may enforce it. ex:- provider_id: flagd-weatherapp-sidecar
selector string Optional: A selector for the flag configuration request. The server implementation may utilize this to select flag configurations from a collection, select the source of the flag or combine this to any desired underlying filtering mechanism. ex:- selector: 'source=database,app=weatherapp'

SyncFlagsResponse

SyncFlagsResponse is the server response containing feature flag configurations and the state

Field Type Label Description
flag_configuration string flagd feature flag configuration. Must be validated to schema - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-feature/schemas/main/json/flagd-definitions.json

FlagSyncService

FlagService implements a server streaming to provide realtime flag configurations

Method Name Request Type Response Type Description
SyncFlags SyncFlagsRequest SyncFlagsResponse stream
FetchAllFlags FetchAllFlagsRequest FetchAllFlagsResponse
GetMetadata GetMetadataRequest GetMetadataResponse

Scalar Value Types

.proto Type Notes C++ Java Python Go C# PHP Ruby
double double double float float64 double float Float
float float float float float32 float float Float
int32 Uses variable-length encoding. Inefficient for encoding negative numbers – if your field is likely to have negative values, use sint32 instead. int32 int int int32 int integer Bignum or Fixnum (as required)
int64 Uses variable-length encoding. Inefficient for encoding negative numbers – if your field is likely to have negative values, use sint64 instead. int64 long int/long int64 long integer/string Bignum
uint32 Uses variable-length encoding. uint32 int int/long uint32 uint integer Bignum or Fixnum (as required)
uint64 Uses variable-length encoding. uint64 long int/long uint64 ulong integer/string Bignum or Fixnum (as required)
sint32 Uses variable-length encoding. Signed int value. These more efficiently encode negative numbers than regular int32s. int32 int int int32 int integer Bignum or Fixnum (as required)
sint64 Uses variable-length encoding. Signed int value. These more efficiently encode negative numbers than regular int64s. int64 long int/long int64 long integer/string Bignum
fixed32 Always four bytes. More efficient than uint32 if values are often greater than 2^28. uint32 int int uint32 uint integer Bignum or Fixnum (as required)
fixed64 Always eight bytes. More efficient than uint64 if values are often greater than 2^56. uint64 long int/long uint64 ulong integer/string Bignum
sfixed32 Always four bytes. int32 int int int32 int integer Bignum or Fixnum (as required)
sfixed64 Always eight bytes. int64 long int/long int64 long integer/string Bignum
bool bool boolean boolean bool bool boolean TrueClass/FalseClass
string A string must always contain UTF-8 encoded or 7-bit ASCII text. string String str/unicode string string string String (UTF-8)
bytes May contain any arbitrary sequence of bytes. string ByteString str []byte ByteString string String (ASCII-8BIT)