Flutter

This SDK can be used for Flutter applications. The source code for the client is available on Github.

Getting Started

The client library is available from the https://pub.dev/packages/flagsmith:

dependencies:
  flagsmith:

Usage

Retrieving feature flags for your project

Sign Up and create an account at https://flagsmith.com/

In your application, initialise the Flagsmith client with your API key:

final flagsmithClient = FlagsmithClient(
        apiKey: 'YOUR_ENV_API_KEY' 
        config: config, 
        seeds: <Flag>[
            Flag.seed('feature', enabled: true),
        ],
    );
await flagsmithClient.getFeatureFlags(reload: true) // fetch updates from api

if you prefer async initialization then you should use

final flagsmithClient = await FlagsmithClient.init(
        apiKey: 'YOUR_ENV_API_KEY',
        config: config, 
        seeds: <Flag>[
            Flag.seed('feature', enabled: true),
        ], 
        update: false,
    );
await flagsmithClient.getFeatureFlags(reload: true) // fetch updates from api

To check if a feature flag exists and is enabled:

bool featureEnabled = await flagsmithClient.hasFeatureFlag("my_test_feature");
if (featureEnabled) {
    // run the code to execute enabled feature
} else {
    // run the code if feature switched off
}

To get the configuration value for a feature flag:

final myRemoteConfig = await flagsmithClient.getFeatureFlagValue("my_test_feature");
if (myRemoteConfig != null) {
    // run the code to use remote config value
} else {
    // run the code without remote config
}

Cached flags

You can use caches instead of async/await

final config = FlagsmithConfig(
    baseURI: 'http://yoururl.com/',
    connectTimeout: 200,
    receiveTimeout: 500,
    sendTimeout: 500,
    storeType = StoreType.inMemory,
    caches: true, // mandatory if you want to use caches
);

final flagsmithClient = await FlagsmithClient.init(
        apiKey: 'YOUR_ENV_API_KEY', 
        config: config, 
        seeds: <Flag>[
            Flag.seed('feature', enabled: true),
        ], 
    );

await flagsmithClient.getFeatureFlags(reload: true); // fetch updates from api
bool isFeatureEnabled = flagsmithClient.hasCachedFeatureFlag('feature');

Identifying users

Identifying users allows you to target specific users from the Flagsmith dashboard.

To check if a feature exists for a given user Identity:

final user = FeatureUser(identifier: 'flagsmith_sample_user');
bool featureEnabled = await flagsmithClient.hasFeatureFlag('my_test_feature', user: user);
if (featureEnabled) {
    // run the code to execute enabled feature for given user
} else {
    // run the code when feature switched off
}

To get the configuration value for a feature flag for given a user Identity:

final myRemoteConfig = await flagsmithClient.getFeatureFlagValue('my_test_feature', user: user);
if (myRemoteConfig != null) {
    // run the code to use remote config value
} else {
    // run the code without remote config
}

To get the user traits for given user Identity:

final userTraits = await flagsmithClient.getTraits(user)
if (userTraits != null && userTraits) {
    // run the code to use user traits
} else {
    // run the code without user traits
}

To get user trait for given user Identity and specific Trait key:

final userTrait = await flagsmithClient.getTrait(user, 'cookies_key');
if (userTrait != null) {
    // run the code to use user trait
} else {
    // run the code without user trait
}

Or get user traits for given user Identity and specific Trait keys:

final userTraits = await flagsmithClient.getTraits(user, keys: ['cookies_key', 'other_trait']);
if (userTraits != null) {
    // run the code to use user traits
} else {
    // run the code without user traits
}

To update a user trait for given user Identity:

final userTrait = await flagsmithClient.getTrait(user, 'cookies_key');
if (userTrait != null) {
    // update value for user trait
    var updatedTrait = userTrait.copyWith(value: 'new value');
    Trait updated = await flagsmithClient.updateTrait(user, updatedTrait);
} else {
    // run the code without user trait
}

Override default configuration

By default, the client uses the default configuration. You can override this configuration as follows:

final flagsmithClient = FlagsmithClient(
      config: FlagsmithConfig(
          baseURI: 'http://yoururl.com/'
      ), apiKey: 'YOUR_ENV_API_KEY');

Override the default configuration with your own:

final flagsmithClient = FlagsmithClient(
      config: FlagsmithConfig(
          baseURI: 'http://yoururl.com/',
          connectTimeout: 200,
          receiveTimeout: 500,
          sendTimeout: 500,
          storeType = StoreType.inMemory,
          caches: true,
      ), apiKey: 'YOUR_ENV_API_KEY');