Code references

Code references is an Enterprise feature

Code references is available to customers on an Enterprise plan. To learn more, read about our pricing. To upgrade your plan, contact Sales.

Use ld-find-code-refs

LaunchDarkly provides the ld-find-code-refs utility that creates repository connections, generates code reference data, and creates calls to the code references API. Most customers do not need to call this API directly.

The code references API provides access to all resources related to each connected repository, and associated feature flag code reference data for all branches. To learn more, read Code references.

List extinctions

Get a list of all extinctions. LaunchDarkly creates an extinction event after you remove all code references to a flag. To learn more, read Understanding extinction events.

Request
query Parameters
repoName
string <string>

Filter results to a specific repository

branchName
string <string>

Filter results to a specific branch. By default, only the default branch will be queried for extinctions.

projKey
string <string>

Filter results to a specific project

flagKey
string <string>

Filter results to a specific flag key

from
integer <int64>

Filter results to a specific timeframe based on commit time, expressed as a Unix epoch time in milliseconds. Must be used with to.

to
integer <int64>

Filter results to a specific timeframe based on commit time, expressed as a Unix epoch time in milliseconds. Must be used with from.

Responses
200

Extinction collection response

401

Invalid access token

403

Forbidden

429

Rate limited

get/api/v2/code-refs/extinctions
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "_links": {
    },
  • "items": {
    }
}
List repositories
Get a list of connected repositories. Optionally, you can include branch metadata with the withBranches query parameter. Embed references for the default branch with ReferencesForDefaultBranch. You can also filter the list of code references by project key and flag key.


Request 
query Parameters
withBranches
string <string> 
If set to any value, the endpoint returns repositories with associated branch data


 
withReferencesForDefaultBranch
string <string> 
If set to any value, the endpoint returns repositories with associated branch data, as well as code references for the default git branch


 
projKey
string <string> 
A LaunchDarkly project key. If provided, this filters code reference results to the specified project.


 
flagKey
string <string> 
If set to any value, the endpoint returns repositories with associated branch data, as well as code references for the default git branch


 
Responses 
200
Repository collection response


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


429
Rate limited


get/api/v2/code-refs/repositories
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "_links": {
    },
  • "items": [
    ]
}
Create repository
Create a repository with the specified name.


Request 
Request Body schema: application/json
required
name
required
string
The repository name


 
sourceLink
string
A URL to access the repository


 
commitUrlTemplate
string
A template for constructing a valid URL to view the commit


 
hunkUrlTemplate
string
A template for constructing a valid URL to view the hunk


 
type
string
The type of repository. If not specified, the default value is custom.


 Enum: "bitbucket" "custom" "github" "gitlab"  
defaultBranch
string
The repository's default branch. If not specified, the default value is main.


 
Responses 
200
Repository response


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


409
Status conflict


429
Rate limited


post/api/v2/code-refs/repositories
Request samples 
application/json
{}
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "name": "LaunchDarkly-Docs",
  • "sourceLink": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs",
  • "commitUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/commit/${sha}",
  • "hunkUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/blob/${sha}/${filePath}#L${lineNumber}",
  • "type": "github",
  • "defaultBranch": "main",
  • "enabled": true,
  • "version": 3,
  • "branches": [
    ],
  • "_links": {
    },
  • "_access": {
    }
}
Get repository
Get a single repository by name.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name


 
Responses 
200
Repository response


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


get/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "name": "LaunchDarkly-Docs",
  • "sourceLink": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs",
  • "commitUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/commit/${sha}",
  • "hunkUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/blob/${sha}/${filePath}#L${lineNumber}",
  • "type": "github",
  • "defaultBranch": "main",
  • "enabled": true,
  • "version": 3,
  • "branches": [
    ],
  • "_links": {
    },
  • "_access": {
    }
}
Update repository
Update a repository's settings. Updating repository settings uses a JSON patch or JSON merge patch representation of the desired changes. To learn more, read Updates.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name


 
Request Body schema: application/json
required
 Array 
op
required
string
The type of operation to perform


 
path
required
string
A JSON Pointer string specifying the part of the document to operate on


 
value
required
any
A JSON value used in "add", "replace", and "test" operations


 
Responses 
200
Repository response


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


patch/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}
Request samples 
application/json
[
  • {
    }
]
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "name": "LaunchDarkly-Docs",
  • "sourceLink": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs",
  • "commitUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/commit/${sha}",
  • "hunkUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/blob/${sha}/${filePath}#L${lineNumber}",
  • "type": "github",
  • "defaultBranch": "main",
  • "enabled": true,
  • "version": 3,
  • "branches": [
    ],
  • "_links": {
    },
  • "_access": {
    }
}
Delete repository
Delete a repository with the specified name.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name


 
Responses 
204
Action succeeded


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


delete/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "code": "invalid_request",
  • "message": "Invalid request body"
}
Delete branches
Asynchronously delete a number of branches.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name to delete branches for.


 
Request Body schema: application/json
required
 Array 
string
 
Responses 
200
Action succeeded


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


post/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}/branch-delete-tasks
Request samples 
application/json
[
  • "branch-to-be-deleted",
  • "another-branch-to-be-deleted"
]
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "code": "invalid_request",
  • "message": "Invalid request body"
}
List branches
Get a list of branches.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name


 
Responses 
200
Branch collection response


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


get/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}/branches
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "_links": {
    },
  • "items": [
    ]
}
Get branch
Get a specific branch in a repository.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name


 
branch
required
string <string> 
The url-encoded branch name


 
query Parameters
projKey
string <string> 
Filter results to a specific project


 
flagKey
string <string> 
Filter results to a specific flag key


 
Responses 
200
Branch response


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


get/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}/branches/{branch}
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "name": "main",
  • "head": "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3",
  • "updateSequenceId": 25,
  • "syncTime": 0,
  • "references": [
    ],
  • "_links": {
    }
}
Upsert branch
Create a new branch if it doesn't exist, or update the branch if it already exists.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name


 
branch
required
string <string> 
The URL-encoded branch name


 
Request Body schema: application/json
required
name
required
string
The branch name


 
head
required
string
An ID representing the branch HEAD. For example, a commit SHA.


 
updateSequenceId
integer <int64> 
An optional ID used to prevent older data from overwriting newer data. If no sequence ID is included, the newly submitted data will always be saved.


 
syncTime
required
integer <int64>  (UnixMillis) 
 
Array of objects (ReferenceRep) 
An array of flag references found on the branch


 
commitTime
integer <int64>  (UnixMillis) 
 
Responses 
200
Action succeeded


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


409
Status conflict


429
Rate limited


put/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}/branches/{branch}
Request samples 
application/json
{
  • "name": "main",
  • "head": "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3",
  • "updateSequenceId": 25,
  • "syncTime": 0,
  • "references": [
    ],
  • "commitTime": 0
}
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "code": "invalid_request",
  • "message": "Invalid request body"
}
Create extinction
Create a new extinction.


Request 
path Parameters
repo
required
string <string> 
The repository name


 
branch
required
string <string> 
The URL-encoded branch name


 
Request Body schema: application/json
required
 Array 
revision
required
string
The identifier for the revision where flag became extinct. For example, a commit SHA.


 
message
required
string
Description of the extinction. For example, the commit message for the revision.


 
time
required
integer <int64>  (UnixMillis) 
 
flagKey
required
string
The feature flag key


 
projKey
required
string
The project key


 
Responses 
200
Action succeeded


400
Invalid request


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


post/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/{repo}/branches/{branch}/extinction-events
Request samples 
application/json
[
  • {
    }
]
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "code": "invalid_request",
  • "message": "Invalid request body"
}
Get links to code reference repositories for each project
Get links for all projects that have code references.


Responses 
200
Statistic root response


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


get/api/v2/code-refs/statistics
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "projects": [
    ],
  • "self": {
    }
}
Get code references statistics for flags
Get statistics about all the code references across repositories for all flags in your project that have code references in the default branch, for example, main. Optionally, you can include the flagKey query parameter to limit your request to statistics about code references for a single flag. This endpoint returns the number of references to your flag keys in your repositories, as well as a link to each repository.


Request 
path Parameters
projectKey
required
string <string> 
The project key


 
query Parameters
flagKey
string <string> 
Filter results to a specific flag key


 
Responses 
200
Statistic collection response


401
Invalid access token


403
Forbidden


404
Invalid resource identifier


429
Rate limited


get/api/v2/code-refs/statistics/{projectKey}
Request samples 
Response samples 
application/json
{
  • "flags": {
    },
  • "_links": {
    }
}
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