GrowthBook Code References API
Intended for use with our code reference CI utility, [`gb-find-code-refs`](https://github.com/growthbook/gb-find-code-refs).
Intended for use with our code reference CI utility, [`gb-find-code-refs`](https://github.com/growthbook/gb-find-code-refs).
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
version: 5.1.0
title: GrowthBook REST Code References API
description: 'GrowthBook offers a full REST API for interacting with the application. Request data can use either JSON or Form data encoding (with proper `Content-Type` headers). All response bodies are JSON-encoded. The API base URL for GrowthBook Cloud is `https://api.growthbook.io/api`. For self-hosted deployments, it is the same as your API_HOST environment variable (defaults to `http://localhost:3100/api`). The rest of these docs will assume you are using GrowthBook Cloud. ## Versioning
Endpoints are versioned by path prefix:
- `/v1/...` — stable, widely-supported endpoints
- `/v2/...` — updated endpoints with improved shapes (e.g. unified per-rule environment scope for feature flags)
New integrations should prefer v2 where available. Feature-flag and metric v1 routes are deprecated: they are tagged **LEGACY** in the sidebar and collapsed by default. Use the matching v2 group when both exist. ## Authentication
We support both the HTTP Basic and Bearer authentication schemes for convenience. You first need to generate a new API Key in GrowthBook. Different keys have different permissions:
- **Personal Access Tokens**: These are sensitive and provide the same level of access as the user has to an organization, or less if the token''s permissions are limited. These can be created by going to `Personal Access Tokens` under your user menu. Members with the API Keys **Manage members'' tokens** permission can disable a member''s token under `Settings -> Manage PATs`, and admins can require new tokens to expire within a maximum lifetime. - **Secret Keys**: These are sensitive and provide the level of access of the role they are given, which can be any built-in or custom role, with optional per-project role overrides and environment limits. Managing Secret Keys on behalf of an organization takes the API Keys permissions. These can be created by going to `Settings -> API Keys`, where Admins can also require new Secret Keys to expire within a maximum lifetime. If using HTTP Basic auth, pass the Secret Key as the username and leave the password blank (when using curl, add `:` at the end of the secret to indicate an empty password)
```bash
curl https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/features \
-u secret_abc123DEF456:
```
If using Bearer auth, pass the Secret Key as the token:
```bash
curl https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/features \
-H "Authorization: Bearer secret_abc123DEF456"
```
If a key has an expiration date, every response includes it in the `X-GrowthBook-Key-Expires-At` header (ISO 8601), so scripts can warn before the key stops working. Requests made with an expired key fail with a `401` that says where to create a replacement. See Expiration for choosing a key''s expiration, the warnings before it lapses, and the organization policies. ## Naming who asked
Requests made with a Secret Key may add an `X-GrowthBook-Requested-By` header naming the organization member who asked for the change, as a user id or an email address. History, revision logs and webhooks show that member next to the key. Each key''s settings under `Settings -> API Keys`:
- **Header**: **Optional** (the default) uses the header when it''s sent, **Required** rejects requests without it, and **Rejected** rejects requests that send it, each with a 400. - **Permissions**, when a member is named:
- **Assume member''s role** (the default): the request acts as that member, with only what both the key and the member can do, so the header can narrow a key but never widen it. Drafts, owners, `mine` filters and reviews are the member''s. The member''s rights over their own drafts, comments and verdicts apply only where the key''s own role allows the same action. - **Use key''s role**: the key acts as itself, with its own permissions, and the name is only recorded in history. Drafts, verdicts and ownership are the key''s, as when no member is named.'
servers:
- url: https://api.growthbook.io/api
description: GrowthBook Cloud
- url: https://{domain}/api
description: Self-hosted GrowthBook
variables:
domain:
default: localhost:3100
description: Your self-hosted GrowthBook host (and port)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Code References
x-displayName: Code References
description: Intended for use with our code reference CI utility, `gb-find-code-refs`.
paths:
/v1/code-refs:
post:
operationId: postCodeRefs
summary: Submit list of code references
tags:
- Code References
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/deleteMissing'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
branch:
type: string
repoName:
type: string
refs:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
filePath:
type: string
startingLineNumber:
type: integer
lines:
type: string
flagKey:
type: string
contentHash:
type: string
required:
- filePath
- startingLineNumber
- lines
- flagKey
- contentHash
additionalProperties: false
required:
- branch
- repoName
- refs
additionalProperties: false
responses:
'200':
description: Resource created
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
featuresUpdated:
type: array
items:
type: string
additionalProperties: false
'202':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ConfirmationHeld'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
source: "curl -X POST 'https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/code-refs' \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \\\n -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n -d '{\"branch\":\"main\",\"repoName\":\"my-repo\",\"refs\":[{\"filePath\":\"src/app.ts\",\"startingLineNumber\":16,\"lines\":\"...\",\"flagKey\":\"my-feature\",\"contentHash\":\"abc123\"}]}'"
get:
operationId: listCodeRefs
summary: Get list of all code references for the current organization
tags:
- Code References
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- type: object
properties:
codeRefs:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CodeRef'
required:
- codeRefs
additionalProperties: false
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationFields'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
source: "curl -X GET 'https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/code-refs' \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'"
/v1/code-refs/{id}:
get:
operationId: getCodeRefs
summary: Get list of code references for a single feature id
tags:
- Code References
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
codeRefs:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CodeRef'
required:
- codeRefs
additionalProperties: false
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
source: "curl -X GET 'https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/code-refs/abc123' \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'"
components:
schemas:
PaginationFields:
type: object
properties:
limit:
type: integer
offset:
type: integer
count:
type: integer
total:
type: integer
hasMore:
type: boolean
nextOffset:
anyOf:
- type: integer
- type: 'null'
required:
- limit
- offset
- count
- total
- hasMore
- nextOffset
additionalProperties: false
CodeRef:
type: object
properties:
organization:
description: The organization name
type: string
dateUpdated:
format: date-time
description: When the code references were last updated
type: string
feature:
description: Feature identifier
type: string
repo:
description: Repository name
type: string
branch:
description: Branch name
type: string
platform:
description: Source control platform
type: string
enum:
- github
- gitlab
- bitbucket
refs:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
filePath:
description: Path to the file containing the reference
type: string
startingLineNumber:
description: Line number where the reference starts
type: integer
lines:
description: The code lines containing the reference
type: string
flagKey:
description: The feature flag key referenced
type: string
required:
- filePath
- startingLineNumber
- lines
- flagKey
additionalProperties: false
required:
- organization
- dateUpdated
- feature
- repo
- branch
- refs
additionalProperties: false
Confirmation:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
status:
type: string
enum:
- pending
- running
- completed
- rejected
- expired
actions:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
action:
type: string
enum:
- feature.create
- feature.draft
- feature.review
- feature.publish
- feature.archive
- feature.delete
- feature.other
- experiment.create
- experiment.draft
- experiment.start
- experiment.stop
- experiment.targeting
- experiment.traffic
- experiment.phases
- experiment.visualEditor
- experiment.other
- savedGroup.create
- savedGroup.draft
- savedGroup.review
- savedGroup.publish
- savedGroup.archive
- savedGroup.delete
- savedGroup.other
- constant.create
- constant.draft
- constant.review
- constant.publish
- constant.archive
- constant.delete
- constant.other
- config.create
- config.draft
- config.review
- config.publish
- config.archive
- config.delete
- config.other
- rampSchedule.create
- rampSchedule.start
- rampSchedule.pause
- rampSchedule.progression
- rampSchedule.approve
- rampSchedule.edit
- rampSchedule.delete
- rampSchedule.other
- settings.approvals
- settings.other
- access.members
- access.teams
- customHook.create
- customHook.edit
- customHook.delete
- environment.create
- environment.edit
- environment.delete
- project.create
- project.edit
- project.delete
- attribute.create
- attribute.edit
- attribute.delete
- customField.create
- customField.edit
- customField.delete
- sdkConnection.create
- sdkConnection.edit
- sdkConnection.delete
- metric.create
- metric.edit
- metric.delete
- factTable.create
- factTable.edit
- factTable.delete
- segment.create
- segment.edit
- segment.delete
- dimension.create
- dimension.edit
- dimension.delete
- override.ignoreWarnings
- override.skipSchemaValidation
- override.skipHooks
- override.bypassApproval
- override.restBypassesReviews
- override.draftLimit
- override.skipChecklist
- override.bypassDuplicateKeyCheck
- other.write
environments:
type: array
items:
type: string
required:
- action
- environments
additionalProperties: false
summary:
type: string
url:
type: string
expiresAt:
type: string
response:
anyOf:
- type: object
properties:
status:
type: number
body: {}
required:
- status
- body
additionalProperties: false
- type: 'null'
note:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
required:
- id
- status
- actions
- summary
- url
- expiresAt
- response
- note
additionalProperties: false
ConfirmationHeld:
type: object
properties:
confirmation:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Confirmation'
message:
type: string
required:
- confirmation
- message
additionalProperties: false
$defs:
Confirmation:
id: Confirmation
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
status:
type: string
enum:
- pending
- running
- completed
- rejected
- expired
actions:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
action:
type: string
enum:
- feature.create
- feature.draft
- feature.review
- feature.publish
- feature.archive
- feature.delete
- feature.other
- experiment.create
- experiment.draft
- experiment.start
- experiment.stop
- experiment.targeting
- experiment.traffic
- experiment.phases
- experiment.visualEditor
- experiment.other
- savedGroup.create
- savedGroup.draft
- savedGroup.review
- savedGroup.publish
- savedGroup.archive
- savedGroup.delete
- savedGroup.other
- constant.create
- constant.draft
- constant.review
- constant.publish
- constant.archive
- constant.delete
- constant.other
- config.create
- config.draft
- config.review
- config.publish
- config.archive
- config.delete
- config.other
- rampSchedule.create
- rampSchedule.start
- rampSchedule.pause
- rampSchedule.progression
- rampSchedule.approve
- rampSchedule.edit
- rampSchedule.delete
- rampSchedule.other
- settings.approvals
- settings.other
- access.members
- access.teams
- customHook.create
- customHook.edit
- customHook.delete
- environment.create
- environment.edit
- environment.delete
- project.create
- project.edit
- project.delete
- attribute.create
- attribute.edit
- attribute.delete
- customField.create
- customField.edit
- customField.delete
- sdkConnection.create
- sdkConnection.edit
- sdkConnection.delete
- metric.create
- metric.edit
- metric.delete
- factTable.create
- factTable.edit
- factTable.delete
- segment.create
- segment.edit
- segment.delete
- dimension.create
- dimension.edit
- dimension.delete
- override.ignoreWarnings
- override.skipSchemaValidation
- override.skipHooks
- override.bypassApproval
- override.restBypassesReviews
- override.draftLimit
- override.skipChecklist
- override.bypassDuplicateKeyCheck
- other.write
environments:
type: array
items:
type: string
required:
- action
- environments
additionalProperties: false
summary:
type: string
url:
type: string
expiresAt:
type: string
response:
anyOf:
- type: object
properties:
status:
type: number
body: {}
required:
- status
- body
additionalProperties: false
- type: 'null'
note:
anyOf:
- type: string
- type: 'null'
required:
- id
- status
- actions
- summary
- url
- expiresAt
- response
- note
additionalProperties: false
parameters:
limit:
name: limit
in: query
description: The number of items to return
schema:
default: 10
description: The number of items to return
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 100
offset:
name: offset
in: query
description: How many items to skip (use in conjunction with limit for pagination)
schema:
default: 0
description: How many items to skip (use in conjunction with limit for pagination)
type: integer
minimum: 0
id:
name: id
in: path
required: true
description: The id of the requested resource
schema:
description: The id of the requested resource
type: string
deleteMissing:
name: deleteMissing
in: query
description: Whether to delete code references that are no longer present in the submitted data
schema:
description: Whether to delete code references that are no longer present in the submitted data
default: 'false'
type: string
enum:
- 'true'
- 'false'
responses:
ConfirmationHeld:
description: Held until a person confirms it in GrowthBook. Poll the Location until the confirmation completes.
headers:
Location:
description: The confirmation to poll
schema:
type: string
Retry-After:
description: Seconds to wait before polling
schema:
type: integer
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ConfirmationHeld'
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: 'If using Bearer auth, pass the Secret Key as the token:
```bash
curl https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/features -H "Authorization: Bearer secret_abc123DEF456"
```
'
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
description: 'If using HTTP Basic auth, pass the Secret Key as the username and leave the password blank:
```bash
curl https://api.growthbook.io/api/v1/features -u secret_abc123DEF456:
# The ":" at the end stops curl from asking for a password
```
'
x-tagGroups:
- name: Endpoints
tags:
- projects
- environments
- features-v2
- feature-revisions-v2
- features
- feature-revisions
- ramp-schedules
- data-sources
- fact-tables
- fact-metrics
- metrics
- experiments
- namespaces
- snapshots
- dimensions
- segments
- reports
- sdk-connections
- visual-changesets
- saved-groups
- saved-group-revisions
- constants
- constant-revisions
- configs
- config-revisions
- releases
- custom-hooks
- organizations
- members
- code-references
- archetypes
- queries
- settings
- attributes
- usage
- meta
- ContextualBandits
- Dashboards
- ContextualBanditQueries
- CustomFields
- MetricGroups
- Teams
- ExperimentTemplates
- AnalyticsExplorations
- RampScheduleTemplates
- Learnings
- Holdouts
- AutoRuns
- Populations
- name: Models
tags:
- AggregatedFactTable_model
- AnalyticsExploration_model
- Archetype_model
- Attribute_model
- AutoRun_model
- CodeRef_model
- Config_model
- ConfigKeyUsage_model
- ConfigLineage_model
- ConfigReferences_model
- ConfigRevision_model
- ConfigRevisionActivityLogEntry_model
- ConfigRevisionRef_model
- ConfigRevisionReview_model
- ConfigSchemaExport_model
- ConfigSchemaSource_model
- ConfigSchemaVerify_model
- ConfigSchemaWarning_model
- Confirmation_model
- ConfirmationHeld_model
- Constant_model
- ConstantReferences_model
- ConstantRevision_model
- ConstantRevisionActivityLogEntry_model
- ConstantRevisionRef_model
- ConstantRevisionReview_model
- ContextualBandit_model
- ContextualBanditQuery_model
- CustomField_model
- CustomHook_model
- Dashboard_model
- DataSource_model
- Dimension_model
- Environment_model
- EventUser_model
- Experiment_model
- Experiment Rule_model
- ExperimentAnalysisSettings_model
- ExperimentDecisionFrameworkSettings_model
- ExperimentMetric_model
- ExperimentMetricOverrideEntry_model
- ExperimentResults_model
- ExperimentSnapshot_model
- ExperimentTemplate_model
- ExperimentWithEnhancedStatus_model
- FactMetric_model
- FactTable_model
- FactTableColumn_model
- FactTableFilter_model
- FeatureBaseRule_model
- FeatureContextualBanditRefRule_model
- FeatureDefinition_model
- FeatureEnvironmentV1_model
- FeatureEnvironmentV2_model
- FeatureExperimentRefRule_model
- FeatureExperimentRule_model
- FeatureForceRule_model
- FeatureRevisionRef_model
- FeatureRevisionSummary_model
- FeatureRevisionV1_model
- FeatureRevisionV2_model
- FeatureRolloutRule_model
- FeatureRuleV1_model
- FeatureRuleV2_model
- FeatureSafeRolloutRule_model
- FeatureV1_model
- FeatureV2_model
- FeatureWithRevisionsV1_model
- FeatureWithRevisionsV2_model
- Holdout_model
- InformationSchema_model
- InformationSchemaTable_model
- Learning_model
- LookbackOverride_model
- Member_model
- Metric_model
- MetricAnalysis_model
- MetricGroup_model
- MetricUsage_model
- Namespace_model
- NamespaceExperimentMember_model
- Organization_model
- PaginationFields_model
- Population_model
- Project_model
- Query_model
- RampSchedule_model
- RampScheduleTemplate_model
- Report_model
- RequireReviewRule_model
- RequireReviewRuleInput_model
- RevisionIdRef_model
- Safe Rollout Rule_model
- SavedGroup_model
- SavedGroupApprovalRule_model
- SavedGroupReferenceResource_model
- SavedGroupReferences_model
- SavedGroupRevision_model
- SavedGroupRevisionActivityLogEntry_model
- SavedGroupRevisionRef_model
- SavedGroupRevisionReview_model
- ScheduleRule_model
- ScheduledStopPlan_model
- SdkConnection_model
- Segment_model
- Settings_model
- Targeting Rule_model
- TargetingReviewRule_model
- Team_model
- VisualChange_model
- VisualChangeset_model
- VisualEditorCbExperimentStub_model
x-provenance:
method: harvested
publisher: GrowthBook
source: https://docs.growthbook.io/openapi.yaml
note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)