Amplitude · JSON Structure
Amplitude Experiment Structure
Schema for an Amplitude experiment or feature flag configuration including variants, targeting segments, and deployment settings.
Type: object
Properties: 17
Required: 1
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Amplitude Experiment is a JSON Structure definition published by Amplitude, describing 17 properties, of which 1 is required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
Properties
id
projectId
key
name
description
type
enabled
evaluationMode
state
bucketingKey
bucketingSalt
variants
segments
deployments
rolledOutVariant
startDate
endDate
Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#
JSON Structure
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amplitude/refs/heads/main/json-structure/amplitude-experiment-structure.json",
"name": "Amplitude Experiment",
"description": "Schema for an Amplitude experiment or feature flag configuration including variants, targeting segments, and deployment settings.",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"key"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique identifier for the experiment or flag."
},
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The project ID the experiment belongs to."
},
"key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique key used to reference the experiment or flag in code.",
"minLength": 1,
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9_-]+$"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The display name of the experiment or flag.",
"maxLength": 255
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A description of the experiment's purpose and hypothesis."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of configuration.",
"enum": [
"experiment",
"flag",
"release"
]
},
"enabled": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the experiment or flag is currently enabled."
},
"evaluationMode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The evaluation mode determining where variants are computed.",
"enum": [
"local",
"remote"
]
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The lifecycle state of the experiment or flag.",
"enum": [
"draft",
"running",
"stopped",
"active",
"archived"
]
},
"bucketingKey": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The user property used for deterministic bucketing."
},
"bucketingSalt": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The salt used with the bucketing key for hash computation."
},
"variants": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of variant configurations for the experiment.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Variant"
}
},
"segments": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of targeting segments that control which users see which variants.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Segment"
}
},
"deployments": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of deployment IDs where this experiment is active.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"rolledOutVariant": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The variant key that was rolled out after the experiment concluded."
},
"startDate": {
"type": "datetime",
"description": "The date and time the experiment started."
},
"endDate": {
"type": "datetime",
"description": "The date and time the experiment ended."
}
},
"definitions": {
"Variant": {
"name": "Variant",
"type": "object",
"description": "A variant in an experiment or feature flag.",
"required": [
"key"
],
"properties": {
"key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique key identifying this variant.",
"minLength": 1
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The display name of the variant."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A description of what this variant does."
},
"payload": {
"description": "An optional JSON payload associated with the variant for client-side configuration."
},
"rolloutWeight": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "The traffic allocation percentage for this variant.",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
}
}
},
"Segment": {
"name": "Segment",
"type": "object",
"description": "A targeting segment that defines which users receive a specific variant.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The display name of the segment."
},
"conditions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of targeting conditions that must all be true for the segment to match.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Condition"
}
},
"variant": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The variant key to assign when this segment matches."
},
"percentage": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "The percentage of matching users to include.",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
}
}
},
"Condition": {
"name": "Condition",
"type": "object",
"description": "A single targeting condition used in segment evaluation.",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of targeting condition.",
"enum": [
"user_property",
"cohort",
"device_id",
"user_id"
]
},
"prop": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The property name to evaluate."
},
"op": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The comparison operator.",
"enum": [
"is",
"is_not",
"contains",
"does_not_contain",
"greater_than",
"less_than",
"set",
"not_set",
"glob_match",
"glob_does_not_match"
]
},
"values": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The values to compare against.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}