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Applications (beta)

Get application by key

Retrieve an application by the application key.

Expanding the application response

LaunchDarkly supports expanding the "Get application" response to include additional fields.

To expand the response, append the expand query parameter and include the following:

flags includes details on the flags that have been evaluated by the application

For example, use ?expand=flags to include the flags field in the response. By default, this field is not included in the response.

get/api/v2/applications/{applicationKey}

Path parameters

applicationKeystring string required

The application key

Query parameters

expandstring string

A comma-separated list of properties that can reveal additional information in the response. Options: flags.

Response

Application response

_linksobject

The location and content type of related resources

_versioninteger

Version of the application

autoAddedboolean required

Whether the application was automatically created because it was included in a context when a LaunchDarkly SDK evaluated a feature flag, or was created through the LaunchDarkly UI or REST API.

creationDateinteger

descriptionstring

The application description

keystring required

The unique identifier of this application

kind'browser' | 'mobile' | 'server' required

To distinguish the kind of application

namestring required

The name of the application

Example response

{
  "flags": {
    "items": [
      {
        "name": "Example flag",
        "key": "flag-key-123abc"
      }
    ],
    "totalCount": 1
  },
  "_access": {
    "denied": [
      {
        "reason": {
          "resources": [
            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
          ],
          "actions": [
            "*"
          ],
          "effect": "allow"
        }
      }
    ],
    "allowed": [
      {
        "reason": {
          "resources": [
            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
          ],
          "actions": [
            "*"
          ],
          "effect": "allow"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "autoAdded": true,
  "description": "The LaunchDarkly Cafe app",
  "key": "com.launchdarkly.cafe",
  "kind": "mobile",
  "_maintainer": {
    "member": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/v2/members/569f183514f4432160000007",
          "type": "application/json"
        }
      },
      "_id": "569f183514f4432160000007",
      "firstName": "Ariel",
      "lastName": "Flores",
      "role": "admin",
      "email": "ariel@acme.com"
    },
    "team": {
      "customRoleKeys": [
        "access-to-test-projects"
      ],
      "key": "team-key-123abc",
      "name": "QA Team"
    }
  },
  "name": "LaunchDarklyCafe"
}