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REST API overviewProjects

Update flag default for project

PATCH
/api/v2/projects/:projectKey/flag-defaults
PATCH
/api/v2/projects/:projectKey/flag-defaults
$curl -X PATCH https://app.launchdarkly.com/api/v2/projects/projectKey/flag-defaults \
>     -H "Authorization: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '[
>  {
>    "op": "replace",
>    "path": "/exampleField"
>  }
>]'
1{
2  "tags": [
3    "tag-1",
4    "tag-2"
5  ],
6  "temporary": true,
7  "booleanDefaults": {
8    "trueDisplayName": "True",
9    "falseDisplayName": "False",
10    "trueDescription": "serve true",
11    "falseDescription": "serve false",
12    "onVariation": 0,
13    "offVariation": 1
14  },
15  "defaultClientSideAvailability": {
16    "usingMobileKey": true,
17    "usingEnvironmentId": true
18  },
19  "_links": {}
20}
Update a flag default. Updating a flag default uses a [JSON patch](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6902) or [JSON merge patch](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7386) representation of the desired changes. To learn more, read [Updates](https://launchdarkly.com/docs/api#updates).
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Update a flag default. Updating a flag default uses a JSON patch or JSON merge patch representation of the desired changes. To learn more, read Updates.

Authentication

Authorizationstring
API Key authentication via header

Path parameters

projectKeystringRequiredformat: "string"
The project key

Request

This endpoint expects a list of objects.
opstringRequired
The type of operation to perform
pathstringRequired
A JSON Pointer string specifying the part of the document to operate on
valueanyOptional
A JSON value used in "add", "replace", and "test" operations

Response

Flag default response
tagslist of strings
A list of default tags for each flag
temporaryboolean
Whether the flag should be temporary by default
booleanDefaultsobject
defaultClientSideAvailabilityobject

Which client-side SDK types can use this flag by default.

_linksmap from strings to objects
The location and content type of related resources

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error
409
Conflict Error
429
Too Many Requests Error