Create environment | LaunchDarkly

curl -X POST https://app.launchdarkly.com/api/v2/projects/projectKey/environments \
     -H "Authorization: <apiKey>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "name": "My Environment",
  "key": "environment-key-123abc",
  "color": "DADBEE"
}'

{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/v2/projects/my-project/environments/my-environment",
      "type": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "_id": "57be1db38b75bf0772d11384",
  "key": "environment-key-123abc",
  "name": "My Environment",
  "apiKey": "sdk-xxx",
  "mobileKey": "mob-xxx",
  "color": "F5A623",
  "defaultTtl": 5,
  "secureMode": true,
  "defaultTrackEvents": false,
  "requireComments": true,
  "confirmChanges": true,
  "tags": [
    "ops"
  ],
  "critical": true,
  "_access": {
    "denied": [
      {
        "action": "string",
        "reason": {
          "effect": "allow",
          "resources": [
            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
          ],
          "notResources": [
            "string"
          ],
          "actions": [
            "*"
          ],
          "notActions": [
            "string"
          ],
          "role_name": "string"
        }
      }
    ],
    "allowed": [
      {
        "action": "string",
        "reason": {
          "effect": "allow",
          "resources": [
            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
          ],
          "notResources": [
            "string"
          ],
          "actions": [
            "*"
          ],
          "notActions": [
            "string"
          ],
          "role_name": "string"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "approvalSettings": {
    "required": true,
    "bypassApprovalsForPendingChanges": false,
    "minNumApprovals": 1,
    "canReviewOwnRequest": false,
    "canApplyDeclinedChanges": true,
    "serviceKind": "launchdarkly",
    "serviceConfig": {},
    "requiredApprovalTags": [
      "require-approval"
    ],
    "autoApplyApprovedChanges": true,
    "serviceKindConfigurationId": "1ef45a85-218f-4428-a8b2-a97e5f56c258"
  },
  "resourceApprovalSettings": {}
}

Approval settings

You cannot configure approval settings when you create a new environment. Use Update environment to update approval settings.

The approvalSettings and resourceApprovalSettings keys are only returned when the approvals feature is enabled.

Create a new environment in a specified project with a given name, key, swatch color, and default TTL.

> ### Approval settings > > You cannot configure approval settings when you create a new environment. Use [Update environment](https://launchdarkly.com/docs/api/environments/patch-environment) to update approval settings. > > The `approvalSettings` and `resourceApprovalSettings` keys are only returned when the [approvals](https://launchdarkly.com/docs/home/releases/approvals/) feature is enabled. Create a new environment in a specified project with a given name, key, swatch color, and default TTL.

Authentication

Authorizationstring

API Key authentication via header

Path parameters

projectKeystringRequiredformat: "string"

The project key

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

namestringRequired

A human-friendly name for the new environment

keystringRequired

A project-unique key for the new environment

colorstringRequired

A color to indicate this environment in the UI

defaultTtlintegerOptional

The default time (in minutes) that the PHP SDK can cache feature flag rules locally

secureModebooleanOptional

Ensures that one end user of the client-side SDK cannot inspect the variations for another end user

defaultTrackEventsbooleanOptional

Enables tracking detailed information for new flags by default

confirmChangesbooleanOptional

Requires confirmation for all flag and segment changes via the UI in this environment

requireCommentsbooleanOptional

Requires comments for all flag and segment changes via the UI in this environment

tagslist of stringsOptional

Tags to apply to the new environment

sourceobjectOptional

Indicates that the new environment created will be cloned from the provided source environment

criticalbooleanOptional

Whether the environment is critical

Response

Environment response

_linksmap from strings to objects

The location and content type of related resources

_idstring

The ID for the environment. Use this as the client-side ID for authorization in some client-side SDKs, and to associate LaunchDarkly environments with CDN integrations in edge SDKs.

keystring

A project-unique key for the new environment

namestring

A human-friendly name for the new environment

apiKeystring

The SDK key for the environment. Use this for authorization in server-side SDKs.

mobileKeystring

The mobile key for the environment. Use this for authorization in mobile SDKs.

colorstring

The color used to indicate this environment in the UI

defaultTtlinteger

The default time (in minutes) that the PHP SDK can cache feature flag rules locally

secureModeboolean

Ensures that one end user of the client-side SDK cannot inspect the variations for another end user

defaultTrackEventsboolean

Enables tracking detailed information for new flags by default

requireCommentsboolean

Whether members who modify flags and segments through the LaunchDarkly user interface are required to add a comment

confirmChangesboolean

Whether members who modify flags and segments through the LaunchDarkly user interface are required to confirm those changes

tagslist of strings

A list of tags for this environment

criticalboolean

Whether the environment is critical

_accessobject

approvalSettingsobject

Details about the approval settings for flags in this environment

resourceApprovalSettingsmap from strings to objects

Details about the approval settings for other resources in this environment, organized by resource kind (for example, “aiconfig” and “segment”)

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

409

Conflict Error

429

Too Many Requests Error