Feature Toggles

This repo provides functionality for feature toggles in python code.

What does this package do?

1. It allows to access the configured toggles like toggles.feature1
2. It logs all uses of the toggle
3. It logs a warning when toggles have exceeded their maximum lifetime

How to use

Configure the toggles

The toggles are configured in yaml.

feature1:
    value: true
    name: New Thing Toggler
    description: This toggles the new thing on
    jira: DAN-123
    creation_date: 2020-10-12
    max_lifetime: 14

Required fields:

• value: a boolean setting the value of the toggle
• name: a human readable name for the toggle
• jira: the JIRA ticket that this toggle is linked to.
• creation_date: the date this toggle is introduced.

Optional fields:

• description: A description of the purpose and use of the toggle
• max_lifetime: The number of days this toggle is supposed to be in the code. A warning will be logged when this lifetime is exceeded. The default is 14 days.

Declare the toggles

To use the configured toggles they need to be declared in the code like this:

from featuretoggles import TogglesList

class ReleaseToggles(TogglesList):
    feature1: bool
    feature2: bool


toggles = ReleaseToggles('toggles.yaml')

The toggle can be used to gate particular bits of code like this:

if toggles.feature1:
    print("Feature One Activated")
else:
    print("Feature One Deactivated")

Demo

See demo for a working example