@feijoa/react

• What is Feijoa
• Problem
• Install
• Usage
• Props
• Overrides

What is Feijoa?

A comprehensive React feature flag library providing reusable components and hooks along with easy override features so internal, non-technical users can toggle them off with ease without effecting anybody else.

Problem

It can be finicky managing feature flags across multiple environments and is only exacerbated when you need to enable a feature for one user or for a one off i.e. a QA who needs to test or when you want demo a feature for review.

Normally this would require toggling a feature flag in an environment variable and re-running a build. This can take time depending on your CI or maybe you have to do a release to get the changes deployed.

Now you to don't have to worry about any of this and you can toggle features in your browser, without any code deploys! Simply override a feature flag with a query param, cookie or local storage. They can even be overridden with env variables if you want certain builds to not have a feature.

Install

npm install --save feijoa-react

or

yarn add feijoa-react

Usage

Component

import React, { Component } from 'react'

import { Feature } from "@feijoa/react";

const Example = () => {
  return (
    <Feature name="MY_FEATURE">
      <MyFeature />
    <Feature>
  );
}

Hook

import React, { Component } from 'react'

import { useFeature } from "@feijoa/react";

const Example = () => {
  const showFeature = useFeature({
    name: "MY_FEATURE"
  });

  return (
    showFeature ? <MyFeature /> : null
  );
}

You can use the enabled prop to conditionally enable your feature

import React, { Component } from 'react'

import { useFeature } from "@feijoa/react";

const Example = () => {
  const showFeature = useFeature({
    name: "MY_OTHER_FEATURE",
    enabled: true
  });

  return (
    showFeature ? <MyFeature /> : null
  );
}

Props

Prop	Type	Description	Required	default Value
name	string	Name of your feature flag (used for overrides)	true	N/A
enabled	boolean	true = show, false = hide	false	false

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Overrides

Sometimes it's useful for some users to be able override feature flags on their local browser. This is particularly useful if you want a feature disabled for the public but need to enable it for a one person to test. E.g. for the QA tester or a product owner etc.

This can be done either via a query string or via a setting a cookie

NOTE: query string or cookie keys must match the name you pass into the Feijoa component or hook props

Query string

 // enable
 https://example.com?MY_FEATURE=true

 // disable
 https://example.com?MY_FEATURE=false

Local Storage

// enable
localStorage.setItem('localStorage_flag_enabled', 'true');

// disable
localStorage.setItem('localStorage_flag_enabled', 'false');

Cookie

// enable
document.cookie = 'MY_FEATURE=true;'

// disable
document.cookie = 'MY_FEATURE=false;'

Environment Variables

#.env
MY_FEATURE=true
# or if you're using create react app
REACT_APP_MY_FEATURE=true
# or if you're using Gatsby
GATSBY_MY_FEATURE=true

License

MIT © Feijoa Dev