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Example datafile

This topic describes an example datafile in JSON.

The datafile is a JSON string that describes all the experiments and features running in a given environment and dependent entities like audiences and attributes. Normally, you will not need to interact with the datafile directly. The SDK exposes methods that operate on it internally.

The example below shows what a datafile might contain. Use it to understand the configuration information that is passed.

{
    "accountId": "12345",
    "anonymizeIP": false,
    "botFiltering": false,
    "projectId": "23456",
    "revision": "6",
    "version": "4",
    "experiments": [
        {
            "key": "my_experiment",
            "id": "45678",
            "layerId": "34567",
            "status": "Running",
            "variations": [
                {
                    "id": "56789",
                    "key": "control",
                    "variables": []
                },
                {
                    "id": "67890",
                    "key": "treatment",
                    "variables": []
                }
            ],
            "trafficAllocation": [
                {
                    "entityId": "56789",
                    "endOfRange": 5000
                },
                {
                    "entityId": "67890",
                    "endOfRange": 10000
                }
            ],
            "audienceIds": [],
            "forcedVariations": {}
        }
    ],
    "featureFlags": [
        {
            "experimentIds": [],
            "id": "56789",
            "key": "price_filter",
            "rolloutId": "67890",
            "variables": [
                {
                    "defaultValue": "100",
                    "id": "12345",
                    "key": "min_price",
                    "type": "integer"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "events": [
        {
            "experimentIds": [
                "34567"
            ],
            "id": "56789",
            "key": "my_conversion"
        }
    ],
    "audiences": [],
    "attributes": [],
    "groups": [],
    "rollouts": [
        {
            "experiments": [
                {
                    "audienceIds": [],
                    "forcedVariations": {},
                    "id": "23456",
                    "key": "23456",
                    "layerId": "34567",
                    "status": "Running",
                    "trafficAllocation": [
                        {
                            "endOfRange": 5000,
                            "entityId": "45678"
                        }
                    ],
                    "variations": [
                        {
                            "featureEnabled": true,
                            "id": "56789",
                            "key": "56789",
                            "variables": [
                                {
                                    "id": "67890",
                                    "value": "100"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "78901"
        }
    ],
    "variables": []
}