Domains and Environments

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Domains (Urls)

Enabling Domains on your Chameleon account via API can be helpful for:

Enabling new domains on a top-level-domain.
Enabling Chameleon on a white-label application.

With the Chameleon API for Domains, you can:

Enable new domains jump ↓.
Assign domains to different Environments jump ↓ (production,staging,test,etc.).
Enable or disable an existing domain.
Retrieve all domains that correspond to the specified parameters (search by tld).
Retrieve a specific domain based on its id.

Domain Schema (Url)

Property	Type	Description
`id`	ID	The Chameleon ID
`created_at`	timestamp	When this happened or when this was added to the Database
`updated_at`	timestamp	The last time any property was updated
`url_group_id`	ID	The Environment (Url Group) this Url is a part of. `null` to be part of all Environments.
`host`	string	The fully qualified domain of this Url (i.e. app.example.com)
`domain`	string	The top-level domain (i.e. example.com)
`enabled`	string	The authorization state of this Url. `subdomain` means that new urls are `on` vs safely defaulting to `off`: One of `off`, `on`, or `subdomain`
`installed_at`	timestamp	When the JavaScript snippet was installed on this domain
`first_seen_at`	timestamp	When this domain had its first User Profile identified
`last_seen_at`	timestamp	The most recent time a User Profile as identified
`unlisted`	boolean	[deprecated; replaced by `archived_at`] If this Url is hidden from the list of domains
`archived_at`	timestamp	The time when this was archived

Create a Url (enable a new domain)

HTTP Request

POST

https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/urls

param	-	description
`host`	required	The fully qualified domain of this Url (i.e. app.example.com)
`enabled`	required	The authorization state to create with. Default is `on`. Values are one of `on`, `off`, or `subdomain`
`unlisted`	optional	[deprecated; replaced by `archived_at`] Whether or not the Url is displayed on the Domains page in the dashboard
`archived_at`	optional	To archive set to a timestamp, to unarchive set to `null`

HTTP Response

{
  "url": {
     "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd7",
     "host": "app.example.com",
     "domain": "example.com",
     "enabled": "on",
     ...
  }
}

Update a Url

HTTP Request

PUT|PATCH https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/urls/:id

param	-	description
`id`	required	The Chameleon ID of the Url to update
`enabled`	optional	The authorization state to create with. Default is `on`. Values are one of `on`, `off`, or `subdomain`
`unlisted`	optional	[deprecated; replaced by `archived_at`] Whether or not the Url is displayed on the Domains page in the dashboard
`archived_at`	optional	To archive set to a timestamp, to unarchive set to `null`
`url_group_id`	optional	The Environment (Url Group) to assign this Url to

HTTP Response

{
  "url": {
     "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd7",
     "host": "app.example.com",
     "domain": "example.com",
     "enabled": "on",
     ...
  }
}

Bulk a Url

HTTP Request

POST

https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/urls/batch

param	-	description
`ids`	required	An array of Chameleon IDs of the Urls to update
`enabled`	optional	The authorization state to change to.
`archived_at`	optional	To archive set to a timestamp, to unarchive set to `null`
`url_group_id`	optional	The Environment (Url Group) to assign these Urls to

HTTP Response

All of the Urls given in the request ids are updated with the value given by enabled, archived_at, or url_group_id. They are sent back even if they were already in the resulting bulk-update state.

{
  "urls": [
    {
      "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd7",
      "host": "test2.example.com",
      "domain": "example.com",
      "enabled": "on",
      ...
    },
    {
      "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd8",
      "host": "test4.example.com",
      "domain": "example.com",
      "enabled": "on",
      ...
    }
  ]
}

Listing all Urls

HTTP Request

GET

https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/urls

param	-	description
`domain`	optional	Filter to urls only on this domain (i.e. ex.io will return app.ex.io, dashboard.ex.io but not app.example.com)
`limit`	optional	Defaults to `50` with a maximum of `500`
`before`	optional	Used when paginating, use directly from the `cursor` object from the previous response
`before`	optional	Read as “created `before`” and can be given as a timestamp to get only `limit` items that were created before this time
`after`	optional	Read as “created `after`” and can be given as a timestamp or ID to get only `limit` items that were created after this time

HTTP Response

{
  "urls": [
     {
       "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd7",
       "host": "app.example.com",
       "domain": "example.com",
       "enabled": "on",
       ...
    },
     {
       "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd4",
       "host": "example.com",
       "domain": "example.com",
       "enabled": "subdomain",
       ...
    },
     {
       "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd2",
       "host": "internal.example.com",
       "domain": "example.com",
       "enabled": "off",
       ...
    },
    ...
  ],
  "cursor": {
    "limit": 50,
    "before": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd2"
  }
}

Retrieve a Url

HTTP Request

GET

https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/urls/:id

param	-	description
`id`	required	The Chameleon ID of the Url to show

HTTP Response

{
  "url": {
     "id": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd7",
     "host": "app.example.com",
     "domain": "example.com",
     "enabled": "on",
     ...
  }
}

Environments (Url Groups)

An Environment is a group of Domains. The purpose of an Environment is to:

Split data out into groups; the groups are used in the Chameleon Dashboard to display your Experience data by environment.
Allow Chameleon Admins a simple way to publish Experiences first to Staging/QA then to Production without needing to change the Url Rules.
Have greater visibility into what your end-users will be eligible for.

All Urls and all Experiences are part of the Default Environment by default Assigning a url_group_id to a TLD means that all future subdomains of that TLD are

Environment Schema (Url Group)

Property	Type	Description
`id`	ID	The Chameleon ID
`created_at`	timestamp	When this happened or when this was added to the Database
`updated_at`	timestamp	The last time any property was updated
`archived_at`	timestamp	The time when this was archived
`name`	string	The name given by an administrator of Chameleon
`description`	string	The display description
`short_name`	string	Up to 3 characters abbreviating the name (i.e. PR for Production)
`style_short_name_color`	string	A easily recognizable color; an uppercase 6 char hex code excluding the `#`.

Create a Url Group

HTTP Request

POST

https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/url_groups

param	-	description
`name`	required	The name of this Environment
`description`	optional	A description to display along with the Environment `name`
`short_name`	optional	1-3 character ‘short code’ that should be the short version of the name (PR for Production etc.)
`style_short_name_color`	optional	A 6 character hex code color to identify the Environment

HTTP Response

{
  "url_group": {
     "id": "6c4950c34733cc0004d5bff1",
     "name": "Test QA #1",
     "description": "Pre-production for our QA team",
     "short_name": "Q1",
     "style_short_name_color": "E7AD5A",
     ...
  }
}

Update a Url Group

HTTP Request

PUT|PATCH https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/url_groups/:id

param	-	description
`id`	required	The Url Group ID.
`name`	optional	The name of this Environment
`description`	optional	A description to display along with the Environment `name`
`short_name`	optional	1-3 character ‘short code’ that should be the short version of the name (PR for Production etc.)
`style_short_name_color`	optional	A 6 character hex code color to identify the Environment
`archived_at`	optional	To archive set to a timestamp, to unarchive set to `null`
`urls_action_on_archive`	optional	Use values of `ignore` or `archive`. When archiving with `archived_at`, the Domains of this environment will either be archived as well or left as-is.

HTTP Response

{
  "url_group": {
    "name": "QA #1",
    ...
  }
}

Add Domains to an Environment

Updating a Url with a url_group_id of an Environment (Url Group) will assign it to that Environment

Removing Domains from an Environment

Updating a Url with a url_group_id equal to null will assign it to the Default Environment

Listing all Url Groups

HTTP Request

GET

https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/url_groups

param	-	description
`limit`	optional	Defaults to `50` with a maximum of `500`
`before`	optional	Used when paginating, use directly from the `cursor` object from the previous response
`before`	optional	Read as “created `before`” and can be given as a timestamp to get only `limit` items that were created before this time
`after`	optional	Read as “created `after`” and can be given as a timestamp or ID to get only `limit` items that were created after this time

HTTP Response

{
  "urls": [
    {
      "id": "6c4950c34733cc0004d5bff1",
      "name": "Test QA #1",
      "description": "Pre-production for our QA team",
      "short_name": "Q1",
      "style_short_name_color": "E7AD5A",
      ...
    },
    {
      "id": "6c4950c34733cc0004d5bff2",
      "name": "Staging",
      "description": null,
      "short_name": "ST",
      "style_short_name_color": "6D95C0",
      ...
    },
     {
       "id": "6c4950c34733cc0004d5bff2",
       "name": "Production",
       "description": "Live for customers",
       "short_name": "PR",
       "style_short_name_color": "8FC06D",
       ...
    },
    ...
  ],
  "cursor": {
    "limit": 50,
    "before": "5c4950c34733cc0004d5bfd2"
  }
}

Retrieve a Url Group

HTTP Request

GET

https://api.chameleon.io/v3/edit/url_groups/:id

param	-	description
`id`	required	The Chameleon ID of the Environment (Url Group) to show

HTTP Response

{
  "url": {
    "id": "6c4950c34733cc0004d5bff2",
    "name": "Staging",
    "description": null,
    "short_name": "ST",
    "style_short_name_color": "6D95C0",
    ...
  }
}

Getting Started

JavaScript API

Guides

Webhooks

REST API

Domains (Urls)

Domain Schema (Url)

Create a Url (enable a new domain)

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Update a Url

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Bulk a Url

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Listing all Urls

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Retrieve a Url

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Environments (Url Groups)

Environment Schema (Url Group)

Create a Url Group

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Update a Url Group

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Add Domains to an Environment

Removing Domains from an Environment

Listing all Url Groups

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Retrieve a Url Group

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

​Domains (Urls)

​Domain Schema (Url)

​Create a Url (enable a new domain)

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Update a Url

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Bulk a Url

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Listing all Urls

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Retrieve a Url

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Environments (Url Groups)

​Environment Schema (Url Group)

​Create a Url Group

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Update a Url Group

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Add Domains to an Environment

​Removing Domains from an Environment

​Listing all Url Groups

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

​Retrieve a Url Group

​HTTP Request

​HTTP Response

Domains (Urls)

Domain Schema (Url)

Create a Url (enable a new domain)

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Update a Url

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Bulk a Url

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Listing all Urls

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Retrieve a Url

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Environments (Url Groups)

Environment Schema (Url Group)

Create a Url Group

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Update a Url Group

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Add Domains to an Environment

Removing Domains from an Environment

Listing all Url Groups

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

Retrieve a Url Group

HTTP Request

HTTP Response