How-To Guides

This section contains step-by-step guides for common tasks and patterns when working with litestar-flags.

Storage Backends

Learn how to configure different storage backends for your feature flags:

• Memory Backend: Fast, in-memory storage (default, great for development)

• Redis Backend: Distributed storage for multi-instance deployments

• Database Backend: Persistent storage using SQLAlchemy

Feature Management

Guides for managing feature flags in your application:

• Percentage Rollouts: Gradually roll out features to a percentage of users

• User Targeting: Enable features for specific users or groups

• A/B Testing: Set up experiments with multiple variants

Integration Patterns

Best practices for integrating feature flags into your codebase:

• Dependency Injection: Using feature flags with Litestar’s DI system

• Middleware Integration: Apply feature flags at the middleware level

• Testing: Strategies for testing code with feature flags