curl -s -X POST \
  "https://app.launchdarkly.com/api/v2/flags/PROJECT_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: $LAUNCHDARKLY_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "My First Flag",
    "key": "my-first-flag",
    "kind": "boolean",
    "variations": [
      {"value": true},
      {"value": false}
    ],
    "temporary": true
  }'

ldcli flags create \
  --access-token "$LAUNCHDARKLY_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  --project PROJECT_KEY \
  --data '{"name": "My First Flag", "key": "my-first-flag", "kind": "boolean", "temporary": true}'

// Node.js (@launchdarkly/node-server-sdk) -- ldClient is your initialized server client after waitForInitialization
const context = { kind: 'user', key: 'example-user-key', name: 'Example User' };
const showFeature = await ldClient.boolVariation('my-first-flag', context, false);

if (showFeature) {
  console.log('Feature is ON');
} else {
  console.log('Feature is OFF');
}

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```go
// Go
context := ldcontext.NewBuilder("example-user-key").Name("Example User").Build()
showFeature, _ := ldClient.BoolVariation("my-first-flag", context, false)

if showFeature {
    fmt.Println("Feature is ON")
} else {
    fmt.Println("Feature is OFF")
}

// React — useFlags() camelCases keys: "my-first-flag" → myFirstFlag (see Step 0 table)
import { useFlags } from 'launchdarkly-react-client-sdk';

function MyComponent() {
  const { myFirstFlag } = useFlags();

  return (
    <div>
      {myFirstFlag ? <p>Feature is ON</p> : <p>Feature is OFF</p>}
    </div>
  );
}

Feature is OFF

{
  "projectKey": "PROJECT_KEY",
  "featureFlagKey": "my-first-flag",
  "PatchWithComment": {
    "patch": [
      {
        "op": "replace",
        "path": "/environments/ENVIRONMENT_KEY/on",
        "value": true
      }
    ],
    "comment": "Onboarding: turn on my-first-flag"
  }
}

curl -s -X PATCH \
  "https://app.launchdarkly.com/api/v2/flags/PROJECT_KEY/my-first-flag" \
  -H "Authorization: $LAUNCHDARKLY_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json; domain-model=launchdarkly.semanticpatch" \
  -d '{
    "environmentKey": "ENVIRONMENT_KEY",
    "instructions": [
      {"kind": "turnFlagOn"}
    ]
  }'

ldcli flags toggle-on \
  --access-token "$LAUNCHDARKLY_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  --project PROJECT_KEY \
  --environment ENVIRONMENT_KEY \
  --flag my-first-flag

Feature is ON

// Add to an existing page component
import { useFlags } from 'launchdarkly-react-client-sdk';

function FeatureFlagDemo() {
  const { myFirstFlag } = useFlags();

  if (!myFirstFlag) return null;

  return (
    <div style={{
      padding: '12px 20px',
      backgroundColor: '#405BFF',
      color: 'white',
      borderRadius: '8px',
      margin: '16px 0',
      fontWeight: 500
    }}>
      LaunchDarkly is working — this banner is controlled by a feature flag
    </div>
  );
}

// Add to your Express app (or equivalent for other frameworks)
app.get('/launchdarkly-demo', async (req, res) => {
  const context = { kind: 'user', key: 'demo-user' };
  const flagValue = await ldClient.boolVariation('my-first-flag', context, false);
  
  res.json({
    flag: 'my-first-flag',
    enabled: flagValue,
    message: flagValue 
      ? 'LaunchDarkly is working — the flag is ON'
      : 'LaunchDarkly is working — the flag is OFF'
  });
});

@app.route('/launchdarkly-demo')
def launchdarkly_demo():
    context = Context.builder("demo-user").build()
    flag_value = ld_client.variation("my-first-flag", context, False)
    
    return jsonify({
        "flag": "my-first-flag",
        "enabled": flag_value,
        "message": "LaunchDarkly is working — the flag is ON" if flag_value 
                   else "LaunchDarkly is working — the flag is OFF"
    })