Hypertune
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
    • Set up Hypertune
    • Next.js (App Router) quickstart
    • Next.js (Pages Router) quickstart
    • React quickstart
    • Remix quickstart
    • Gatsby quickstart
    • Vue quickstart
    • Nuxt quickstart
    • Node.js quickstart
    • React Native quickstart
    • JavaScript quickstart
    • Python quickstart
    • Rust quickstart
    • Go quickstart
    • Web quickstart
    • GraphQL quickstart
  • Example apps
    • Next.js and Vercel example app
  • Concepts
    • Architecture
    • Project
    • Schema
    • Flag lifecycle
    • Logic
    • Variables
    • Splits
    • A/B tests
    • Staged rollouts
    • Multivariate tests
    • Machine learning loops
    • Events
    • Funnels
    • Hypertune Edge
    • Reduction
    • SDKs
    • GraphQL API
    • Git-style version control
    • App configuration
  • Use Cases
    • Feature flags and A/B testing
    • Landing page optimization
    • In-app content management
    • Pricing plan management
    • Permissions, rules and limits
    • Optimizing magic numbers
    • Backend configuration
    • Product analytics
  • Integrations
    • Vercel Edge Config integration
    • Google Analytics integration
    • Segment integration
    • Webhooks
      • Creating webhooks
      • Handling webhooks
  • SDK Reference
    • Installation
    • Type-safe client generation
    • Initialization
    • Build-time logic snapshot
    • Hard-coded fallbacks
    • Local-only, offline mode
    • Hydrate from your own server
    • Wait for server initialization
    • Provide targeting attributes
    • Local, synchronous evaluation
    • Remote logging
    • Getting flag updates
    • Serverless environments
    • Vercel Edge Config
    • Custom logging
    • Shutting down
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  • 1. Install hypertune
  • 2. Set environment variables
  • 3. Generate the client
  • 4. Use the client
  • 5. (Optional) Include a build-time logic snapshot
  • That's it
  1. Getting Started

Node.js quickstart

1. Install hypertune

Once you have a Node.js application ready, install Hypertune's JavaScript SDK:

npm install hypertune
yarn add hypertune
pnpm add hypertune

2. Set environment variables

Define the following environment variables in your .env file:

HYPERTUNE_TOKEN=token
HYPERTUNE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_PATH=src/generated

Replace token with your main project token which you can find in the Settings tab of your project.

3. Generate the client

Generate a type-safe client to access your flags by running:

npx hypertune
yarn hypertune
pnpm hypertune

4. Use the client

Install the dotenv package or ensure you have another way to load environment variables:

npm install dotenv
npm install -D @types/dotenv
yarn add dotenv
yarn add -D @types/dotenv
pnpm add dotenv
pnpm add -D @types/dotenv

Add a new file called loadEnv.ts that loads environment variables with dotenv:

import * as dotenv from "dotenv";

dotenv.config();

Add a new file called getHypertune.ts that exports a getHypertune function:

import { createSource } from "../generated/hypertune";

const hypertuneSource = createSource({
  token: process.env.HYPERTUNE_TOKEN!,
});

export default async function getHypertune() {
  // Get flag updates in serverless environments
  // await hypertuneSource.initIfNeeded();

  return hypertuneSource.root({
    args: {
      context: {
        environment:
          process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
            ? "development"
            : "production",
        user: { id: "1", name: "Test", email: "hi@test.com" },
      },
    },
  });
}

To access flags, use the getHypertune function:

import "./lib/loadEnv";
import express from "express";
import getHypertune from "./lib/getHypertune";

const app = express();
const port = 3000;

app.get("/", async (req, res) => {
  const hypertune = await getHypertune();

  const exampleFlag = hypertune.exampleFlag({ fallback: false });

  res.json({ exampleFlag });
});

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Server is listening on port ${port}`);
});

5. (Optional) Include a build-time logic snapshot

Add the following environment variable to your .env file:

HYPERTUNE_INCLUDE_INIT_DATA=true

Then regenerate the client.

That's it

Now you can update the logic for exampleFlag from the Hypertune UI without updating your code or waiting for a new build, deployment or service restart.

To add a new flag, create it in the Hypertune UI then regenerate the client.

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To improve reliability, you can include a snapshot of your flag logic in the generated client at build time. The SDK will instantly initialize from the snapshot first before fetching the latest flag logic from .

You can keep the snapshot fresh by setting up a to regenerate the client on every Hypertune commit. In this case, you don't need to initialize from Hypertune Edge at all, eliminating network latency and bandwidth, improving both performance and efficiency.

Hypertune Edge
webhook