Locate IDs for use with the Experimentation APIs

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Optimizely Web Experimentation

Optimizely Personalization

Optimizely Performance Edge

Optimizely Feature Experimentation

Optimizely Full Stack (Legacy)

Using the Optimizely Experimentation or Optimizely Personalization REST APIs requires access to various IDs.

For example, masking descriptive namesmasking descriptive names in Optimizely Web Experimentation, Optimizely Performance Edge, or Optimizely Personalization prevents you from seeing the name of a variation or campaign in the web console. Instead, the JavaScript API, console log, and network panel return a masked identifier: a string of numbers. This is great for privacy, but challenging to troubleshoot.

Based on what type of project you have, you can use the API Names or API Values tab to find the following:

Account ID (for the specific experiment or campaign)

Experiment or Campaign IDs

Variation IDs

Audience IDs

Page IDs

Event IDs

Project IDs

Flag IDs

Rule IDs

Environment keys

Optimizely Web Experimentation, Optimizely Performance Edge, and Optimizely Personalization

Go to your Optimizely Web ExperimentationOptimizely Web Experimentation, Optimizely Performance EdgeOptimizely Performance Edge, and Optimizely PersonalizationOptimizely Personalization project.

Select your experiment or campaign.

Click Settings > API Names.

The API Names tab contains various unique identifiers that you can use with Optimizely Web Experimentation/Optimizely Personalization APIsOptimizely Web Experimentation/Optimizely Personalization APIs and Optimizely Performance Edge APIsOptimizely Performance Edge APIs.

Optimizely Feature Experimentation

Go to your Optimizely Feature Experimentation projectOptimizely Feature Experimentation project.

Select a flag.

Select the API Values tab.

Select the Environment and Rule for which you want to view the ID and Key.

This page contains various unique identifiers and keys for your flag and rules that you can use with the Optimizely Feature Experimentation APIsAPIs and SDKsSDKs. At least one rule must be added to an environment for it to display on the API Values tab. If no rules are added, the following message displays: No rules found for this environment, please select another environment.

Optimizely Full Stack (Legacy)

Go to your Optimizely Full Stack (Legacy) projectOptimizely Full Stack (Legacy) project.

Select your A/B Experiment, Feature Test, or Multi-armed Bandit.

Select the API Names tab.

The API Names tab contains various unique identifiers, such as the Account ID, Project ID, and Experiment ID, that you can use with Optimizely Full Stack (Legacy) APIsAPIs and SDKsSDKs.