# Using AWS AppConfig Agent to read a specific feature flag
<a name="appconfig-code-samples-agent-read-feature-flag"></a>

Each of the following samples includes comments about the actions performed by the code.

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#### [ Java ]

```
public void retrieveSingleFlagFromAgent() throws Exception {
        /*
          You can retrieve a single flag's data from the agent by providing the "flag" query string parameter.
          Note: the configuration's type must be AWS.AppConfig.FeatureFlags
        */

        URL url = new URL("http://localhost:2772/applications/MyDemoApp/environments/Beta/configurations/MyFlagsProfile?flag=myFlagKey");
        HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        con.setRequestMethod("GET");
        StringBuilder content;
        try (BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()))) {
            content = new StringBuilder();
            int ch;
            while ((ch = in.read()) != -1) {
                content.append((char) ch);
            }
        }
        con.disconnect();
        System.out.println("MyFlagName from agent: " + content);
    }
```

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#### [ Python ]

```
import requests

application_name = 'MyDemoApp'
environment_name = 'MyEnvironment'
config_profile_name = 'MyConfigProfile'
flag_key = 'MyFlag'

# retrieve a single flag's data by providing the "flag" query string parameter
# note: the configuration's type must be AWS.AppConfig.FeatureFlags
response = requests.get(f"http://localhost:2772/applications/{application_name}/environments/{environment_name}/configurations/{config_profile_name}?flag={flag_key}") 
config = response.content
```

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#### [ JavaScript ]

```
const application_name = "MyDemoApp";
const environment_name = "MyEnvironment";
const config_profile_name = "MyConfigProfile";
const flag_name = "MyFlag";

// retrieve a single flag's data by providing the "flag" query string parameter
// note: the configuration's type must be AWS.AppConfig.FeatureFlags
const url = `http://localhost:2772/applications/${application_name}/environments/${environment_name}/configurations/${config_profile_name}?flag=${flag_name}`;
const response = await fetch(url);
const flag = await response.json(); // { "enabled": true/false }
```

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## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS AppConfig. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query appconfig` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).