Set up Go SDK

Install and initialize the LaunchDarkly Go SDK

Install the package

• If you are using the standard Go modules system, import the SDK packages in your code and go build will automatically download them. The SDK and its dependencies are modules.
• Alternatively, you can run the following command:

go get github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/v7

Initialize the SDK

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"time"

	"github.com/launchdarkly/go-sdk-common/v3/ldcontext"
	ld "github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/v7"
)

func main() {
	ldClient, _ := ld.MakeClient("YOUR_SDK_KEY", 5*time.Second)
	if ldClient.Initialized() {
		fmt.Printf("SDK successfully initialized!")
	} else {
		fmt.Printf("SDK failed to initialize")
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	// For onboarding purposes only we flush events as soon as
	// possible so we quickly detect your connection.
	// You don't have to do this in practice because events are automatically flushed.
	ldClient.Flush()
}

Finding your SDK credentials

You can find your server-side SDK key, client-side ID, and mobile key in the “Resources” section of the help menu. Click the help icon at the bottom left corner of the LaunchDarkly UI, then choose SDK keys:

To learn more, read Initialize the client in the Go SDK reference guide.