Should I Ship on Friday
The Should I Ship on Friday API is a cutting-edge deployment risk analyzer powered by years of collective trauma from the software industry. It evaluates your deploy type, team size, and temporal coordinates to produce a comprehensive risk assessment. The result is always no. We've spent considerable engineering effort to arrive at this conclusion every single time, regardless of input.
Try It — No Seriously
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
deploy_type |
string |
Optional | "hotfix" |
Type of deployment: hotfix, feature, migration, infrastructure, or yolo |
team_size |
number |
Optional | 1 |
Number of people who will be woken up at 3am when this goes wrong |
is_friday |
boolean |
Optional | auto-detected |
Whether it is currently Friday. Auto-detected via server time. Override at your own risk. |
Examples
curl "https://api.stupidapis.com/ship-on-friday/check?deploy_type=migration&team_size=3"
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.stupidapis.com/ship-on-friday/check",
params={"deploy_type": "migration", "team_size": 3}
)
print(response.json())
const response = await fetch( "https://api.stupidapis.com/ship-on-friday/check?deploy_type=migration&team_size=3" ); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);
Response Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
answer |
string |
Always 'no'. We checked. |
reason |
string |
A detailed explanation of why not |
risk_level |
string |
Always 'catastrophic'. We also checked this. |
suggested_day |
string |
A better day to deploy (never Friday) |
on_call_sympathy_score |
number |
How sorry we feel for your on-call engineer (0-100) |
is_friday |
boolean |
Server's assessment of whether it is, in fact, Friday |
Example Response
{
"answer": "no",
"reason": "It's Friday. You have a migration. 3 people will be sad. Don't do this.",
"risk_level": "catastrophic",
"suggested_day": "Monday (the day God intended for deployments)",
"on_call_sympathy_score": 87,
"is_friday": true
}
