Releases & OTA Distribution

A Release is an immutable snapshot of all approved translations in a project at a point in time. Use releases to version your translations independently of your app deploys, or to distribute translations to mobile and web apps at runtime via the OTA API.

Creating a release

Go to Project → Releases and click New Release.

Field	Description
Version	Semantic version string, e.g. 1.0.0
Name	Optional human-readable label
Description	Optional release notes
Split by files	Generate one bundle per source file instead of one bundle per language
Duplicate keys	How to handle segments with the same key across files

Only approved translations are included in a release. Segments that are needs_review, reviewed, or outdated are not included.

OTA endpoints

After creating a release, Ownlate generates a unique access key for distribution. Use this key to fetch translations at runtime without shipping them inside your app bundle.

Manifest

GET /ota/manifest/:accessKey

Returns the current release metadata:

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "languages": ["en", "ru", "hu"],
  "publishedAt": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z"
}

Single language bundle

GET /ota/bundle/:accessKey/:lang

Returns a flat key → value map for the requested language:

{
  "welcome.title": "Welcome to Ownlate",
  "welcome.subtitle": "Translation management platform"
}

All language bundles

GET /ota/bundles/:accessKey

Returns all language bundles in a single response, keyed by language code.

Regenerating the access key

If an access key is compromised, go to Project → Releases and click Regenerate key. The old key stops working immediately.

Exporting files directly

If you don’t need OTA distribution, you can export translations as files:

• Download — export a single language file in the original format (JSON, YAML, PO)
• Export all — download a ZIP with all languages

VCS integration

For teams using Git, connect a VCS integration (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) and push approved translations directly to a branch as a pull request. See Integrations for setup details.