Amazon X-Ray Traces API
The Traces API from Amazon X-Ray — 2 operation(s) for traces.
Amazon X-Ray Traces API is one of 32 APIs that Amazon X-Ray publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include Traces. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, pricing, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against 4 base URLs: http://xray.{region}.amazonaws.com, https://xray.{region}.amazonaws.com, http://xray.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn, https://xray.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Amazon X-Ray Traces API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (hmac).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
hmac— Amazon Signature authorization v4
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 14
The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Trace (4 properties), BatchGetTracesResult (3 properties), Segment (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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