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bugsnag Traces API

Send OpenTelemetry trace data to Bugsnag for performance monitoring. Spans represent individual operations and are assembled into traces that visualize request flow and latency.

bugsnag Traces API is one of 16 APIs that Bugsnag publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Traces. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://otlp.bugsnag.com:4318.

1 operations 1 paths 6 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.bugsnag.com
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Traces 1

Send OpenTelemetry trace data to Bugsnag for performance monitoring. Spans represent individual operations and are assembled into traces that visualize request flow and latency.

POST
/v1/traces
Send trace data
sendTraces body → 200400413429

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Span (10 properties), ScopeSpans (2 properties), ResourceSpans (2 properties), KeyValue (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ExportTraceServiceRequest
object
The OTLP ExportTraceServiceRequest containing resource spans. This follows the OpenTelemetry protocol specification.
1 property
KeyValue
object
A key-value pair used for attributes in the OpenTelemetry data model.
2 properties
ExportTraceServiceResponse
object
The response to an OTLP trace export request.
1 property
Span
object
Represents a single operation within a trace. Spans have a name, start and end time, and attributes describing the operation.
10 properties
ResourceSpans
object
A collection of spans produced by a single instrumented resource.
2 properties
ScopeSpans
object
A collection of spans from a single instrumentation scope (library or component).
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bugsnag-traces-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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