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Elastic Observability OpenTelemetry API

The OpenTelemetry API from Elastic Observability — 3 operation(s) for opentelemetry.

Elastic Observability OpenTelemetry API is one of 5 APIs that Elastic Observability publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include OpenTelemetry. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 8.x.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{host}:{port}.

3 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
8.x
Server
https://{host}:{port}
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Elastic Observability OpenTelemetry API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Secret token) (bearerAuth). An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

OpenTelemetry 3
POST
/opentelemetry.proto.collector.trace.v1.TraceService/Export
OTLP traces ingest (HTTP)
otlpTracesExport body → 200
POST
/opentelemetry.proto.collector.metrics.v1.MetricsService/Export
OTLP metrics ingest (HTTP)
otlpMetricsExport body → 200
POST
/opentelemetry.proto.collector.logs.v1.LogsService/Export
OTLP logs ingest (HTTP)
otlpLogsExport body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elastic-observability-opentelemetry-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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