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OpenTelemetry Logs API

The Logs API from OpenTelemetry — 1 operation(s) for logs.

OpenTelemetry Logs API is one of 6 APIs that OpenTelemetry publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Logs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://localhost:4318.

1 operations 1 paths 11 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Server
http://localhost:4318
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

OpenTelemetry Logs API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token authentication for secured OTLP endpoints

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.

Logs 1
POST
/v1/logs
OpenTelemetry Export log data
exportLogs body → 200400429503

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are LogRecord (10 properties), AnyValue (7 properties), InstrumentationScope (4 properties), ResourceLogs (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InstrumentationScope
object
Metadata about the instrumentation library or component that produced the telemetry data.
4 properties
Resource
object
Describes the entity producing telemetry. A resource has attributes such as service.name, service.version, host.name, and other identifying metadata.
2 properties
ScopeLogs
object
Logs associated with an instrumentation scope
3 properties
ExportLogsPartialSuccess
object
Indicates partial success when some log records were rejected
2 properties
LogRecord
object
A single log record representing a timestamped event with severity, body content, and associated metadata.
10 properties
ExportLogsServiceResponse
object
Response message for the logs export service
1 property
AnyValue
object
A polymorphic value container that can hold string, bool, int, double, array, or key-value list values.
7 properties
Status
object
Error status response
2 properties
ResourceLogs
object
Collection of logs from a resource
3 properties
KeyValue
object
A key-value pair for attributes
2 properties 2 required
ExportLogsServiceRequest
object
Request message for the logs export service
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

opentelemetry-logs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs OpenTelemetry publishes across the network.

OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) gRPC API
OpenTelemetry Collector API
OpenTelemetry SDK API
OpenTelemetry Metrics API
OpenTelemetry Traces API
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