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OpenTelemetry Traces API

The Traces API from OpenTelemetry — 1 operation(s) for traces.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

OpenTelemetry Traces 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 Traces. 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 14 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 14 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
Contact
OpenTelemetry
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

OpenTelemetry Traces 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.

Traces 1
POST
/v1/traces
OpenTelemetry Export trace data
exportTraces body → 200400429503

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Span (16 properties), AnyValue (7 properties), SpanLink (6 properties), InstrumentationScope (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ScopeSpans
object
Spans associated with an instrumentation scope
3 properties
InstrumentationScope
object
Metadata about the instrumentation library or component that produced the telemetry data.
4 properties
ExportTraceServiceResponse
object
Response message for the trace export service
1 property
ExportTraceServiceRequest
object
Request message for the trace export service
1 property
Span
object
A span represents a single operation within a trace. Spans can be nested to form a trace tree. Each span has a name, timing data, structured log messages (even…
16 properties 6 required
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
SpanEvent
object
A timed event within a span
4 properties
AnyValue
object
A polymorphic value container that can hold string, bool, int, double, array, or key-value list values.
7 properties
ResourceSpans
object
Collection of spans from a resource
3 properties
ExportTracePartialSuccess
object
Indicates partial success when some spans were rejected
2 properties
Status
object
Error status response
2 properties
KeyValue
object
A key-value pair for attributes
2 properties 2 required
SpanLink
object
A reference from one span to another
6 properties
SpanStatus
object
Status of the span
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

opentelemetry-traces-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs OpenTelemetry publishes across the network.

OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) gRPC API
AE Profile APIs.io
OpenTelemetry Collector API
AE Profile APIs.io
OpenTelemetry SDK API
AE Profile APIs.io
OpenTelemetry Logs API
AE Profile APIs.io
OpenTelemetry Metrics API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
opentelemetry:opentelemetry-traces-api
Server
http://localhost:4318
Docs
https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otlp/
Provider
OpenTelemetry
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