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PromptLayer Spans & Traces API

Ingest spans and manage traces for LLM observability.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

PromptLayer Spans & Traces API is one of 4 APIs that PromptLayer publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.promptlayer.com.

4 operations 4 paths 7 schemas 1 GET3 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.promptlayer.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
PromptLayer Support
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

PromptLayer Spans & Traces API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Spans & Traces 4

Ingest spans and manage traces for LLM observability.

POST
/spans-bulk
Ingest spans in bulk
createSpansBulk body → 201401422
POST
/otlp/v1/traces
Ingest OTLP traces
ingestOtlpTraces body → 200401
GET
/traces/{id}
Get a trace
getTrace 1 param → 200401404
POST
/traces/{id}/close
Close a trace
closeTrace 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are LogRequest (17 properties), Span (10 properties), SpansBulkResponse (6 properties), Trace (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SuccessMessage
object
2 properties
PromptBlueprint
object
Prompt Blueprint payload, either a chat prompt (messages array) or a completion prompt (content string). Provider-agnostic representation.
SpansBulkResponse
object
6 properties
LogRequest
object
17 properties 6 required
SpansBulkRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
Span
object
10 properties
Trace
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

promptlayer-spans-traces-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs PromptLayer publishes across the network.

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PromptLayer Prompt Registry API
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API Details
ID
promptlayer:promptlayer-spans-traces-api
Base URL
https://api.promptlayer.com
Docs
https://docs.promptlayer.com/reference/rest-api-reference
Provider
PromptLayer
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