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Tempo Metrics API

Generate metrics from trace data

Tempo Metrics API is one of 6 APIs that Tempo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metrics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.x.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://localhost:3200, http://tempo:3200.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.x
Base URL
http://localhost:3200
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

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

Metrics 1

Generate metrics from trace data

GET
/api/metrics/query_range
Query Metrics Range
queryMetricsRange 4 params → 200400

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MetricsResult (2 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
API error response
1 property
MetricsResult
object
Time-series metrics generated from trace data
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tempo-metrics-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tempo publishes across the network.

Tempo TraceQL API
Tempo Health API
Tempo Search API
Tempo Tags API
Tempo Traces API