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Tempo Search API

Search traces and spans using TraceQL

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

Tagged areas include Search. 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 3 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 3 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.

Search 1

Search traces and spans using TraceQL

GET
/api/search
Search Traces
searchTraces 7 params → 200400

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TraceSearchResult (6 properties), SearchResult (2 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
API error response
1 property
TraceSearchResult
object
Summary of a trace matching a search query
6 properties
SearchResult
object
Trace search results
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tempo-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tempo publishes across the network.

Tempo TraceQL API
Tempo Health API
Tempo Metrics API
Tempo Tags API
Tempo Traces API