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Tempo Traces API

Retrieve individual traces by trace ID

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

Tagged areas include Traces. 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 4 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 4 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.

Traces 1

Retrieve individual traces by trace ID

GET
/api/traces/{traceID}
Get Trace By ID
getTrace 3 params → 200404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Span (9 properties), KeyValue (2 properties), Trace (1 property), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
API error response
1 property
KeyValue
object
An attribute key-value pair
2 properties
Trace
object
A complete distributed trace containing all spans
1 property
Span
object
A single operation within a distributed trace
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tempo-traces-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tempo publishes across the network.

Tempo TraceQL API
Tempo Health API
Tempo Metrics API
Tempo Search API
Tempo Tags API