opentelemetry_otlp_http_span_exporter_quickstart.py

1from opentelemetry import trace
2from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
3from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
4from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
5from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
6
7# Service name is required for most backends
8resource = Resource(attributes={
9    SERVICE_NAME: "python-otlp-http-service"
10})
11
12# Create a TracerProvider and set it as the global default
13provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
14trace.set_tracer_provider(provider)
15
16# Configure the OTLP HTTP exporter
17# By default, it sends to http://localhost:4318/v1/traces
18otlp_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter()
19
20# Add a BatchSpanProcessor to the provider
21span_processor = BatchSpanProcessor(otlp_exporter)
22provider.add_span_processor(span_processor)
23
24# Get a tracer
25tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
26
27# Create and finish a span
28with tracer.start_as_current_span("hello-otlp-http"):
29    print("Hello, OpenTelemetry with OTLP/HTTP!")