flask_opentelemetry_distro_auto_instrumentation_quickstart.py

1# Save this file as app.py
2from flask import Flask
3import requests
4
5app = Flask(__name__)
6
7@app.route("/rolldice")
8def roll_dice():
9    return str(do_roll())
10
11def do_roll():
12    # Example of an outgoing request that will be automatically instrumented
13    # when run with opentelemetry-instrument
14    return requests.get("https://www.google.com").status_code
15
16if __name__ == "__main__":
17    app.run(port=8080)
18
19# Note: The 'opentelemetry-distro' approach is designed to be used via 
20# the command line wrapper rather than manual code initialization.
21#
22# To run this code with the distro:
23# 1. pip install opentelemetry-distro opentelemetry-exporter-otlp flask requests
24# 2. opentelemetry-bootstrap -a install
25# 3. export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="my-python-service"
26# 4. opentelemetry-instrument python app.py