Basic Trace

These examples show how to use OpenTelemetry to create and export Spans. There are two different examples:

• basic_trace: Shows how to configure a SpanProcessor and Exporter, and how to create a tracer and span.
• resources: Shows how to add resource information to a Provider.

The source files of these examples are available :scm_web:here <docs/examples/basic_tracer/>.

Installation

.. code-block:: sh

pip install opentelemetry-api
pip install opentelemetry-sdk

Run the Example

.. code-block:: sh

python <example_name>.py

The output will be shown in the console.

Useful links

• OpenTelemetry_
• :doc:../../api/trace

.. _OpenTelemetry: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/