Basic Tracer¶
This example shows how to use OpenTelemetry to instrument a Python application - e.g. a batch job.
The source files of this example are available here.
Installation¶
pip install opentelemetry-api
pip install opentelemetry-sdk
Run the Example¶
python tracer.py
The output will be displayed in the console:
Hello world from OpenTelemetry Python!
Span(name="baz", context=SpanContext(trace_id=0xf906f80f64d57c71ea8da4dfbbd2ddf2, span_id=0x5611c1407e06e4d7, trace_state={}), kind=SpanKind.INTERNAL, parent=Span(name="bar", context=SpanContext(trace_id=0xf906f80f64d57c71ea8da4dfbbd2ddf2, span_id=0x1b9db0e0cc1a3f60, trace_state={})), start_time=2019-11-07T21:26:45.934412Z, end_time=2019-11-07T21:26:45.934567Z)
Span(name="bar", context=SpanContext(trace_id=0xf906f80f64d57c71ea8da4dfbbd2ddf2, span_id=0x1b9db0e0cc1a3f60, trace_state={}), kind=SpanKind.INTERNAL, parent=Span(name="foo", context=SpanContext(trace_id=0xf906f80f64d57c71ea8da4dfbbd2ddf2, span_id=0x1d5d87441ec2f410, trace_state={})), start_time=2019-11-07T21:26:45.934396Z, end_time=2019-11-07T21:26:45.934576Z)
Span(name="foo", context=SpanContext(trace_id=0xf906f80f64d57c71ea8da4dfbbd2ddf2, span_id=0x1d5d87441ec2f410, trace_state={}), kind=SpanKind.INTERNAL, parent=None, start_time=2019-11-07T21:26:45.934369Z, end_time=2019-11-07T21:26:45.934580Z)