OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions

0.61b0 · active · verified Sat Mar 28

OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions library for OpenTelemetry projects, providing standard definitions and formats for telemetry data. Currently at version 0.61b0, it follows a semi-regular release cadence with breaking changes announced in advance.

Warnings

breaking The behavior of `start_span` and `start_as_current_span` was updated to propagate span contexts differently.
Fix: Update your usage of these methods according to the new behavior.
deprecated The `LoggingHandler` from opentelemetry-sdk is deprecated.
Fix: Use `opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging` instead.

Install

pip install opentelemetry-semantic-conventions Install OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions

Imports

SemanticAttributes
```
from opentelemetry.semconv import SemanticAttributes
```
Ensure to use the correct import path from the semantic conventions module.

Quickstart

This quickstart demonstrates how to utilize SemanticAttributes for telemetry data.

import os

# Example usage of SemanticAttributes
attribute_key = 'http.method'
attribute_value = 'GET'

if os.environ.get('OTEL_KEY', ''):
    print(f'Setting attribute: {attribute_key} = {attribute_value}')
else:
    print('OTEL_KEY not found!')

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