{"library":"opentelemetry-api","type":"library","category":null,"description":"OpenTelemetry Python API package. Current version: 1.40.0 (Mar 2026). TWO separate packages: 'opentelemetry-api' (interfaces + no-op implementations) and 'opentelemetry-sdk' (actual implementation). Installing only opentelemetry-api produces silent no-ops — all tracing calls succeed but nothing is recorded or exported. Must also install opentelemetry-sdk AND configure a TracerProvider AND call trace.set_tracer_provider(). Exporters (OTLP, Jaeger, Zipkin) are separate packages. All packages must be the same version.","language":"python","status":"active","version":"1.40.0","tags":["opentelemetry","otel","tracing","observability","python","apm"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install opentelemetry-api opentelemetry-sdk","imports":["from opentelemetry import trace\nfrom opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider\nfrom opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor\nfrom opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter\nfrom opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource\n\n# Configure provider with resource and exporter\nresource = Resource.create({'service.name': 'my-service'})\nprovider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)\n\nexporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint='http://localhost:4317')\nprocessor = BatchSpanProcessor(exporter)\nprovider.add_span_processor(processor)\n\n# MUST register globally before any tracing\ntrace.set_tracer_provider(provider)\n\n# Get tracer\ntracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)\n\n# Use tracer\nwith tracer.start_as_current_span('my-operation') as span:\n    span.set_attribute('user.id', '42')\n    # do work"]},{"cmd":"pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp","imports":[]},{"cmd":"pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy","imports":[]}],"homepage":"https://opentelemetry.io","github":"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python","docs":null,"changelog":null,"pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-api/","npm":null,"openapi_spec":null,"status_page":null,"smithery":null,"compatibility":{"summary":{"python_range":"3.10–3.9","success_rate":100,"avg_install_s":3,"avg_import_s":0.14,"wheel_type":"wheel"},"url":"https://checklist.day/v1/registry/opentelemetry-api/compatibility"},"provenance":{"verified_status":"install_fail","verified_at":"Sat Jun 27","last_verified":"Sat Jun 27","next_check":"Sat Jul 04","install_tag":"verified"}}