# Apache Zipkin spans API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/apache-zipkin/apache-zipkin-spans-api/  
**Provider:** Apache Zipkin — https://apis.io/providers/apache-zipkin/  
**Documentation:** https://zipkin.io/zipkin-api/

Apache Zipkin spans API is one of 4 APIs that [Apache Zipkin](https://apis.io/providers/apache-zipkin/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Spans. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Ingest spans and query span names

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-zipkin/refs/heads/main/openapi/apache-zipkin-spans-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://zipkin.io/zipkin-api/

## Other Apache Zipkin APIs (3)

- [Apache Zipkin autocomplete API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-zipkin/apache-zipkin-autocomplete-api/)
- [Apache Zipkin services API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-zipkin/apache-zipkin-services-api/)
- [Apache Zipkin traces API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-zipkin/apache-zipkin-traces-api/)

## Tags

Spans

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