# Lightstep API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/lightstep/lightstep-api/  
**Provider:** Lightstep — https://apis.io/providers/lightstep/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.lightstep.com/docs/lightstep-api-overview

Lightstep API is published by [Lightstep](https://apis.io/providers/lightstep/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include APM, Distributed Tracing, Monitoring, Observability, and Telemetry. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

The Lightstep API provides programmatic access to observability data including traces, spans, streams, dashboards, alerting conditions, and service health. It enables teams to manage their observability configuration and query telemetry data programmatically.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.lightstep.com/docs/lightstep-api-overview
- **OpenAPI** — https://docs.lightstep.com/openapi
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.lightstep.com/docs/welcome-to-lightstep
- **Authentication** — https://docs.lightstep.com/docs/create-and-manage-api-keys
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightstep/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

APM, Distributed Tracing, Monitoring, Observability, Telemetry

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/lightstep/lightstep-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/lightstep/.