# OpenTelemetry SDK API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-api/  
**Provider:** OpenTelemetry — https://apis.io/providers/opentelemetry/  
**Documentation:** https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/

OpenTelemetry SDK API is one of 6 APIs that [OpenTelemetry](https://apis.io/providers/opentelemetry/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Instrumentation, Logging, Metrics, SDK, and Tracing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and a GitHub repository.

The OpenTelemetry SDK API specifies language-level interfaces for instrumentation, including the Tracer, Meter, and Logger APIs used by application code to create spans, record metrics, and emit log records. Implementations are available for all major programming languages including Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, and others.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/
- **Reference** — https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otel/trace/api/
- **Client Libraries** — https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification

## Other OpenTelemetry APIs (5)

- [OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) gRPC API](https://apis.io/apis/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-protocol-otlp-grpc-api/)
- [OpenTelemetry Collector API](https://apis.io/apis/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-collector-api/)
- [OpenTelemetry Logs API](https://apis.io/apis/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-logs-api/)
- [OpenTelemetry Metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-metrics-api/)
- [OpenTelemetry Traces API](https://apis.io/apis/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-traces-api/)

## Tags

Instrumentation, Logging, Metrics, SDK, Tracing

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