# OpenTelemetry API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/opentelemetry/  
**Provider:** Scalable Software and Systems — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/  
**Documentation:** https://opentelemetry.io/docs/

OpenTelemetry API is one of 9 APIs that [Scalable Software and Systems](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Distributed Tracing, Logs, Metrics, Observability, and Telemetry. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

OpenTelemetry provides vendor-neutral APIs, SDKs, and instrumentation for generating traces, metrics, and logs. Essential for observability in scalable distributed software systems, enabling performance analysis and root cause diagnosis.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://opentelemetry.io/docs/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification

## Other Scalable Software and Systems APIs (8)

- [Backstage Software Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/backstage/)
- [CloudEvents API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/cloudevents/)
- [Apache Kafka Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/kafka-admin/)
- [NATS Management API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/nats/)
- [Dapr API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/dapr/)
- [Argo CD API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/argocd/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Entities API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-entities-api/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-locations-api/)

## Tags

Distributed Tracing, Logs, Metrics, Observability, Telemetry

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