Val Town telemetry API

The telemetry API from Val Town — 2 operation(s) for telemetry.

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val-town-telemetry-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Val Town alias telemetry API
  description: 'Val Town’s public API


    OpenAPI JSON endpoint:


    https://api.val.town/openapi.json'
  termsOfService: https://www.val.town/termsofuse
  version: '1'
servers:
- url: https://api.val.town
  description: Production
tags:
- name: telemetry
paths:
  /v1/telemetry/traces:
    get:
      operationId: traceList
      tags:
      - telemetry
      description: 'Get OpenTelemetry traces within a specified time window with flexible pagination options: Pass in only the end time to paginate backwards from there. Pass in a start time to paginate backwards from now until the start time. Pass in both to get resources within the time window. Choose to return in end_time order instead to view traces that completed in a window or since a time. Filter additionally by branch_ids or file_id.'
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        in: query
        name: file_id
        required: false
        description: Include only resources from a given file identified by its ID
      - schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          maxItems: 20
        in: query
        name: branch_ids
        required: false
        description: Branch IDs to filter by
      - schema:
          enum:
          - asc
          - desc
          default: desc
        in: query
        name: direction
        required: true
        description: Sort direction for the traces. Defaults to descending order of timestamp.
      - schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        in: query
        name: start
        required: false
        description: Start date of the time window (earliest time)
      - schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        in: query
        name: end
        required: false
        description: End date of the time window (latest time)
      - schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 20
        in: query
        name: limit
        required: true
        description: Maximum items to return in each paginated response
      - schema:
          enum:
          - start_time
          - end_time
          default: start_time
        in: query
        name: order_by
        required: false
        description: When set to end_time, traces are sorted by their end time, and pending traces are omitted. When set to start_time, all traces are included, with pending traces given "0" for their end time.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated result set
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                - links
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - traceId
                      - name
                      - startTimeUnixNano
                      - endTimeUnixNano
                      - attributes
                      - status
                      properties:
                        traceId:
                          type: string
                        name:
                          type: string
                        startTimeUnixNano:
                          type: string
                        endTimeUnixNano:
                          type: string
                          description: 0 if trace is unfinished
                        attributes:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - key
                            - value
                            properties:
                              key:
                                type: string
                              value:
                                type: object
                                properties:
                                  stringValue:
                                    type: string
                                  intValue:
                                    type: string
                                  doubleValue:
                                    type: number
                                  boolValue:
                                    type: boolean
                                  arrayValue: {}
                                  kvlistValue: {}
                                  bytesValue:
                                    type: string
                        status:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - message
                          - code
                          properties:
                            message:
                              type: string
                            code:
                              type: number
                  links:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
                description: A paginated result set
  /v1/telemetry/logs:
    get:
      operationId: logList
      tags:
      - telemetry
      description: 'Get OpenTelemetry logs within a specified time window with flexible pagination options: Pass in only the end time to paginate backwards from there. Pass in a start time to paginate backwards from now until the start time. Pass in both to get resources within the time window. Filter additionally by branch_ids or file_id.'
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            description: Include only logs from a given trace ID
            maxLength: 32
            minLength: 32
          maxItems: 100
        in: query
        name: trace_ids
        required: false
      - schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        in: query
        name: file_id
        required: false
        description: Include only resources from a given file identified by its ID
      - schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          maxItems: 20
        in: query
        name: branch_ids
        required: false
        description: Branch IDs to filter by
      - schema:
          enum:
          - asc
          - desc
          default: desc
        in: query
        name: direction
        required: true
        description: Sort direction for the traces. Defaults to descending order of timestamp.
      - schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        in: query
        name: start
        required: false
        description: Start date of the time window (earliest time)
      - schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        in: query
        name: end
        required: false
        description: End date of the time window (latest time)
      - schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 20
        in: query
        name: limit
        required: true
        description: Maximum items to return in each paginated response
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated result set
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                - links
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - timeUnixNano
                      - body
                      - traceId
                      - attributes
                      - severityText
                      properties:
                        timeUnixNano:
                          type: string
                        body:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            stringValue:
                              type: string
                            intValue:
                              type: string
                            doubleValue:
                              type: number
                            boolValue:
                              type: boolean
                            arrayValue: {}
                            kvlistValue: {}
                            bytesValue:
                              type: string
                        traceId:
                          type: string
                        attributes:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - key
                            - value
                            properties:
                              key:
                                type: string
                              value:
                                type: object
                                properties:
                                  stringValue:
                                    type: string
                                  intValue:
                                    type: string
                                  doubleValue:
                                    type: number
                                  boolValue:
                                    type: boolean
                                  arrayValue: {}
                                  kvlistValue: {}
                                  bytesValue:
                                    type: string
                        severityText:
                          type: string
                  links:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
                description: A paginated result set
components:
  schemas:
    PaginationLinks:
      type: object
      required:
      - self
      properties:
        self:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of this page
        prev:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the previous page, if any
        next:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the next page, if any
      description: Links to use for pagination
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Endpoints that support authorization expect Bearer authentication, using an API token provided from Val Town.
externalDocs:
  url: https://api.val.town/documentation
  description: Find more info here