Zipkin

Zipkin Services API

Query registered service names

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://zipkin.io/zipkin-api/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/openapi/zipkin-services-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-span-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-endpoint-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-annotation-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-dependency-link-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-span-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-endpoint-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-annotation-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-dependency-link-structure.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-get-services-example.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-get-dependencies-example.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-report-spans-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-search-traces-example.json

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OpenAPI Specification

zipkin-services-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Zipkin API v2 Autocomplete Services API
  description: Zipkin's v2 HTTP API for querying and collecting distributed traces. Provides endpoints for submitting spans, querying traces, looking up services and span names, and retrieving dependency links between services.
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: OpenZipkin
    url: https://zipkin.io
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: http://localhost:9411
  description: Default Zipkin server
tags:
- name: Services
  description: Query registered service names
paths:
  /api/v2/services:
    get:
      operationId: getServices
      summary: Zipkin Get Service Names
      description: Returns a list of all service names associated with span endpoints.
      tags:
      - Services
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of service names
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
        '400':
          description: Bad request