# Zipkin Spans API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/zipkin/zipkin-spans-api/  
**Provider:** Zipkin — https://apis.io/providers/zipkin/  
**Documentation:** https://zipkin.io/zipkin-api/

Zipkin Spans API is one of 6 APIs that [Zipkin](https://apis.io/providers/zipkin/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Spans. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 8 JSON Schemas.

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## Machine-readable artifacts (15)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/openapi/zipkin-spans-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://zipkin.io/zipkin-api/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-span-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-endpoint-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-annotation-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-dependency-link-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-span-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-endpoint-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-annotation-structure.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-structure/zipkin-api-v2-dependency-link-structure.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-get-services-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-get-dependencies-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-report-spans-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/examples/zipkin-api-v2-search-traces-example.json

## Other Zipkin APIs (5)

- [Zipkin Autocomplete API](https://apis.io/apis/zipkin/zipkin-autocomplete-api/)
- [Zipkin Dependencies API](https://apis.io/apis/zipkin/zipkin-dependencies-api/)
- [Zipkin Health API](https://apis.io/apis/zipkin/zipkin-health-api/)
- [Zipkin Services API](https://apis.io/apis/zipkin/zipkin-services-api/)
- [Zipkin Traces API](https://apis.io/apis/zipkin/zipkin-traces-api/)

## Tags

Spans

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