Registry / observability / opentelemetry-exporter-otlp

opentelemetry-exporter-otlp

library1.44.0pypypi✓ verified 24d ago

The opentelemetry-exporter-otlp library provides OpenTelemetry Collector exporters, allowing users to send telemetry data to OpenTelemetry-supported backend systems. Current version: 1.40.0, released with a cadence of regular updates enhancing functionality and fixing issues.

observability http-networking serialization

pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp

github ↗package ↗homepage ↗

INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · OPENTELEMETRY-EXPO

opentelemetry-exporter-otlp

observabilitypythonv1.44.0

Install

5.0s avg

Import

746ms

Disk

48MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v1.44.0 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.934s · 49.9MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 5.0s · import 0.558s · 48MB

48MB installed

● package 48MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

OTLPSpanExporter

✓ from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter

✗ from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter

A simple quickstart example to set up an OTLP exporter and send telemetry data.

import os from opentelemetry import trace from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider from opentelemetry.trace import set_tracer_provider # Set up the OTLP exporter exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=os.environ.get('OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT', 'localhost:4317')) set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider(resource=Resource.create({'service.name': 'example-service'}))) tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__) # Example usage with tracer.start_as_current_span('example-span'): print('Hello, OpenTelemetry!')

Debug

Known issues

breakingThe behavior of start_span and start_as_current_span in NoOpTracer has changed; it now propagates the span context properly.

fix

Update code to handle the new behavior in NoOpTracer.

affects: 1.40.0

deprecatedLoggingHandler in opentelemetry-sdk is deprecated; use opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging instead.

fix

Switch to using opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging for logging.

affects: <1.40.0

breakingThe module 'opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace_exporter' no longer exists. The OTLP exporter functionality was split into protocol-specific packages (gRPC and HTTP) and their import paths changed.

fix

Install either 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc' or 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http' (depending on the desired protocol) and update the import statement. For example, change 'from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter' to 'from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter' for the gRPC exporter.

affects: 1.12.0

breakingThe application failed with `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace_exporter'`, indicating that the `opentelemetry-exporter-otlp` package is not installed.

fix

Install the missing OpenTelemetry OTLP exporter package. For example, run: `pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp`.

affects: *

Upgrade

Version history

1.44.0latest on PyPI · released Jul 16, 2026

Audit

Dependencies

opentelemetry-apirequiredRequired for exporting telemetry data

requestsoptionalFor HTTP communication when exporting data

grpciooptionalFor gRPC communication when exporting data

Agent activity

16 hits · last 30 days

node

OpenAI (training)

Resources

githubhttps://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp/ ↗

homepagehttps://opentelemetry.io ↗