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opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests

library0.65b0pypypi✓ verified 25d ago

Provides tracing capabilities for HTTP requests made using the 'requests' library. Current version: 0.61b0. Release cadence: beta releases with incremental improvements.

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pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · OPENTELEMETRY-INST

opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests

observabilitypythonv0.65b0

Install

3.0s avg

Import

—

Disk

21MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v0.65b0 · 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 0.000s · 22.7MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 3.0s · import 0.000s · 23MB

21MB installed

● package 21MB

Code

Verified usage

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

RequestsInstrumentor

✓ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor

✗ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor

This script sets up OpenTelemetry tracing, instruments the 'requests' library, and makes an HTTP GET request to 'https://api.example.com'.

import os from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor from opentelemetry import trace from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource, SERVICE_NAME # Set up the OpenTelemetry SDK resource = Resource.create({SERVICE_NAME: 'my-service'}) provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource) provider.add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(OTLPSpanExporter())) provider.register() # Instrument the 'requests' library RequestsInstrumentor().instrument() # Make an HTTP request import requests response = requests.get('https://api.example.com') print(response.status_code)

Debug

Known issues

breakingInstrumenting after importing 'requests' may result in incomplete tracing due to module caching.

fix

Ensure 'RequestsInstrumentor().instrument()' is called before importing 'requests'.

affects: all

gotchaSetting 'OTEL_PYTHON_REQUESTS_EXCLUDED_URLS' to exclude certain URLs may not work if the environment variable is not set correctly.

fix

Verify the environment variable is set with the correct regex patterns to exclude desired URLs.

affects: all

breakingThe 'requests' package is a direct dependency of opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests and must be installed.

fix

Install the 'requests' package using pip: 'pip install requests'.

affects: all

breakingThe 'requests' library is a required dependency for 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests' and must be installed. The absence of 'requests' will cause a `ModuleNotFoundError`.

fix

Install the 'requests' library using `pip install requests`.

affects: all

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Version history

0.65b0latest on PyPI · released Jul 16, 2026

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requestsrequiredRequired for HTTP request instrumentation

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Resources

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

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/ ↗

homepagehttps://opentelemetry.io ↗