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kong.tracing

Tracer module Application-level tracing for Kong.

span:finish(end_time_ns)

Ends a Span Set the end time and release the span, the span table MUST not being used after ended.

Parameters

end_time_ns (number|nil):

Usage

span:finish()

local time = ngx.now()
span:finish(time * 100000000)

span:set_attribute(key, value)

Set an attribute to a Span

Parameters

key (string):
value (string|number|boolean):

Usage

span:set_attribute("net.transport", "ip_tcp")
span:set_attribute("net.peer.port", 443)
span:set_attribute("exception.escaped", true)

span:add_event(name, attributes, time_ns)

Adds an event to a Span

Parameters

name (string): Event name
attributes (table|nil): Event attributes
time_ns (number|nil): Event timestamp

span:record_error(err)

Adds an error event to a Span

Parameters

err (string): error string

span:set_status(status)

Adds an error event to a Span Status codes:

0 unset
1 ok
2 error

Parameters

status (number): status code

kong.tracing.new_span()

Get the active span Returns the root span by default

Phases

rewrite, access, header_filter, response, body_filter, log, admin_api

Returns

table: span

kong.tracing.new_span(span)

Set the active span

Phases

rewrite, access, header_filter, response, body_filter, log, admin_api

Parameters

span (table):

kong.tracing.new_span(name, options)

Create a new Span

Phases

rewrite, access, header_filter, response, body_filter, log, admin_api

Parameters

name (string): span name
options (table): TODO(mayo)

Returns

table: span

kong.tracing.process_span(processor)

Batch process spans Please note that socket is not available in the log phase, use ngx.timer.at instead

Phases

Parameters

processor (function): a function that accecpt a span as the parameter