Get a list of spans

GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/spans/eventshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/spans/eventshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/spans/eventshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/spans/eventshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/spans/eventshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/spans/eventshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/spans/eventshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/spans/events

Overview

List endpoint returns spans that match a span search query. Results are paginated.

Use this endpoint to see your latest spans. This endpoint is rate limited to 300 requests per hour.

OAuth apps require the apm_read authorization scope to access this endpoint.

Arguments

Query Strings

Name

Type

Description

filter[query]

string

Search query following spans syntax.

filter[from]

string

Minimum timestamp for requested spans. Supports date-time ISO8601, date math, and regular timestamps (milliseconds).

filter[to]

string

Maximum timestamp for requested spans. Supports date-time ISO8601, date math, and regular timestamps (milliseconds).

sort

enum

Order of spans in results.
Allowed enum values: timestamp, -timestamp

page[cursor]

string

List following results with a cursor provided in the previous query.

page[limit]

integer

Maximum number of spans in the response.

Response

OK

Response object with all spans matching the request and pagination information.

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Field

Type

Description

data

[object]

Array of spans matching the request.

attributes

object

JSON object containing all span attributes and their associated values.

attributes

object

JSON object of attributes from your span.

custom

object

JSON object of custom spans data.

end_timestamp

date-time

End timestamp of your span.

env

string

Name of the environment from where the spans are being sent.

host

string

Name of the machine from where the spans are being sent.

ingestion_reason

string

The reason why the span was ingested.

parent_id

string

Id of the span that's parent of this span.

resource_hash

string

Unique identifier of the resource.

resource_name

string

The name of the resource.

retained_by

string

The reason why the span was indexed.

service

string

The name of the application or service generating the span events. It is used to switch from APM to Logs, so make sure you define the same value when you use both products.

single_span

boolean

Whether or not the span was collected as a stand-alone span. Always associated to "single_span" ingestion_reason if true.

span_id

string

Id of the span.

start_timestamp

date-time

Start timestamp of your span.

tags

[string]

Array of tags associated with your span.

trace_id

string

Id of the trace to which the span belongs.

type

string

The type of the span.

id

string

Unique ID of the Span.

type

enum

Type of the span. Allowed enum values: spans

default: spans

links

object

Links attributes.

next

string

Link for the next set of results. Note that the request can also be made using the POST endpoint.

meta

object

The metadata associated with a request.

elapsed

int64

The time elapsed in milliseconds.

page

object

Paging attributes.

after

string

The cursor to use to get the next results, if any. To make the next request, use the same parameters with the addition of the page[cursor].

request_id

string

The identifier of the request.

status

enum

The status of the response. Allowed enum values: done,timeout

warnings

[object]

A list of warnings (non fatal errors) encountered, partial results might be returned if warnings are present in the response.

code

string

A unique code for this type of warning.

detail

string

A detailed explanation of this specific warning.

title

string

A short human-readable summary of the warning.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "attributes": {
          "customAttribute": 123,
          "duration": 2345
        },
        "custom": {},
        "end_timestamp": "2023-01-02T09:42:36.420Z",
        "env": "prod",
        "host": "i-0123",
        "ingestion_reason": "rule",
        "parent_id": "0",
        "resource_hash": "a12345678b91c23d",
        "resource_name": "agent",
        "retained_by": "retention_filter",
        "service": "agent",
        "single_span": true,
        "span_id": "1234567890987654321",
        "start_timestamp": "2023-01-02T09:42:36.320Z",
        "tags": [
          "team:A"
        ],
        "trace_id": "1234567890987654321",
        "type": "web"
      },
      "id": "AAAAAWgN8Xwgr1vKDQAAAABBV2dOOFh3ZzZobm1mWXJFYTR0OA",
      "type": "spans"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "next": "https://app.datadoghq.com/api/v2/spans/event?filter[query]=foo\u0026page[cursor]=eyJzdGFydEF0IjoiQVFBQUFYS2tMS3pPbm40NGV3QUFBQUJCV0V0clRFdDZVbG8zY3pCRmNsbHJiVmxDWlEifQ=="
  },
  "meta": {
    "elapsed": 132,
    "page": {
      "after": "eyJzdGFydEF0IjoiQVFBQUFYS2tMS3pPbm40NGV3QUFBQUJCV0V0clRFdDZVbG8zY3pCRmNsbHJiVmxDWlEifQ=="
    },
    "request_id": "MWlFUjVaWGZTTTZPYzM0VXp1OXU2d3xLSVpEMjZKQ0VKUTI0dEYtM3RSOFVR",
    "status": "done",
    "warnings": [
      {
        "code": "unknown_index",
        "detail": "indexes: foo, bar",
        "title": "One or several indexes are missing or invalid, results hold data from the other indexes"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Bad Request.

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden: Access denied.

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Unprocessable Entity.

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Too many requests: The rate limit set by the API has been exceeded.

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Code Example

                  # Curl command
curl -X GET "https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com"https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com"https://api.datadoghq.eu"https://api.ddog-gov.com"https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com"https://api.datadoghq.com"https://api.us3.datadoghq.com"https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/spans/events" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}"
"""
Get a list of spans returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.spans_api import SpansApi

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = SpansApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.list_spans_get()

    print(response)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.py and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
# Get a list of spans returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SpansAPI.new
p api_instance.list_spans_get()

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
// Get a list of spans returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.SpansApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SpansListResponse;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    SpansApi apiInstance = new SpansApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      SpansListResponse result = apiInstance.listSpansGet();
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling SpansApi#listSpansGet");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to Example.java and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
// Get a list of spans returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_spans::ListSpansGetOptionalParams;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_spans::SpansAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = SpansAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .list_spans_get(ListSpansGetOptionalParams::default())
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to src/main.rs and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
/**
 * Get a list of spans returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v2.SpansApi(configuration);

apiInstance
  .listSpansGet()
  .then((data: v2.SpansListResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.ts and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
// Get a list of spans returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewSpansApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.ListSpansGet(ctx, *datadogV2.NewListSpansGetOptionalParameters())

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `SpansApi.ListSpansGet`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `SpansApi.ListSpansGet`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to main.go and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"