OpenTelemetry Meta Package for Propagators Configuration

About

This module provides a way to get a propagator based on the OTEL_PROPAGATORS environment variable.

Installation

npm install --save @opentelemetry/auto-configuration-propagators

Usage

Here is an example of how to retrieve a propagator:

import { getPropagator } from '@opentelemetry/auto-configuration-propagators';

const propagator = getPropagator();

Please see the Supported propagators section for more information.

Supported propagators

The specification defines a list of known propagators for the OTEL_PROPAGATORS env variable. Only these propagators are supported.

• "tracecontext": W3C Trace Context
• "baggage": W3C Baggage
• "b3": B3 Single
• "b3multi": B3 Multi
• "jaeger": Jaeger
• "xray": AWS X-Ray (third party)
• "xray-lambda": AWS X-Ray Lambda (third party)
• "ottrace": OT Trace (third party)

Useful links

• For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: https://opentelemetry.io/
• For more about OpenTelemetry JavaScript: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js

License

APACHE 2.0 - See LICENSE for more information.