opentelemetry-go/exporters/otlp/README.md

# OpenTelemetry Collector Go Exporter

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This exporter exports OpenTelemetry spans and metrics to the OpenTelemetry Collector.

## Installation and Setup

The exporter can be installed using standard `go` functionality.

```bash
go get -u go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp
```

A new exporter can be created using the `NewExporter` function.
opentelemetry collector trace exporter (#497) * opentelemetry collector exporter - missing load test - missing resources * fix review comments. * add test for each SpanKind and Attribute Type. * rename otelcol to otlp * move exporter/trace/otlp to exporters/otlp * more review comments. * add alignment test. * pass context to uploadSpans 2020-03-07 08:01:02 +02:00			`# OpenTelemetry Collector Go Exporter`

update go documentation badge image (#1322) Signed-off-by: Andrew Hsu <xuzuan@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tyler Yahn <MrAlias@users.noreply.github.com> 2020-11-12 17:33:04 +02:00			`[![PkgGoDev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp)](https://pkg.go.dev/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp)`
opentelemetry collector trace exporter (#497) * opentelemetry collector exporter - missing load test - missing resources * fix review comments. * add test for each SpanKind and Attribute Type. * rename otelcol to otlp * move exporter/trace/otlp to exporters/otlp * more review comments. * add alignment test. * pass context to uploadSpans 2020-03-07 08:01:02 +02:00
Update README Add information about setup, options, and retries. 2020-05-29 19:13:00 +02:00			`This exporter exports OpenTelemetry spans and metrics to the OpenTelemetry Collector.`
opentelemetry collector trace exporter (#497) * opentelemetry collector exporter - missing load test - missing resources * fix review comments. * add test for each SpanKind and Attribute Type. * rename otelcol to otlp * move exporter/trace/otlp to exporters/otlp * more review comments. * add alignment test. * pass context to uploadSpans 2020-03-07 08:01:02 +02:00
Update README Add information about setup, options, and retries. 2020-05-29 19:13:00 +02:00			`## Installation and Setup`

			The exporter can be installed using standard `go` functionality.
opentelemetry collector trace exporter (#497) * opentelemetry collector exporter - missing load test - missing resources * fix review comments. * add test for each SpanKind and Attribute Type. * rename otelcol to otlp * move exporter/trace/otlp to exporters/otlp * more review comments. * add alignment test. * pass context to uploadSpans 2020-03-07 08:01:02 +02:00
			```bash
Implement retry policy for the OTLP/gRPC exporter (#1832) This was heavily inspired by the retry policy from the https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector code. Co-authored-by: Tyler Yahn <MrAlias@users.noreply.github.com> 2021-04-29 20:07:21 +02:00			`go get -u go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp`
opentelemetry collector trace exporter (#497) * opentelemetry collector exporter - missing load test - missing resources * fix review comments. * add test for each SpanKind and Attribute Type. * rename otelcol to otlp * move exporter/trace/otlp to exporters/otlp * more review comments. * add alignment test. * pass context to uploadSpans 2020-03-07 08:01:02 +02:00			```
Update README Add information about setup, options, and retries. 2020-05-29 19:13:00 +02:00
			A new exporter can be created using the `NewExporter` function.