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id: opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
version: "1.44.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common — OpenTelemetry Protobuf encoding

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
uv add opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
poetry add opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common

## Description

OpenTelemetry Protobuf Encoding
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This library is provided as a convenience to encode to Protobuf. Currently used by:

* opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
* opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http


Installation
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::

     pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common


References
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* `OpenTelemetry <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
* `OpenTelemetry Protocol Specification <https://github.com/open-telemetry/oteps/blob/main/text/0035-opentelemetry-protocol.md>`_

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Provides Protobuf encoding utilities for OpenTelemetry telemetry data, used as a shared foundation by gRPC and HTTP OTLP exporters.

Verdict: Production-stable library with active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and permissive licensing. Low install friction and top-1000 popularity make it a reliable choice for projects needing OpenTelemetry Protobuf encoding.

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