opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
OpenTelemetry requests instrumentation
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry and the requests library. Installation is frictionless, maintenance is active, the license is permissive, and there are no known vulnerabilities. The package is in Beta but widely downloaded (top 1000 on PyPI). Install only if you have an OpenTelemetry SDK and exporter already configured; this package alone does not export traces.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later; an OpenTelemetry SDK and exporter must be configured separately to actually export traces.
- Low friction installation with a pure-Python wheel.
- Actively maintained as of 2026-08-13 with recent releases; depends on four core OpenTelemetry packages that are themselves widely used.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
last release 2026-07-16 (29 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-13 · 1,086 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 228,495,327 downloads/mo, #179 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
RequestsInstrumentor().instrument()- Whether URL exclusion via OTEL_PYTHON_REQUESTS_EXCLUDED_URLS environment variables works reliably with complex regex patterns.
- Performance overhead of instrumentation on high-volume request workloads.
- Compatibility with requests library versions older than those tested in CI.
What it is and what it does
This package is an OpenTelemetry instrumentation plugin that automatically wraps HTTP requests made by the requests library, capturing request and response metadata as spans. It integrates with the OpenTelemetry ecosystem to send trace data to observability backends like Jaeger, Zipkin, or cloud providers. Once installed and initialized, it requires no changes to existing request code—instrumentation happens transparently.
The package depends on opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-instrumentation, opentelemetry-semantic-conventions, and opentelemetry-util-http. It supports Python 3.10 through 3.14 and is in Beta status. Configuration is minimal: you can exclude URLs from tracing using environment variables with comma-delimited regex patterns. The library is actively maintained and has no known security vulnerabilities.
Use it for
- Add distributed tracing to microservices that make HTTP calls via requests without modifying request code.
- Debug slow or failing HTTP requests by correlating them with server-side traces in a centralized observability platform.
- Monitor external API calls in production to track latency, error rates, and dependency health.
- Correlate HTTP request traces with application logs and metrics for end-to-end observability.
- Exclude health-check or internal URLs from trace collection to reduce noise and storage costs.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry and the requests library.
Installation is frictionless, maintenance is active, the license is permissive, and there are no known vulnerabilities. The package is in Beta but widely downloaded (top 1000 on PyPI). Install only if you have an OpenTelemetry SDK and exporter already configured; this package alone does not export traces.
Install
opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction installation with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained as of 2026-08-13 with recent releases; depends on four core OpenTelemetry packages that are themselves widely used.
Requires Python 3.10 or later; an OpenTelemetry SDK and exporter must be configured separately to actually export traces.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
RequestsInstrumentor().instrument()Verify before relying
- Whether URL exclusion via OTEL_PYTHON_REQUESTS_EXCLUDED_URLS environment variables works reliably with complex regex patterns.
- Performance overhead of instrumentation on high-volume request workloads.
- Compatibility with requests library versions older than those tested in CI.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-instrumentationopentelemetry-semantic-conventionsopentelemetry-util-http |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 228,495,327 / month, #179 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
Evidence: opentelemetry_instrumentation_requests-0.65b0-py3-none-any.whl
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