---
id: opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3
version: "0.65b0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3 — OpenTelemetry urllib3 instrumentation

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

## Install

pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3
uv add opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3
poetry add opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3

## Description

OpenTelemetry urllib3 Instrumentation
======================================

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This library allows tracing HTTP requests made by the
`urllib3 <https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/>`_ library.

Installation
------------

::

     pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3

Usage
-----
.. code-block:: python

    import urllib3
    from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib3 import URLLib3Instrumentor

    def strip_query_params(url: str) -> str:
        return url.split("?")[0]

    URLLib3Instrumentor().instrument(
        # Remove all query params from the URL attribute on the span.
        url_filter=strip_query_params,
    )

    http = urllib3.PoolManager()
    response = http.request("GET", "https://www.example.org/")

Configuration
-------------

Request/Response hooks
**********************

The urllib3 instrumentation supports extending tracing behavior with the help of
request and response hooks. These are functions that are called back by the instrumentation
right after a Span is created for a request...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Automatically traces HTTP requests made by urllib3, capturing them as OpenTelemetry spans with configurable filtering and request/response hooks for observability.

Verdict: A well-maintained, low-friction instrumentation library for tracing HTTP calls in OpenTelemetry deployments. Active development and no known vulnerabilities support production use; beta status (0.65b0) warrants verification of stability expectations.

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