Custom Tag¶

type.tracing.v3.CustomTag¶

Describes custom tags for the active span.

{
  "tag": "...",
  "literal": "{...}",
  "environment": "{...}",
  "request_header": "{...}",
  "metadata": "{...}"
}

tag: (string, REQUIRED) Used to populate the tag name.

literal

(type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Literal) A literal custom tag.

Used to specify what kind of custom tag.

Precisely one of literal, environment, request_header, metadata must be set.

environment

(type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Environment) An environment custom tag.

Used to specify what kind of custom tag.

Precisely one of literal, environment, request_header, metadata must be set.

request_header

(type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Header) A request header custom tag.

Used to specify what kind of custom tag.

Precisely one of literal, environment, request_header, metadata must be set.

metadata

(type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Metadata) A custom tag to obtain tag value from the metadata.

Used to specify what kind of custom tag.

Precisely one of literal, environment, request_header, metadata must be set.

type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Literal¶

[type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Literal proto]

Literal type custom tag with static value for the tag value.

{
  "value": "..."
}

value: (string, REQUIRED) Static literal value to populate the tag value.

type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Environment¶

[type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Environment proto]

Environment type custom tag with environment name and default value.

{
  "name": "...",
  "default_value": "..."
}

name: (string, REQUIRED) Environment variable name to obtain the value to populate the tag value.

default_value: (string) When the environment variable is not found, the tag value will be populated with this default value if specified, otherwise no tag will be populated.

type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Header¶

[type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Header proto]

Header type custom tag with header name and default value.

{
  "name": "...",
  "default_value": "..."
}

name: (string, REQUIRED) Header name to obtain the value to populate the tag value.

default_value: (string) When the header does not exist, the tag value will be populated with this default value if specified, otherwise no tag will be populated.

type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Metadata¶

[type.tracing.v3.CustomTag.Metadata proto]

Metadata type custom tag using MetadataKey to retrieve the protobuf value from Metadata, and populate the tag value with the canonical JSON representation of it.

{
  "kind": "{...}",
  "metadata_key": "{...}",
  "default_value": "..."
}

kind: (type.metadata.v3.MetadataKind) Specify what kind of metadata to obtain tag value from.

metadata_key: (type.metadata.v3.MetadataKey) Metadata key to define the path to retrieve the tag value.

default_value: (string) When no valid metadata is found, the tag value would be populated with this default value if specified, otherwise no tag would be populated.