npm package: @opentelemetry/instrumentation-fetch
Description: OpenTelemetry instrumentation for fetch http client in web browsers
Author: OpenTelemetry Authors
Latest version: 0.214.0

# OpenTelemetry Fetch Instrumentation for web

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**Note: This is an experimental package under active development. New releases may include breaking changes.**

This module provides auto instrumentation for web using [fetch](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch).
(Note: This instrumentation does **not** instrument [Node.js' fetch](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#fetch). See [`@opentelemetry/instrumentation-undici`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/tree/main/packages/instrumentation-undici) for that.)

## Installation

```bash
npm install --save @opentelemetry/instrumentation-fetch
```

## Usage

```js
import {
  ConsoleSpanExporter,
  SimpleSpanProcessor,
  WebTracerProvider,
} from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-web';
import { FetchInstrumentation } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-fetch';
import { ZoneContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-zone';
import { registerInstrumentations } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';

const provider = new WebTracerProvider({
  spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter())]
});

provider.register({
  contextManager: new ZoneContextManager(),
});

registerInstrumentations({
  instrumentations: [new FetchInstrumentation()],
});

// or plugin can be also initialised separately and then set the tracer provider or meter provider
const fetchInstrumentation = new FetchInstrumentation();
const provider = new WebTracerProvider({
  spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter())]
});
provider.register({
  contextManager: new ZoneContextManager(),
});
fetchInstrumentation.setTracerProvider(provider);

// and some test

fetch('http://localhost:8090/fetch.js');

```

## Example Screenshots

![Screenshot of the running example](images/trace1.png)
![Screenshot of the running example](images/trace2.png)
![Screenshot of the running example](images/trace3.png)

See [examples/tracer-web/fetch](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/examples/tracer-web) for a short example.

### Fetch Instrumentation options

Fetch instrumentation plugin has few options available to choose from. You can set the following:

| Options                                                                                                                                                                  | Type                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`applyCustomAttributesOnSpan`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts#L83) | `FetchCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [`requestHook`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts#L85)                 | `FetchRequestHookFunction`     | Function for adding custom attributes or headers before the request is handled                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [`ignoreNetworkEvents`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts#L87)         | `boolean`                      | Disable network events being added as span events (network events are added by default)                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [`measureRequestSize`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/fetch.ts#L89)          | `boolean`                      | Measure outgoing request length (outgoing request length is not measured by default)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `semconvStabilityOptIn`                                                                                                                                                  | string                         | A comma-separated string of tokens as described for `OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN` in the [HTTP semantic convention stability migration](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/non-normative/http-migration.md) guide. See the "Semantic Conventions" section below. |

## Semantic Conventions

Up to and including v0.200.0, `instrumentation-fetch` generates telemetry using [Semantic Conventions v1.7.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/v1.7.0/semantic_conventions/README.md).

HTTP semantic conventions (semconv) were stabilized in semconv v1.23.0, and a [migration process](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/non-normative/http-migration.md#http-semantic-convention-stability-migration) was defined. `instrumentation-fetch` versions 0.201.0 and later include support for migrating to stable HTTP semantic conventions, as described below. The intent is to provide an approximate 6 month time window for users of this instrumentation to migrate to the new HTTP semconv, after which a new minor version will change to use the *new* semconv by default and drop support for the old semconv. See the [HTTP semconv migration plan for OpenTelemetry JS instrumentations](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues/5646).

To select which semconv version(s) is emitted from this instrumentation, use the `semconvStabilityOptIn` configuration option. This option works [as described for `OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/non-normative/http-migration.md):

- `http`: emit the new (stable) v1.23.0 semantics
- `http/dup`: emit **both** the old v1.7.0 and the new (stable) v1.23.0 semantics
- By default, if `semconvStabilityOptIn` includes neither of the above tokens, the old v1.7.0 semconv is used.

**Span name:** With the old v1.7.0 semconv the span name is `HTTP {method}` (for example 'HTTP GET'). Using the stable [semconv v1.23 for HTTP span names](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.1/docs/http/http-spans.md#name), the span name is `{method}` (for example 'GET'). If both semconv versions are being emitted, the *old* name wins. (This instrumentation does not currently support adding an `{http.route}` to the span name.)

**Span status:** When the stable semconv is selected, the [span status](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/http/http-spans.md#status) is set to ERROR when the response status code is `>=400`. When just the old semconv is select, the span status is not set.

**Span attributes:**

| v1.7.0 semconv                              | v1.23.0 semconv                    | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `http.method`                               | `http.request.method`              | HTTP request method. With v1.23.0 semconv [`http.request.method_original` may also be included](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.1/docs/http/http-spans.md#common-attributes).                                                                             |
| `http.url`                                  | `url.full`                         | Full HTTP request URL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `http.host`                                 | `server.address` and `server.port` | The hostname and port of the request URL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `http.status_code`                          | `http.response.status_code`        | HTTP response status code                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `http.request_content_length_uncompressed`  | `http.request.body.size`           | This is only added if `measureRequestSize` is `true`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `http.response_content_length_uncompressed` | (not included)                     | Stable HTTP semconv would use `http.response.body.size`, but this is an [`Opt-In` attribute](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.1/docs/http/http-spans.md#http-client), so would require adding a configuration option to this instrumentation to enable.    |
| `http.response_content_length`              | (not included)                     | Stable HTTP semconv would use `http.response.header.<key>`, but this is an [`Opt-In` attribute](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.1/docs/http/http-spans.md#http-client), so would require adding a configuration option to this instrumentation to enable. |
| (no equivalent)                             | `error.type`                       | The response status (as a string), if the response status was `>=400`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `http.user_agent`                           | (not included)                     | Stable HTTP semconv would use `user_agent.original`, but this is an [`Opt-In` attribute](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.1/docs/http/http-spans.md#http-client), so would require adding a configuration option to this instrumentation to enable.        |
| `http.scheme`                               | (not included)                     | Stable HTTP semconv would use `url.scheme`, but this is an [`Opt-In` attribute](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.1/docs/http/http-spans.md#http-client), so would require adding a configuration option to this instrumentation to enable.                 |
| `http.status_text`                          | (not included)                     | This is no longer a documented semantic conventions attribute.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `component`                                 | (no replacement)                   | `component` was an ancient Span "tag" that was never formalized.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

## Useful links

- For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: <https://opentelemetry.io/>
- For more about OpenTelemetry JavaScript: <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js>
- For help or feedback on this project, join us in [GitHub Discussions][discussions-url]

## License

Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license-url] for more information.

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