sdk-registration.md

SDK Registration Methods

These methods are used to register a compatible OpenTelemetry SDK. Some SDKs like the [OpenTelemetry JS SDK][opentelemetry-js] provide convenience methods which call these registration methods for you.

• Trace API Documentation
• Propagation API Documentation
• Context API Documentation

const api = require("@opentelemetry/api");

/* Register a global TracerProvider */
api.trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(tracerProvider);
/* returns tracerProvider (no-op if a working provider has not been initialized) */
api.trace.getTracerProvider();
/* returns a tracer from the registered global tracer provider (no-op if a working provider has not been initialized) */
api.trace.getTracer(name, version);

/* Register a global Propagator */
api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(httpTraceContextPropagator);

/* Register a global Context Manager */
api.context.setGlobalContextManager(asyncHooksContextManager);