feat: HTTP instrumentation: add the option to capture headers as span…

… attributes (#2492)
open-telemetry · Sep 27, 2021 · d41fa7b · d41fa7b
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diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/README.md b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Http instrumentation has few options available to choose from. You can set the f
 | [`serverName`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L101) | `string` | The primary server name of the matched virtual host. |
 | [`requireParentforOutgoingSpans`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L103) | Boolean | Require that is a parent span to create new span for outgoing requests. |
 | [`requireParentforIncomingSpans`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L105) | Boolean | Require that is a parent span to create new span for incoming requests. |
+| [`headersToSpanAttributes`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L107) | `object` | List of case insensitive HTTP headers to convert to span attributes. Client (outgoing requests, incoming responses) and server (incoming requests, outgoing responses) headers will be converted to span attributes in the form of `http.{request\|response}.header.header_name`, e.g. `http.response.header.content_length` |
 
 ## Useful links
 

diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/http.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/http.ts
@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
   /** keep track on spans not ended */
   private readonly _spanNotEnded: WeakSet<Span> = new WeakSet<Span>();
   private readonly _version = process.versions.node;
+  private _headerCapture;
 
   constructor(config: HttpInstrumentationConfig & InstrumentationConfig = {}) {
     super(
       '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http',
       VERSION,
       Object.assign({}, config)
     );
+
+    this._headerCapture = this._createHeaderCapture();
   }
 
   private _getConfig(): HttpInstrumentationConfig {
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
 
   override setConfig(config: HttpInstrumentationConfig & InstrumentationConfig = {}): void {
     this._config = Object.assign({}, config);
+    this._headerCapture = this._createHeaderCapture();
   }
 
   init(): [InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<Https>, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<Http>] {
@@ -296,6 +300,9 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
           this._callResponseHook(span, response);
         }
 
+        this._headerCapture.client.captureRequestHeaders(span, header => request.getHeader(header));
+        this._headerCapture.client.captureResponseHeaders(span, header => response.headers[header]);
+
         context.bind(context.active(), response);
         this._diag.debug('outgoingRequest on response()');
         response.on('end', () => {
@@ -424,6 +431,8 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
             instrumentation._callResponseHook(span, response);
           }
 
+          instrumentation._headerCapture.server.captureRequestHeaders(span, header => request.headers[header]);
+
           // Wraps end (inspired by:
           // https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-trace-nodejs/blob/master/src/instrumentations/instrumentation-connect.ts#L75)
           const originalEnd = response.end;
@@ -449,6 +458,8 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
               response
             );
 
+            instrumentation._headerCapture.server.captureResponseHeaders(span, header => response.getHeader(header));
+
             span
               .setAttributes(attributes)
               .setStatus(utils.parseResponseStatus(response.statusCode));
@@ -662,4 +673,19 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
       );
     }
   }
+
+  private _createHeaderCapture() {
+    const config = this._getConfig();
+
+    return {
+      client: {
+        captureRequestHeaders: utils.headerCapture('request', config.headersToSpanAttributes?.client?.requestHeaders ?? []),
+        captureResponseHeaders: utils.headerCapture('response', config.headersToSpanAttributes?.client?.responseHeaders ?? [])
+      },
+      server: {
+        captureRequestHeaders: utils.headerCapture('request', config.headersToSpanAttributes?.server?.requestHeaders ?? []),
+        captureResponseHeaders: utils.headerCapture('response', config.headersToSpanAttributes?.server?.responseHeaders ?? []),
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ export interface HttpInstrumentationConfig extends InstrumentationConfig {
   requireParentforOutgoingSpans?: boolean;
   /** Require parent to create span for incoming requests */
   requireParentforIncomingSpans?: boolean;
+  /** Map the following HTTP headers to span attributes. */
+  headersToSpanAttributes?: {
+    client?: { requestHeaders?: string[]; responseHeaders?: string[]; },
+    server?: { requestHeaders?: string[]; responseHeaders?: string[]; },
+  }
 }
 
 export interface Err extends Error {

diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts
@@ -495,3 +495,27 @@ export const getIncomingRequestAttributesOnResponse = (
   }
   return attributes;
 };
+
+export function headerCapture(type: 'request' | 'response', headers: string[]) {
+  const normalizedHeaders = new Map(headers.map(header => [header.toLowerCase(), header.toLowerCase().replace(/-/g, '_')]));
+
+  return (span: Span, getHeader: (key: string) => undefined | string | string[] | number) => {
+    for (const [capturedHeader, normalizedHeader] of normalizedHeaders) {
+      const value = getHeader(capturedHeader);
+
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const key = `http.${type}.header.${normalizedHeader}`;
+
+      if (typeof value === 'string') {
+        span.setAttribute(key, [value]);
+      } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+        span.setAttribute(key, value);
+      } else {
+        span.setAttribute(key, [value]);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/...rimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/http-enable.test.ts b/...rimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/http-enable.test.ts
@@ -908,4 +908,87 @@ describe('HttpInstrumentation', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('capturing headers as span attributes', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      memoryExporter.reset();
+    });
+
+    before(() => {
+      instrumentation.setConfig({
+        headersToSpanAttributes: {
+          client: { requestHeaders: ['X-Client-Header1'], responseHeaders: ['X-Server-Header1'] },
+          server: { requestHeaders: ['X-Client-Header2'], responseHeaders: ['X-Server-Header2'] },
+        }
+      });
+      instrumentation.enable();
+      server = http.createServer((request, response) => {
+        response.setHeader('X-ServeR-header1', 'server123');
+        response.setHeader('X-Server-header2', '123server');
+        response.end('Test Server Response');
+      });
+
+      server.listen(serverPort);
+    });
+
+    after(() => {
+      server.close();
+      instrumentation.disable();
+    });
+
+    it('should convert headers to span attributes', async () => {
+      await httpRequest.get(
+        `${protocol}://${hostname}:${serverPort}${pathname}`,
+        {
+          headers: {
+            'X-client-header1': 'client123',
+            'X-CLIENT-HEADER2': '123client',
+          }
+        }
+      );
+      const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
+      const [incomingSpan, outgoingSpan] = spans;
+
+      assert.strictEqual(spans.length, 2);
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        incomingSpan.attributes['http.request.header.x_client_header2'],
+        ['123client']
+      );
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        incomingSpan.attributes['http.response.header.x_server_header2'],
+        ['123server']
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        incomingSpan.attributes['http.request.header.x_client_header1'],
+        undefined
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        incomingSpan.attributes['http.response.header.x_server_header1'],
+        undefined
+      );
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        outgoingSpan.attributes['http.request.header.x_client_header1'],
+        ['client123']
+      );
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        outgoingSpan.attributes['http.response.header.x_server_header1'],
+        ['server123']
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        outgoingSpan.attributes['http.request.header.x_client_header2'],
+        undefined
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        outgoingSpan.attributes['http.response.header.x_server_header2'],
+        undefined
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts
@@ -465,4 +465,65 @@ describe('Utility', () => {
       verifyValueInAttributes(attributes, undefined, 1200);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('headers to span attributes capture', () => {
+    let span: Span;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      span = new Span(
+        new BasicTracerProvider().getTracer('default'),
+        ROOT_CONTEXT,
+        'test',
+        { spanId: '', traceId: '', traceFlags: TraceFlags.SAMPLED },
+        SpanKind.INTERNAL
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should set attributes for request and response keys', () => {
+      utils.headerCapture('request', ['Origin'])(span, () => 'localhost');
+      utils.headerCapture('response', ['Cookie'])(span, () => 'token=123');
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.request.header.origin'], ['localhost']);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.response.header.cookie'], ['token=123']);
+    });
+
+    it('should set attributes for multiple values', () => {
+      utils.headerCapture('request', ['Origin'])(span, () => ['localhost', 'www.example.com']);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.request.header.origin'], ['localhost', 'www.example.com']);
+    });
+
+    it('sets attributes for multiple headers', () => {
+      utils.headerCapture('request', ['Origin', 'Foo'])(span, header => {
+        if (header === 'origin') {
+          return 'localhost';
+        }
+
+        if (header === 'foo') {
+          return 42;
+        }
+
+        return undefined;
+      });
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.request.header.origin'], ['localhost']);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.request.header.foo'], [42]);
+    });
+
+    it('should normalize header names', () => {
+      utils.headerCapture('request', ['X-Forwarded-For'])(span, () => 'foo');
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.request.header.x_forwarded_for'], ['foo']);
+    });
+
+    it('ignores non-existent headers', () => {
+      utils.headerCapture('request', ['Origin', 'Accept'])(span, header => {
+        if (header === 'origin') {
+          return 'localhost';
+        }
+
+        return undefined;
+      });
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.request.header.origin'], ['localhost']);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes['http.request.header.accept'], undefined);
+    })
+  });
 });