otel-log 0.4.1

OpenTelemetry observability SDK for Python — structured logging, distributed tracing, and auto-instrumentation

otel-log

OpenTelemetry-compliant structured logging for Python. Produces JSON logs conforming to the OTel Log Data Model and optionally configures distributed tracing from a single call.

Installation

# Logging only (lightweight — only opentelemetry-api required)
pip install otel-log

# Logging + tracing
pip install otel-log[tracing]

Quick Start

import otel_log

result = otel_log.setup("my-service", version="1.0.0")

import logging
logging.info("Hello world")
# => {"Timestamp":"...","SeverityText":"INFO","SeverityNumber":9,"Body":"Hello world","Resource":{"service.name":"my-service","service.version":"1.0.0"}}

result.shutdown()

With Tracing

import otel_log

result = otel_log.setup("my-service", endpoint="localhost:4317")

with result.tracer.start_as_current_span("my-operation"):
    logging.info("Inside a span")
    # TraceId, SpanId, TraceFlags auto-injected into the JSON output

Advanced Usage

For auto-instrumentors, custom exporters, or fine-grained configuration:

from otel_log import OTelInitializer, ResourceConfig, InstrumentationConfig

result = OTelInitializer.initialize(
    resource_config=ResourceConfig(
        service_name="my-service",
        service_version="1.0.0",
        deployment_environment="production",
        custom_attributes={"cloud.region": "us-east-1"},
    ),
    instrumentation_config=InstrumentationConfig(
        endpoint="localhost:4317",
        protocol="grpc",
    ),
)

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
OTEL_SERVICE_NAME	Yes	Service name (overrides config)
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT	No	OTLP trace exporter endpoint. If unset, tracing is disabled (no-op).
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT	No	OTLP log exporter endpoint. If unset, logs go to console only.
OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES	No	Comma-separated key=value resource attributes

Output Format

All logs conform to the shared JSON schema:

{
  "Timestamp": "2026-03-22T12:00:00.000000Z",
  "SeverityText": "INFO",
  "SeverityNumber": 9,
  "Body": "User logged in",
  "Resource": {"service.name": "my-service"},
  "TraceId": "0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c",
  "SpanId": "b7ad6b7169203331",
  "TraceFlags": "01"
}

License

Proprietary. All rights reserved.