curl --request POST \
--url https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-ndjson' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
"{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"chat.completions\",\"provider\":\"openai\",\"model\":\"gpt-4o\",\"operation\":\"chat.completions\",\"input_tokens\":812,\"output_tokens\":146,\"latency_ms\":1240,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\"}\n{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"c72d...\",\"parent_span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"vector.search\",\"operation\":\"retrieval.query\",\"latency_ms\":54,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\"}\n"
'import requests
url = "https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest"
payload = "{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"chat.completions\",\"provider\":\"openai\",\"model\":\"gpt-4o\",\"operation\":\"chat.completions\",\"input_tokens\":812,\"output_tokens\":146,\"latency_ms\":1240,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\"}
{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"c72d...\",\"parent_span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"vector.search\",\"operation\":\"retrieval.query\",\"latency_ms\":54,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\"}
"
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/x-ndjson"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-ndjson'},
body: JSON.stringify('{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"a91f...","name":"chat.completions","provider":"openai","model":"gpt-4o","operation":"chat.completions","input_tokens":812,"output_tokens":146,"latency_ms":1240,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z"}\n{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"c72d...","parent_span_id":"a91f...","name":"vector.search","operation":"retrieval.query","latency_ms":54,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z"}\n')
};
fetch('https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode('{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"a91f...","name":"chat.completions","provider":"openai","model":"gpt-4o","operation":"chat.completions","input_tokens":812,"output_tokens":146,"latency_ms":1240,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z"}
{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"c72d...","parent_span_id":"a91f...","name":"vector.search","operation":"retrieval.query","latency_ms":54,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z"}
'),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/x-ndjson",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest"
payload := strings.NewReader("\"{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"provider\\\":\\\"openai\\\",\\\"model\\\":\\\"gpt-4o\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"input_tokens\\\":812,\\\"output_tokens\\\":146,\\\"latency_ms\\\":1240,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\\\"}\\n{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"c72d...\\\",\\\"parent_span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"vector.search\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"retrieval.query\\\",\\\"latency_ms\\\":54,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\\\"}\\n\"")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson")
.body("\"{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"provider\\\":\\\"openai\\\",\\\"model\\\":\\\"gpt-4o\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"input_tokens\\\":812,\\\"output_tokens\\\":146,\\\"latency_ms\\\":1240,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\\\"}\\n{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"c72d...\\\",\\\"parent_span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"vector.search\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"retrieval.query\\\",\\\"latency_ms\\\":54,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\\\"}\\n\"")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/x-ndjson'
request.body = "\"{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"provider\\\":\\\"openai\\\",\\\"model\\\":\\\"gpt-4o\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"input_tokens\\\":812,\\\"output_tokens\\\":146,\\\"latency_ms\\\":1240,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\\\"}\\n{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"c72d...\\\",\\\"parent_span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"vector.search\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"retrieval.query\\\",\\\"latency_ms\\\":54,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\\\"}\\n\""
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"accepted": 2,
"cv": 7
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}Ingest trace events
Ingest a batch of trace/span events. The request body is newline-delimited JSON (application/x-ndjson): one JSON event object per line. A maximum of 100 events per request and a 1 MB body size limit apply. Events are validated and queued asynchronously; invalid lines are skipped rather than failing the whole batch.
Authenticated with x-api-key. Rate limited to 300 requests/minute per API key.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-ndjson' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
"{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"chat.completions\",\"provider\":\"openai\",\"model\":\"gpt-4o\",\"operation\":\"chat.completions\",\"input_tokens\":812,\"output_tokens\":146,\"latency_ms\":1240,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\"}\n{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"c72d...\",\"parent_span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"vector.search\",\"operation\":\"retrieval.query\",\"latency_ms\":54,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\"}\n"
'import requests
url = "https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest"
payload = "{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"chat.completions\",\"provider\":\"openai\",\"model\":\"gpt-4o\",\"operation\":\"chat.completions\",\"input_tokens\":812,\"output_tokens\":146,\"latency_ms\":1240,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\"}
{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"c72d...\",\"parent_span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"vector.search\",\"operation\":\"retrieval.query\",\"latency_ms\":54,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\"}
"
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/x-ndjson"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-ndjson'},
body: JSON.stringify('{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"a91f...","name":"chat.completions","provider":"openai","model":"gpt-4o","operation":"chat.completions","input_tokens":812,"output_tokens":146,"latency_ms":1240,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z"}\n{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"c72d...","parent_span_id":"a91f...","name":"vector.search","operation":"retrieval.query","latency_ms":54,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z"}\n')
};
fetch('https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode('{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"a91f...","name":"chat.completions","provider":"openai","model":"gpt-4o","operation":"chat.completions","input_tokens":812,"output_tokens":146,"latency_ms":1240,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z"}
{"trace_id":"3b1c...","span_id":"c72d...","parent_span_id":"a91f...","name":"vector.search","operation":"retrieval.query","latency_ms":54,"status":"success","timestamp":"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z"}
'),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/x-ndjson",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest"
payload := strings.NewReader("\"{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"provider\\\":\\\"openai\\\",\\\"model\\\":\\\"gpt-4o\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"input_tokens\\\":812,\\\"output_tokens\\\":146,\\\"latency_ms\\\":1240,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\\\"}\\n{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"c72d...\\\",\\\"parent_span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"vector.search\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"retrieval.query\\\",\\\"latency_ms\\\":54,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\\\"}\\n\"")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson")
.body("\"{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"provider\\\":\\\"openai\\\",\\\"model\\\":\\\"gpt-4o\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"input_tokens\\\":812,\\\"output_tokens\\\":146,\\\"latency_ms\\\":1240,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\\\"}\\n{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"c72d...\\\",\\\"parent_span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"vector.search\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"retrieval.query\\\",\\\"latency_ms\\\":54,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\\\"}\\n\"")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.zespan.com/v1/ingest")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/x-ndjson'
request.body = "\"{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"provider\\\":\\\"openai\\\",\\\"model\\\":\\\"gpt-4o\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"chat.completions\\\",\\\"input_tokens\\\":812,\\\"output_tokens\\\":146,\\\"latency_ms\\\":1240,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\\\"}\\n{\\\"trace_id\\\":\\\"3b1c...\\\",\\\"span_id\\\":\\\"c72d...\\\",\\\"parent_span_id\\\":\\\"a91f...\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"vector.search\\\",\\\"operation\\\":\\\"retrieval.query\\\",\\\"latency_ms\\\":54,\\\"status\\\":\\\"success\\\",\\\"timestamp\\\":\\\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\\\"}\\n\""
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"accepted": 2,
"cv": 7
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}Authorizations
Project API key. Manage keys in the Zespan dashboard under project settings.
Body
Newline-delimited JSON. Each line is a single event object.
"{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"chat.completions\",\"provider\":\"openai\",\"model\":\"gpt-4o\",\"operation\":\"chat.completions\",\"input_tokens\":812,\"output_tokens\":146,\"latency_ms\":1240,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z\"}\n{\"trace_id\":\"3b1c...\",\"span_id\":\"c72d...\",\"parent_span_id\":\"a91f...\",\"name\":\"vector.search\",\"operation\":\"retrieval.query\",\"latency_ms\":54,\"status\":\"success\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-07-05T12:00:00.050Z\"}\n"
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