> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zespan.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Export OTLP metrics (not implemented)

> Not implemented. This endpoint authenticates the API key and returns `501`; no metrics are stored. Send traces to `/v1/traces` instead.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /v1/metrics
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Zespan Public API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    The Zespan Public API covers the endpoints that customers call directly or
    through the Zespan SDKs: trace ingestion (native and OpenTelemetry), prompt
    management, datasets and dataset runs, and the runtime guardrails check.

    All endpoints authenticate with a project API key sent in the `x-api-key`
    header. Create and manage API keys from the project settings in the Zespan
    dashboard.
servers:
  - url: https://api.zespan.com
    description: Zespan production API
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Ingestion
    description: Send traces and events to Zespan.
  - name: OpenTelemetry
    description: OTLP-compatible ingestion endpoints.
  - name: Prompts
    description: Manage versioned prompts and their labels, tags, and folders.
  - name: Datasets
    description: Read datasets and manage dataset runs used for experiments and scoring.
  - name: Guardrails
    description: Runtime guardrail evaluation.
paths:
  /v1/metrics:
    post:
      tags:
        - OpenTelemetry
      summary: Export OTLP metrics (not implemented)
      description: >
        Not implemented. This endpoint authenticates the API key and returns
        `501`; no metrics are stored. Send traces to `/v1/traces` instead.
      operationId: otelMetrics
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
              description: OTLP ExportMetricsServiceRequest payload.
          application/x-protobuf:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '501':
          description: OTLP metrics ingestion is not implemented.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
          example: Unauthorized
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code, when present.
          example: rate_limit_exceeded
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: >-
        Project API key. Manage keys in the Zespan dashboard under project
        settings.

````