header

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Overview

package header defines HTTP headers known convention used by the Trace Agent and Datadog's APM intake.

Index

• Constants

Constants

const (
	// TraceCount is the header client implementation should fill
	// with the number of traces contained in the payload.
	TraceCount = "X-Datadog-Trace-Count"

	// ContainerID specifies the name of the header which contains the ID of the
	// container where the request originated.
	ContainerID = "Datadog-Container-ID"

	// Lang specifies the name of the header which contains the language from
	// which the traces originate.
	Lang = "Datadog-Meta-Lang"

	// LangVersion specifies the name of the header which contains the origin
	// language's version.
	LangVersion = "Datadog-Meta-Lang-Version"

	// LangInterpreter specifies the name of the HTTP header containing information
	// about the language interpreter, where applicable.
	LangInterpreter = "Datadog-Meta-Lang-Interpreter"

	// LangInterpreterVendor specifies the name of the HTTP header containing information
	// about the language interpreter vendor, where applicable.
	LangInterpreterVendor = "Datadog-Meta-Lang-Interpreter-Vendor"

	// TracerVersion specifies the name of the header which contains the version
	// of the tracer sending the payload.
	TracerVersion = "Datadog-Meta-Tracer-Version"

	// ComputedTopLevel specifies that the client has marked top-level spans, when set.
	// Any non-empty value will mean 'yes'.
	ComputedTopLevel = "Datadog-Client-Computed-Top-Level"

	// ComputedStats specifies whether the client has computed stats so that the agent
	// doesn't have to.
	ComputedStats = "Datadog-Client-Computed-Stats"

	// DroppedP0Traces contains the number of P0 trace chunks dropped by the client.
	// This value is used to adjust priority rates computed by the agent.
	DroppedP0Traces = "Datadog-Client-Dropped-P0-Traces"

	// DroppedP0Spans contains the number of P0 spans dropped by the client.
	// This value is used for metrics and could be used in the future to adjust priority rates.
	DroppedP0Spans = "Datadog-Client-Dropped-P0-Spans"

	// RatesPayloadVersion contains the version of sampling rates.
	// If both agent and client have the same version, the agent won't return rates in API response.
	RatesPayloadVersion = "Datadog-Rates-Payload-Version"

	// SendTrueHTTPStatus can be sent by the client to signal to the agent that
	// it wants to receive the "real" status in the response. By default, the agent
	// will send a 200 OK response for every payload, even those dropped due to
	// intake limits.
	// Any value set in this header will cause the agent to send a 429 code to a client
	// when the payload cannot be submitted.
	SendRealHTTPStatus = "Datadog-Send-Real-Http-Status"
)