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Application Real-Time Monitoring Service:API overview

Last Updated:Jul 03, 2026

API standards and multilingual preset SDKs

The OpenAPI of this product (xtrace/2019-08-08) uses the RPC signature style. We have encapsulated SDKs for common programming languages for developers. Developers can download the SDK to directly call this product's OpenAPI without worrying about technical details. If the existing SDK does not meet your needs, you can use the signature mechanism for self-signing integration. Since the details of self-signing are very complex, it may take around 5 business days. Therefore, we recommend joining our DingTalk service group (147535001692) and conducting signature integration under expert guidance.

Before using the API, you need to prepare your identity account and access key (AccessKey) to effectively access the API through client tools (such as SDK and CLI). For details, see Obtain an AccessKey.

Custom signature scenarios

If your business scenario has special requirements and you need to integrate the API through self-signing, we recommend consulting our technical support team first (DingTalk service group: 147535001692) to obtain professional guidance and ensure efficient integration.

Account and security preparation

Alibaba Cloud accounts have full administrative permissions over all resources. Once an AccessKey is compromised, all associated resources will be at risk of unauthorized access. To ensure security, it is recommended to create a RAM user with only API access permissions and configure its AccessKey, while configuring RAM policies based on the principle of least privilege (PoLP). Use the Alibaba Cloud account only in specific scenarios where Alibaba Cloud account permissions are explicitly required.

API catalog

API

Title

Description

GetTagKey GetTagKey Retrieves tag keys
GetTagVal GetTagVal Retrieves the tag values for a specified tag key from reported traces.
GetTrace Obtain Trace Details You can invoke the GetTrace API to obtain trace details.
ListIpOrHosts ListIpOrHosts Queries IP addresses or hostnames in trace data. You can obtain all IP addresses of an application or in a region.
ListServices ListServices Queries applications.
ListSpanNames Retrieve all span names Retrieves all span names in a specified region. You can also retrieve all span names of a specific microservice.
QueryMetric QueryMetric Queries a metric.
SearchTraces SearchTraces Call the SearchTraces operation to query a list of traces. You can filter traces by time, application name, IP address, span name, tag, and other criteria.

Access control

API

Title

Description

OpenXtraceService OpenXtraceService Activates Managed Service for OpenTelemetry.
CheckCommercialStatus Check the commercialization status Check the commercialization status.