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Quickstart

Quickstart

Section titled “Quickstart”

Get up and running with Kopai in under 5 minutes.

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • A Kopai account (sign up here)
  • Node.js 18+ (or Python 3.8+ or Go 1.21+)

Step 1: Get Your API Token

Section titled “Step 1: Get Your API Token”
  1. Go to Settings → Access Tokens in your dashboard
  2. Click Generate Token
  3. Copy the token (it won’t be shown again)

Step 2: Install the OpenTelemetry SDK

Section titled “Step 2: Install the OpenTelemetry SDK”
Terminal window
npm install @opentelemetry/api @opentelemetry/sdk-node @opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http

Step 3: Configure the Exporter

Section titled “Step 3: Configure the Exporter”

Set your Kopai endpoint and token:

Terminal window
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://otlp.kopai.app"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Step 4: Instrument Your Application

Section titled “Step 4: Instrument Your Application”

See the SDK guides for detailed instrumentation examples.

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”