LaunchDarkly Server-side OTEL library for Ruby

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This version of the library has a minimum Ruby version of 3.0.0, or 9.4.0 for JRuby.

Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:

$ bundle add launchdarkly-server-sdk-otel

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

$ gem install launchdarkly-server-sdk-otel

The provided TracingHook can be setup as shown below:

require 'ldclient-rb'
require 'ldclient-otel'
require 'opentelemetry/sdk'

config = LaunchDarkly::Config.new({logger: logger, hooks: [LaunchDarkly::Otel::TracingHook.new]})
client = LaunchDarkly::LDClient.new(sdk_key, config)

tracer = OpenTelemetry.tracer_provider.tracer('my_app_or_library', '0.1.0')
tracer.in_span('top-level span') do |span|
  _ = client.variation(feature_flag_key, context, false)
end

Read our documentation for in-depth instructions on configuring and using LaunchDarkly. You can also head straight to the reference guide for the ruby SDK.

Generated API documentation for all versions of the library is on RubyDoc.info. The API documentation for the latest version is also on GitHub Pages.

We encourage pull requests and other contributions from the community. Check out our contributing guidelines for instructions on how to contribute to this library.

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