# OpenTelemetry Exporters

Once the OpenTelemetry SDK has created and processed telemetry, it needs to be exported.
This package contains exporters for this purpose.

## Exporter Packages

The following exporter packages are provided with the following OpenTelemetry signal support.

|                                           Exporter Package                                            | Metrics | Traces |
|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:|:-------:|:------:|
| [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc](./otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc) |    ✓    |        |
| [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp](./otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp) |    ✓    |        |
|   [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc](./otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc)   |         |   ✓    |
|   [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp](./otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp)   |         |   ✓    |
|                     [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus](./prometheus)                     |    ✓    |        |
|            [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric](./stdout/stdoutmetric)            |    ✓    |        |
|             [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace](./stdout/stdouttrace)             |         |   ✓    |
|                         [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin](./zipkin)                         |         |   ✓    |

See the [OpenTelemetry registry] for 3rd-party exporters compatible with this project.

[OpenTelemetry registry]: https://opentelemetry.io/registry/?language=go&component=exporter