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HTTP Check Receiver

OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The HTTP Check Receiver can be used for synthetic checks against HTTP endpoints.

Component ID: contrib-httpcheckreceiver
Name: httpcheckreceiver
Type: receiver
Distribution: contrib
Repository: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Stability

Level	Signals
alpha	metrics

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`error.message`	string	Error message recorded during check
`http.method`	string	HTTP request method
`http.status_class`	string	HTTP response status class
`http.status_code`	int	HTTP response status code
`http.tls.cn`	string	The commonName in the subject of the certificate.
`http.tls.issuer`	string	The entity that issued the certificate.
`http.tls.san`	slice	The Subject Alternative Name of the certificate.
`http.url`	string	Full HTTP request URL.
`network.transport`	string	OSI transport layer or inter-process communication method.
`validation.type`	string	Type of validation performed (contains, json_path, size, regex)

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