Highlight (highlight.io)

Highlight OTLP Logs API

Native OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) HTTP/JSON ingestion endpoint for structured logs at `https://otel.highlight.io/v1/logs`. Supports severity levels, trace/span correlation, and arbitrary attributes. Highlight stores logs in ClickHouse for sub-second full-text search and pattern detection.

Highlight OTLP Logs API is one of 7 APIs that Highlight (highlight.io) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 machine-runnable capability that can be deployed as REST, MCP, or Agent Skill surfaces via Naftiko and 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Observability, OpenTelemetry, Logs, and Logging. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, 1 Naftiko capability spec, and 1 JSON Schema.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Highlight OTLP Logs API
  description: >
    Native OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) HTTP/JSON ingestion endpoint for structured
    logs. Accepts standard `ExportLogsServiceRequest` payloads. Logs are stored in
    ClickHouse for sub-second full-text search and pattern detection in the
    Highlight dashboard.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Highlight Support
    url: https://www.highlight.io/community
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
  - url: https://otel.highlight.io
    description: Highlight hosted OTLP collector
  - url: http://localhost:4318
    description: Self-hosted OTLP collector (Hobby / Enterprise)
tags:
  - name: Logs
    description: OpenTelemetry log ingestion
paths:
  /v1/logs:
    post:
      summary: Export Logs Service
      description: >
        Submit a batch of OpenTelemetry log records. The body must be an
        `ExportLogsServiceRequest` encoded as JSON or Protobuf. The resource
        attribute `highlight.project_id` is required to route the logs to the
        owning Highlight project.
      operationId: exportLogs
      tags:
        - Logs
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExportLogsServiceRequest'
          application/x-protobuf:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Logs accepted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExportLogsServiceResponse'
        '400':
          description: Malformed payload or missing `highlight.project_id`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '413':
          description: Payload too large.
        '429':
          description: Rate limited.
components:
  schemas:
    ExportLogsServiceRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - resourceLogs
      properties:
        resourceLogs:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceLogs'
    ResourceLogs:
      type: object
      properties:
        resource:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
        scopeLogs:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScopeLogs'
        schemaUrl:
          type: string
    Resource:
      type: object
      properties:
        attributes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValue'
          description: >
            MUST include `highlight.project_id`. SHOULD include `service.name`,
            `service.version`, and `deployment.environment`.
    ScopeLogs:
      type: object
      properties:
        scope:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstrumentationScope'
        logRecords:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogRecord'
    InstrumentationScope:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        version:
          type: string
    LogRecord:
      type: object
      required:
        - timeUnixNano
        - body
      properties:
        timeUnixNano:
          type: string
        observedTimeUnixNano:
          type: string
        severityNumber:
          type: integer
          description: 1-24 per OpenTelemetry SeverityNumber.
        severityText:
          type: string
          description: 'Human-readable severity (e.g. INFO, WARN, ERROR).'
        body:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AnyValue'
        attributes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValue'
          description: >
            Recommended attributes: `highlight.session_id` and
            `highlight.trace_id` for browser-session correlation.
        traceId:
          type: string
        spanId:
          type: string
    KeyValue:
      type: object
      required: [key, value]
      properties:
        key:
          type: string
        value:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AnyValue'
    AnyValue:
      type: object
      properties:
        stringValue:
          type: string
        boolValue:
          type: boolean
        intValue:
          type: string
        doubleValue:
          type: number
    ExportLogsServiceResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        partialSuccess:
          type: object
          properties:
            rejectedLogRecords:
              type: string
            errorMessage:
              type: string
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string

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