Arize (tracing) | Respan Docs

Arize is a platform for AI observability and evaluation. This page covers tracing Arize SDK calls with respan-instrumentation-arize.

Set up Respan

Create an account at platform.respan.ai and grab an API key.

Run npx @respan/cli setup to set up with your coding agent.

Use Respan Gateway

See Arize gateway setup to route this integration through the Respan gateway.

Example projects

Python package README

Setup

Install packages

$ pip install respan-ai respan-instrumentation-arize arize

Set environment variables

$ export RESPAN_API_KEY="YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY"

Initialize Respan and run

1 import os
2 
3 from arize import ArizeClient
4 from respan import Respan
5 from respan_instrumentation_arize import ArizeInstrumentor
6 
7 respan = Respan(
8     api_key=os.environ["RESPAN_API_KEY"],
9     app_name="arize-tracing",
10     instrumentations=[ArizeInstrumentor()],
11 )
12 
13 client = ArizeClient(api_key="...")
14 print(client.datasets.list(space="respan-demo"))
15 
16 respan.flush()
17 respan.shutdown()

View your trace

Open the Traces page to inspect Arize request spans with metadata, timing, and any captured request/response content.

Configuration

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`api_key`	`str \| None`	`None`	Uses `RESPAN_API_KEY` when not passed.
`base_url`	`str \| None`	`None`	Uses `RESPAN_BASE_URL` when not passed.
`app_name`	`str \| None`	`None`	Service name for exported spans.
`instrumentations`	`list`	`[]`	Add `ArizeInstrumentor()` to activate Arize tracing.