process_spans() | Respan Docs

Signature

1 process_spans(spans: SpanBuffer | List[ReadableSpan]) -> bool

Processes spans through the configured processor pipeline (including the default Respan exporter and any custom processors). Returns True on success.

Example

1 from respan import Respan, get_client
2 
3 respan = Respan(api_key="your-api-key")
4 client = get_client()
5 
6 # Collect spans with a buffer
7 with client.get_span_buffer("trace-xyz") as buffer:
8     buffer.create_span("validation", {"result": "pass"})
9     buffer.create_span("processing", {"items": 42})
10     collected = buffer.get_all_spans()
11 
12 # Process all collected spans at once
13 success = client.process_spans(collected)
14 print(f"Export successful: {success}")

Use process_spans() with spans collected from get_span_buffer(). For standard workflows using decorators, spans are exported automatically — you don’t need to call this method.