feat(@opentelemetry-instrumentation-http): support adding custom attr…

…ibutes before a span is started (#2332)

Co-authored-by: Daniel Dyla <dyladan@users.noreply.github.com>

packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/README.md

@@ -47,14 +47,16 @@ Http instrumentation has few options available to choose from. You can set the f
 
 | Options | Type | Description |
 | ------- | ---- | ----------- |
-| [`applyCustomAttributesOnSpan`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L79) | `HttpCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes |
-| [`requestHook`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#81) | `HttpRequestCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes before request is handled |
-| [`responseHook`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L83) | `HttpResponseCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes before response is handled |
-| [`ignoreIncomingPaths`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L75) | `IgnoreMatcher[]` | Http instrumentation will not trace all incoming requests that match paths |
-| [`ignoreOutgoingUrls`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L77) | `IgnoreMatcher[]` | Http instrumentation will not trace all outgoing requests that match urls |
-| [`serverName`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L85) | `string` | The primary server name of the matched virtual host. |
-| `requireParentforOutgoingSpans` | Boolean | Require that is a parent span to create new span for outgoing requests. |
-| `requireParentforIncomingSpans` | Boolean | Require that is a parent span to create new span for incoming requests. |
+| [`applyCustomAttributesOnSpan`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L91) | `HttpCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes |
+| [`requestHook`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#93) | `HttpRequestCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes before request is handled |
+| [`responseHook`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L95) | `HttpResponseCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes before response is handled |
+| [`startIncomingSpanHook`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L97) | `StartIncomingSpanCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes before a span is started in incomingRequest |
+| [`startOutgoingSpanHook`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L99) | `StartOutgoingSpanCustomAttributeFunction` | Function for adding custom attributes before a span is started in outgoingRequest |
+| [`ignoreIncomingPaths`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L87) | `IgnoreMatcher[]` | Http instrumentation will not trace all incoming requests that match paths |
+| [`ignoreOutgoingUrls`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L89) | `IgnoreMatcher[]` | Http instrumentation will not trace all outgoing requests that match urls |
+| [`serverName`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L101) | `string` | The primary server name of the matched virtual host. |
+| [`requireParentforOutgoingSpans`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L103) | Boolean | Require that is a parent span to create new span for outgoing requests. |
+| [`requireParentforIncomingSpans`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts#L105) | Boolean | Require that is a parent span to create new span for incoming requests. |
 
 ## Useful links
 

packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/http.ts

@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
         attributes: utils.getIncomingRequestAttributes(request, {
           component: component,
           serverName: instrumentation._getConfig().serverName,
+          hookAttributes: instrumentation._callStartSpanHook(
+            request,
+            instrumentation._getConfig().startIncomingSpanHook
+          ),
         }),
       };
 
@@ -532,6 +536,10 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
       const attributes = utils.getOutgoingRequestAttributes(optionsParsed, {
         component,
         hostname,
+        hookAttributes: instrumentation._callStartSpanHook(
+          optionsParsed,
+          instrumentation._getConfig().startOutgoingSpanHook
+        ),
       });
 
       const spanOptions: SpanOptions = {
@@ -638,4 +646,17 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
       true
     );
   }
+
+  private _callStartSpanHook(
+    request: http.IncomingMessage | http.RequestOptions,
+    hookFunc: Function | undefined,
+    ) {
+    if(typeof hookFunc === 'function'){
+      return safeExecuteInTheMiddle(
+        () => hookFunc(request),
+        () => { },
+        true
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }

packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/types.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { Span } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { 
+  Span,
+  SpanAttributes,
+ } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type * as http from 'http';
 import type * as https from 'https';
 import {
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   IncomingMessage,
   request,
   ServerResponse,
+  RequestOptions,
 } from 'http';
 import * as url from 'url';
 import { InstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
@@ -67,6 +71,14 @@ export interface HttpResponseCustomAttributeFunction {
   (span: Span, response: IncomingMessage | ServerResponse): void;
 }
 
+export interface StartIncomingSpanCustomAttributeFunction {
+  (request: IncomingMessage ): SpanAttributes;
+}
+
+export interface StartOutgoingSpanCustomAttributeFunction {
+  (request: RequestOptions ): SpanAttributes;
+}
+
 /**
  * Options available for the HTTP instrumentation (see [documentation](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http#http-instrumentation-options))
  */
@@ -81,6 +93,10 @@ export interface HttpInstrumentationConfig extends InstrumentationConfig {
   requestHook?: HttpRequestCustomAttributeFunction;
   /** Function for adding custom attributes before response is handled */
   responseHook?: HttpResponseCustomAttributeFunction;
+  /** Function for adding custom attributes before a span is started in incomingRequest */
+  startIncomingSpanHook?: StartIncomingSpanCustomAttributeFunction;
+  /** Function for adding custom attributes before a span is started in outgoingRequest */
+  startOutgoingSpanHook?: StartOutgoingSpanCustomAttributeFunction;
   /** The primary server name of the matched virtual host. */
   serverName?: string;
   /** Require parent to create span for outgoing requests */

packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts

@@ -334,11 +334,11 @@ export const isValidOptionsType = (options: unknown): boolean => {
 /**
  * Returns outgoing request attributes scoped to the options passed to the request
  * @param {ParsedRequestOptions} requestOptions the same options used to make the request
- * @param {{ component: string, hostname: string }} options used to pass data needed to create attributes
+ * @param {{ component: string, hostname: string, hookAttributes?: SpanAttributes }} options used to pass data needed to create attributes
  */
 export const getOutgoingRequestAttributes = (
   requestOptions: ParsedRequestOptions,
-  options: { component: string; hostname: string }
+  options: { component: string; hostname: string; hookAttributes?: SpanAttributes }
 ): SpanAttributes => {
   const host = requestOptions.host;
   const hostname =
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export const getOutgoingRequestAttributes = (
   if (userAgent !== undefined) {
     attributes[SemanticAttributes.HTTP_USER_AGENT] = userAgent;
   }
-  return attributes;
+  return Object.assign(attributes, options.hookAttributes);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -415,11 +415,11 @@ export const getOutgoingRequestAttributesOnResponse = (
 /**
  * Returns incoming request attributes scoped to the request data
  * @param {IncomingMessage} request the request object
- * @param {{ component: string, serverName?: string }} options used to pass data needed to create attributes
+ * @param {{ component: string, serverName?: string, hookAttributes?: SpanAttributes }} options used to pass data needed to create attributes
  */
 export const getIncomingRequestAttributes = (
   request: IncomingMessage,
-  options: { component: string; serverName?: string }
+  options: { component: string; serverName?: string; hookAttributes?: SpanAttributes }
 ): SpanAttributes => {
   const headers = request.headers;
   const userAgent = headers['user-agent'];
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ export const getIncomingRequestAttributes = (
   setRequestContentLengthAttribute(request, attributes);
 
   const httpKindAttributes = getAttributesFromHttpKind(httpVersion);
-  return Object.assign(attributes, httpKindAttributes);
+  return Object.assign(attributes, httpKindAttributes, options.hookAttributes);
 };
 
 /**

packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/http-enable.test.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ import {
   context,
   propagation,
   Span as ISpan,
-  SpanKind, trace,
+  SpanKind, 
+  trace,
+  SpanAttributes,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/node';
 import {
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ import { DummyPropagation } from '../utils/DummyPropagation';
 import { httpRequest } from '../utils/httpRequest';
 import { ContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { AsyncHooksContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
-import type { ClientRequest, IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
+import type { ClientRequest, IncomingMessage, ServerResponse, RequestOptions } from 'http';
 import { isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import { getRPCMetadata, RPCType } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 
@@ -95,6 +97,18 @@ export const responseHookFunction = (
   span.setAttribute('custom response hook attribute', 'response');
 };
 
+export const startIncomingSpanHookFunction = (
+  request: IncomingMessage
+): SpanAttributes => {
+  return {guid: request.headers?.guid}
+};
+
+export const startOutgoingSpanHookFunction = (
+  request: RequestOptions
+): SpanAttributes => {
+  return {guid: request.headers?.guid}
+};
+
 describe('HttpInstrumentation', () => {
   let contextManager: ContextManager;
 
@@ -201,6 +215,8 @@ describe('HttpInstrumentation', () => {
           applyCustomAttributesOnSpan: customAttributeFunction,
           requestHook: requestHookFunction,
           responseHook: responseHookFunction,
+          startIncomingSpanHook: startIncomingSpanHookFunction,
+          startOutgoingSpanHook: startOutgoingSpanHookFunction,
           serverName,
         });
         instrumentation.enable();
@@ -686,7 +702,8 @@ describe('HttpInstrumentation', () => {
 
       it('custom attributes should show up on client and server spans', async () => {
         await httpRequest.get(
-          `${protocol}://${hostname}:${serverPort}${pathname}`
+          `${protocol}://${hostname}:${serverPort}${pathname}`,
+          {headers: {guid: 'user_guid'}}
         );
         const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
         const [incomingSpan, outgoingSpan] = spans;
@@ -699,6 +716,10 @@ describe('HttpInstrumentation', () => {
           incomingSpan.attributes['custom response hook attribute'],
           'response'
         );
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          incomingSpan.attributes['guid'],
+          'user_guid'
+        );
         assert.strictEqual(
           incomingSpan.attributes['span kind'],
           SpanKind.CLIENT
@@ -712,6 +733,10 @@ describe('HttpInstrumentation', () => {
           outgoingSpan.attributes['custom response hook attribute'],
           'response'
         );
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          outgoingSpan.attributes['guid'],
+          'user_guid'
+        );
         assert.strictEqual(
           outgoingSpan.attributes['span kind'],
           SpanKind.CLIENT