Send Data to Honeycomb with Go | Honeycomb

Send Data to Honeycomb with Go

When you are working with Go, we recommend these methods of sending data to Honeycomb.

OpenTelemetry Go SDK

When you want to instrument Go applications in a standard, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof way, we recommend using the OpenTelemetry Go SDK to send telemetry data to Honeycomb. The OpenTelemetry Go SDK allows you to send traces and metrics. Logs is in development.

Honeycomb Distribution for Go

When you want to simplify the process of instrumenting applications and sending data to Honeycomb, use the Honeycomb Distribution for Go, which wraps the official OpenTelemetry Go SDK.

Honeycomb Libhoney for Go

When you need to create and send structured logs to Honeycomb, use Libhoney for Go, our structured logging library for Go applications.