> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.honeycomb.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Send Data to Honeycomb with Python

> Explore available methods for sending telemetry from your Python application to Honeycomb.

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

<Card title="OpenTelemetry Python SDK" href="/send-data/python/opentelemetry-sdk/">
  When you want to instrument Python applications in a standard, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof way, we recommend using the OpenTelemetry Python SDK to send telemetry data to Honeycomb.
  The OpenTelemetry Python SDK allows you to send traces, logs, and metrics.
</Card>

<Card title="Honeycomb Libhoney for Python" href="/send-data/python/libhoney/">
  When you need to create and send structured logs to Honeycomb, use Libhoney for Python, our structured logging library for Python applications.
</Card>