OpenAI

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Checkout an end to end example for tracing OpenAI

Arize has first-class support for instrumenting OpenAI calls and seeing both input and output messages. We support role types such as system, user, and assistant messages, as well as function calling.

We follow a standardized format for how a trace data should be structured using openinference, which is our open source package based on OpenTelemetry.

Use our code block below to get started using our OpenAIInstrumentor.

Python

# Import open-telemetry dependencies
from arize_otel import register_otel, Endpoints

# Setup OTEL via our convenience function
register_otel(
    endpoints = Endpoints.ARIZE,
    space_id = "your-space-id", # in app space settings page
    api_key = "your-api-key", # in app space settings page
    model_id = "your-model-id", # name this to whatever you would like
)
# Import the automatic instrumentor from OpenInference
from openinference.instrumentation.openai import OpenAIInstrumentor

# Finish automatic instrumentation
OpenAIInstrumentor().instrument()

Now start asking questions to your LLM app and watch the traces being collected by Arize. For more examples of instrumenting OpenAI applications, check our openinferenece-instrumentation-openai examples.

JS/TS

The OpenAI auto-instrumentation package can be installed via npm.

npm install @arizeai/openinference-instrumentation-openai

Library	Instrumentation	Version
OpenAI	@arizeai/openinference-instrumentation-openai

The example below utilizes the OpenInference JavaScript OpenAI example.

openinference/js/examples/openai at main · Arize-ai/openinferenceGitHub

Navigate to the backend folder.

In addition to the above package, sending traces to Arize requires the following packages: @opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc and @grpc/grpc-js. These package can be installed via npm by running the following command in your shell.

npm install @opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc @grpc/grpc-js

instrumentation.ts should be implemented as below (you'll need to install all of the packages imported below in the same manner as above):

/*instrumentation.ts */

import { registerInstrumentations } from "@opentelemetry/instrumentation";
import { 
  OpenAIInstrumentation 
} from "@arizeai/openinference-instrumentation-openai";
import { ConsoleSpanExporter } from "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base";
import {
  NodeTracerProvider,
  SimpleSpanProcessor,
} from "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node";
import { Resource } from "@opentelemetry/resources";
import { 
  OTLPTraceExporter as GrpcOTLPTraceExporter 
} from "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc"; // Arize specific
import { diag, DiagConsoleLogger, DiagLogLevel } from "@opentelemetry/api";
import { Metadata } from "@grpc/grpc-js"

// For troubleshooting, set the log level to DiagLogLevel.DEBUG
diag.setLogger(new DiagConsoleLogger(), DiagLogLevel.DEBUG);

// Arize specific - Create metadata and add your headers
const metadata = new Metadata();

// Your Arize Space and API Keys, which can be found in the UI
metadata.set('space_id', 'your-space-id');
metadata.set('api_key', 'your-api-key');

const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
  resource: new Resource({
    // Arize specific - The name of a new or preexisting model you 
    // want to export spans to
    "model_id": "your-model-id",
    "model_version": "your-model-version"
  }),
});

provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
provider.addSpanProcessor(
  new SimpleSpanProcessor(
    new GrpcOTLPTraceExporter({
      url: "https://otlp.arize.com/v1",
      metadata,
    }),
  ),
);

registerInstrumentations({
  instrumentations: [new OpenAIInstrumentation({})],
});

provider.register();

If you simultaneously want to send spans to a Phoenix collector, you should also add the following code blocks, from the original instrumentation.ts files.

import { 
  OTLPTraceExporter as ProtoOTLPTraceExporter 
} from "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto";

// add as another SpanProcessor below the previous SpanProcessor
provider.addSpanProcessor(
  new SimpleSpanProcessor(
    new ProtoOTLPTraceExporter({
      // This is the url where your phoenix server is running
      url: "http://localhost:6006/v1/traces",
    }),
  ),
);

Follow the steps from the backend and frontend readme. Or simply run:

docker compose up --build

to build run the frontend, backend, and Phoenix all at the same time. Navigate to localhost:3000 to begin sending messages to the chatbot and check out your traces in Arize at app.arize.com or Phoenix at localhost:6006.

Tracing Function Calls

Arize simplifies debugging by automatically tracing function calls made by LLMs. With the above code, Arize will receive all function calls and allow users to review the function outputs, arguments, and any parameters used. These traces can be loaded into the prompt playground, where you can experiment with parameters, adjust function definitions, and optimize workflows.