# OpenTelemetry XMLHttpRequest Instrumentation for web
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This module provides auto instrumentation for web using XMLHttpRequest .
## Installation
```bash
npm install --save @opentelemetry/plugin-xml-http-request
```
## Usage
```js
import { ConsoleSpanExporter, SimpleSpanProcessor } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
import { WebTracer } from '@opentelemetry/web';
import { XMLHttpRequestPlugin } from '@opentelemetry/plugin-xml-http-request';
import { ZoneContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-zone';
const webTracerWithZone = new WebTracer({
contextManager: new ZoneContextManager(),
plugins: [
new XMLHttpRequestPlugin({
propagateTraceHeaderCorsUrls: ['http://localhost:8090']
})
]
});
webTracerWithZone.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
// and some test
const req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', 'http://localhost:8090/xml-http-request.js', true);
req.send();
```
## Example Screenshots



See [examples/tracer-web](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/examples/tracer-web) for a short example.
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## License
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