import requests

url = "https://api.opper.ai/v3/spans"

payload = { "name": "<string>" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "trace_id": "<string>",
  "parent_id": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}