opentelemetry-api: update OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER variable (open-telemetry#2303)

Alex Boten · web-flow · commit 7a8ef3633dd8 · 2021-11-29T12:27:56.000-06:00
* opentelemetry-api: update OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER variable Fixes open-telemetry#2302 * Update CHANGELOG.md * fix lint
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Adds Aggregation and instruments as part of Metrics SDK
   ([#2234](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2234))
+- Update visibility of OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER environment variable
+  ([#2303](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2303))
 
 ## [1.7.1-0.26b1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.7.0-0.26b0) - 2021-11-11
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/environment_variables.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/environment_variables.py
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER = "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER"
+"""
+.. envvar:: OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER
+
+"""
+
 OTEL_PROPAGATORS = "OTEL_PROPAGATORS"
 """
 .. envvar:: OTEL_PROPAGATORS
@@ -41,9 +47,3 @@
 """
 .. envvar:: OTEL_PYTHON_METER_PROVIDER
 """
-
-_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER = "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER"
-"""
-.. envvar:: OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER
-
-"""
