fix(django): avoid empty span name on empty path (#1788)

Co-authored-by: Srikanth Chekuri <srikanth.chekuri92@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Shalev Roda <65566801+shalevr@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Diego Hurtado <ocelotl@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-django` Fix empty span name when using
+  `path("", ...)` ([#1788](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1788)
 - Fix elastic-search instrumentation sanitization to support bulk queries
   ([#1870](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1870))
 - Update falcon instrumentation to follow semantic conventions

instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py

@@ -172,9 +172,12 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
             else:
                 match = resolve(request.path)
 
-            if hasattr(match, "route"):
+            if hasattr(match, "route") and match.route:
                 return f"{request.method} {match.route}"
 
+            if hasattr(match, "url_name") and match.url_name:
+                return f"{request.method} {match.url_name}"
+
             return request.method
 
         except Resolver404:

instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py

@@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ DJANGO_2_2 = VERSION >= (2, 2)
 DJANGO_3_0 = VERSION >= (3, 0)
 
 if DJANGO_2_0:
-    from django.urls import re_path
+    from django.urls import path, re_path
 else:
     from django.conf.urls import url as re_path
 
+    def path(path_argument, *args, **kwargs):
+        return re_path(rf"^{path_argument}$", *args, **kwargs)
+
+
 urlpatterns = [
     re_path(r"^traced/", traced),
     re_path(r"^traced_custom_header/", response_with_custom_header),
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     re_path(r"^excluded_noarg/", excluded_noarg),
     re_path(r"^excluded_noarg2/", excluded_noarg2),
     re_path(r"^span_name/([0-9]{4})/$", route_span_name),
+    path("", traced, name="empty"),
 ]
 _django_instrumentor = DjangoInstrumentor()
 
@@ -205,6 +210,16 @@ class TestMiddleware(WsgiTestBase):
             self.assertFalse(mock_span.set_attribute.called)
             self.assertFalse(mock_span.set_status.called)
 
+    def test_empty_path(self):
+        Client().get("/")
+
+        spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
+
+        span = spans[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(span.name, "GET empty")
+
     def test_traced_post(self):
         Client().post("/traced/")