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request_tracers

Traces

request_tracers.traces

Methods

Request Trace -> Envelope<{ status_code, trace }>

post/accounts/{account_id}/request-tracer/trace

Request Trace

Security

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example: X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example: X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Allow Request Tracer Read

Parameters

account_id: string

(maxLength: 32)

Identifier

Response fields

errors: Array<

>

messages: Array<

>

success: true

Whether the API call was successful

result: { status_code, trace }

Optional

Trace result with an origin status code

Request example

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/request-tracer/trace \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
    -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
      "method": "PUT",
      "url": "https://some.zone/some_path",
      "cookies": {
        "cookie_name_1": "cookie_value_1",
        "cookie_name_2": "cookie_value_2"
      },
      "headers": {
        "header_name_1": "header_value_1",
        "header_name_2": "header_value_2"
      },
      "protocol": "HTTP/1.1"
    }'

200Example

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "status_code": 0,
    "trace": []
  }
}

Domain types

Trace = Array<

>

TraceItem = { action, action_parameters, description, 7 more... }

List of steps acting on request/response