# Trace

## Get email trace

**get** `/accounts/{account_id}/email-security/investigate/{postfix_id}/trace`

Gets the delivery trace for an email message, showing its path through email
security processing.

### Path Parameters

- `account_id: string`

  Account Identifier

- `postfix_id: string`

  The identifier of the message.

### Returns

- `errors: array of ResponseInfo`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `messages: array of ResponseInfo`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

- `result: object { inbound, outbound }`

  - `inbound: object { lines, pending }`

    - `lines: optional array of object { lineno, message, ts }`

      - `lineno: number`

      - `message: string`

      - `ts: string`

    - `pending: optional boolean`

  - `outbound: object { lines, pending }`

    - `lines: optional array of object { lineno, message, ts }`

      - `lineno: number`

      - `message: string`

      - `ts: string`

    - `pending: optional boolean`

- `success: boolean`

### Example

```http
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/email-security/investigate/$POSTFIX_ID/trace \
    -H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
    -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "inbound": {
      "lines": [
        {
          "lineno": 0,
          "message": "message",
          "ts": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
        }
      ],
      "pending": true
    },
    "outbound": {
      "lines": [
        {
          "lineno": 0,
          "message": "message",
          "ts": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
        }
      ],
      "pending": true
    }
  },
  "success": true
}
```

## Domain Types

### Trace Get Response

- `TraceGetResponse = object { inbound, outbound }`

  - `inbound: object { lines, pending }`

    - `lines: optional array of object { lineno, message, ts }`

      - `lineno: number`

      - `message: string`

      - `ts: string`

    - `pending: optional boolean`

  - `outbound: object { lines, pending }`

    - `lines: optional array of object { lineno, message, ts }`

      - `lineno: number`

      - `message: string`

      - `ts: string`

    - `pending: optional boolean`