Traceroute

What It Does

Creates ICMP traceroute measurements via the Globalping network from cloud provider regions (AWS, GCP, Azure). Returns real hop-by-hop path data including router IP addresses, reverse DNS hostnames, per-hop round-trip times, and destination reachability status. Computes median end-to-end latency and average hop count across zones. Note: Internet routing is asymmetric (RFC 792) — forward and reverse paths often differ, and ICMP rate limiting at intermediate hops may show timeouts that don't indicate actual packet loss.

Why It's Useful

Traceroute reveals the actual network path between cloud regions and your service, exposing routing inefficiencies, peering bottlenecks, and geographic detours invisible to simple latency testing. Essential for debugging regional performance issues, verifying CDN edge routing, identifying ISP congestion points, and understanding how traffic traverses autonomous systems. Compare paths from multiple regions simultaneously to detect routing asymmetries.

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Code Examples

curl "https://api.edgedns.dev/v1/network/traceroute" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d "host=example.com"

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.edgedns.dev/v1/network/traceroute?host=example.com',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.edgedns.dev/v1/network/traceroute',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'},
    params={
    'host': 'example.com'
    }
)

data = response.json()
print(data)

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External References

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