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# Traceroutes

##### [Traceroute](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/diagnostics/subresources/traceroutes/methods/create)

client.Diagnostics.Traceroutes.New(ctx, params) (\*SinglePage\[[Traceroute](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/diagnostics#(resource)%20diagnostics.traceroutes%20%3E%20(model)%20traceroute%20%3E%20(schema)>)], error)

POST/accounts/{account\_id}/diagnostics/traceroute

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type Traceroute struct{…}

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Colos \[]TracerouteColoOptional

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Colo TracerouteColosColoOptional

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City stringOptional

Source colo city.

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Name stringOptional

Source colo name.

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Error TracerouteColosErrorOptional

Errors resulting from collecting traceroute from colo to target.

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One of the following:

const TracerouteColosErrorEmpty TracerouteColosError = ""

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const TracerouteColosErrorCouldNotGatherTracerouteDataCode1 TracerouteColosError = "Could not gather traceroute data: Code 1"

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const TracerouteColosErrorCouldNotGatherTracerouteDataCode2 TracerouteColosError = "Could not gather traceroute data: Code 2"

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const TracerouteColosErrorCouldNotGatherTracerouteDataCode3 TracerouteColosError = "Could not gather traceroute data: Code 3"

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const TracerouteColosErrorCouldNotGatherTracerouteDataCode4 TracerouteColosError = "Could not gather traceroute data: Code 4"

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Hops \[]TracerouteColosHopOptional

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Nodes \[]TracerouteColosHopsNodeOptional

An array of node objects.

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ASN stringOptional

AS number associated with the node object.

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IP stringOptional

IP address of the node.

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Labels \[]stringOptional

Field appears if there is an additional annotation printed when the probe returns. Field also appears when running a GRE+ICMP traceroute to denote which traceroute a node comes from.

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MaxRTTMs float64Optional

Maximum RTT in ms.

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MeanRTTMs float64Optional

Mean RTT in ms.

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MinRTTMs float64Optional

Minimum RTT in ms.

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Name stringOptional

Host name of the address, this may be the same as the IP address.

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PacketCount int64Optional

Number of packets with a response from this node.

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StdDevRTTMs float64Optional

Standard deviation of the RTTs in ms.

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PacketsLost int64Optional

Number of packets where no response was received.

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PacketsSent int64Optional

Number of packets sent with specified TTL.

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PacketsTTL int64Optional

The time to live (TTL).

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TargetSummary unknownOptional

Aggregated statistics from all hops about the target.

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TracerouteTimeMs int64Optional

Total time of traceroute in ms.

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Target stringOptional

The target hostname, IPv6, or IPv6 address.

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