--- title: Rules Trace --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python) Copy Markdown Open in **Claude**Open in **ChatGPT**Open in **Cursor** --- **Copy Markdown****View as Markdown** # Rules Trace #### Rules TraceTraces ##### [Request Trace](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/request_tracers/subresources/traces/methods/create) request\_tracers.traces.create(TraceCreateParams\*\*kwargs) -> [TraceCreateResponse]() POST/accounts/{account\_id}/request-tracer/trace ##### ModelsExpand Collapse List\[[TraceItem]()] [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20request_tracers.traces%20%3E%20(model)%20trace%20%3E%20(schema)>)
class TraceItem: … List of steps acting on request/response action: Optional\[str] If step type is rule, then action performed by this rule Link to this property action\_parameters: Optional\[object] If step type is rule, then action parameters of this rule as JSON Link to this property description: Optional\[str] If step type is rule or ruleset, the description of this entity Link to this property expression: Optional\[str] If step type is rule, then expression used to match for this rule Link to this property kind: Optional\[str] If step type is ruleset, then kind of this ruleset Link to this property matched: Optional\[bool] Whether tracing step affected tracing request/response Link to this property name: Optional\[str] If step type is ruleset, then name of this ruleset Link to this property step\_name: Optional\[str] Tracing step identifying name Link to this property trace: Optional\[Trace] Link to this property type: Optional\[str] Tracing step type Link to this property
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class TraceCreateResponse: … Trace result with an origin status code status\_code: Optional\[int] HTTP Status code of zone response Link to this property trace: Optional\[Trace] Link to this property
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