Traceroute

Determines the series of servers that data traverses from the ViewDNS server to the specified domain name or IP address.

URL

https://api.viewdns.info/traceroute/

Parameters

domain - the domain or IP address to perform a traceroute on
output - the output format required ('xml' or 'json')
apikey - your api key

Sample Query

domain: twitter.com

GET https://api.viewdns.info/traceroute/?domain=twitter.com&apikey=yourapikey&output=output_type

XML Response (output=xml)

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<viewdns>
  <query>
    <tool>traceroute_PRO</tool>
    <domain>twitter.com</domain>
  </query>
  <response>
    <hop>
      <number>1</number>
      <hostname>obfuscated.internal.network.com</hostname>
      <ip>0.0.0.0</ip>
      <rtt>0.000</rtt>
    </hop>
    <hop>
      <number>2</number>
      <hostname>obfuscated.internal.network.com</hostname>
      <ip>0.0.0.0</ip>
      <rtt>1.000</rtt>
    </hop>
    <hop>
      <number>3</number>
      <hostname>v995.core1.sjc1.he.net</hostname>
      <ip>64.71.150.21</ip>
      <rtt>1.467</rtt>
    </hop>
    <hop>
      <number>4</number>
      <hostname>10gigabitethernet2-1.core1.sjc2.he.net</hostname>
      <ip>72.52.92.118</ip>
      <rtt>1.298</rtt>
    </hop>
    <hop>
      <number>5</number>
      <hostname>eqix1.cr1.sjc2.twttr.com</hostname>
      <ip>206.223.116.94</ip>
      <rtt>1.739</rtt>
    </hop>
    <hop>
      <number>6</number>
      <hostname>xe-0-0-0.smf1-er1.twttr.com</hostname>
      <ip>199.16.159.37</ip>
      <rtt>13.628</rtt>
    </hop>
    <hop>
      <number>7</number>
      <hostname>r-199-59-148-10.twttr.com</hostname>
      <ip>199.59.148.10</ip>
      <rtt>6.997</rtt>
    </hop>
  </response>
</viewdns>

JSON Response (output=json)

{
    "query": {
        "tool": "traceroute_PRO",
        "domain": "twitter.com"
    },
    "response": {
        "hops": [
            {
                "number": "1",
                "hostname": "obfuscated.internal.network.com",
                "ip": "0.0.0.0",
                "rtt": "0.000"
            },
            {
                "number": "2",
                "hostname": "obfuscated.internal.network.com",
                "ip": "0.0.0.0",
                "rtt": "1.000"
            },
            {
                "number": "3",
                "hostname": "v995.core1.sjc1.he.net",
                "ip": "64.71.150.21",
                "rtt": "7.580"
            },
            {
                "number": "4",
                "hostname": "10gigabitethernet2-1.core1.sjc2.he.net",
                "ip": "72.52.92.118",
                "rtt": "0.706"
            },
            {
                "number": "5",
                "hostname": "eqix2.cr2.sjc2.twttr.com",
                "ip": "206.223.116.101",
                "rtt": "1.937"
            },
            {
                "number": "6",
                "hostname": "xe-11-0-0.smf1-er1.twttr.com",
                "ip": "199.16.159.51",
                "rtt": "13.743"
            },
            {
                "number": "7",
                "hostname": "r-199-59-148-10.twttr.com",
                "ip": "199.59.148.10",
                "rtt": "13.249"
            }
        ]
    }
}