---
title: "Trace the route to a host"
method: GET
path: "/v1/mtr/{host}"
tags: ["Traceroute from India"]
---

# Trace the route to a host

`GET /v1/mtr/{host}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dharun.dev`
- URL: `https://api.dharun.dev/v1/mtr/{host}`
- Auth: none declared

Lists hops up to the one where the host answered, or one past the last router that answered. A hop with 100% loss is common: many routers forward traffic without answering probes. otherAddresses lists further routers seen at the same hop, where traffic is balanced over several paths.

## Path parameters

- `host` string, required

## Query parameters

- `rounds` integer
- `v` '4' | '6'

## Response `200`

Success

- Envelope
  - `data` unknown, required
  - `meta` object, required
    - `limit` integer
    - `note` string
    - `offset` integer
    - `source` object: Where the data came from and the credit its licence asks for.
      - `attribution` string
      - `licence` string
      - `name` string
      - `retrieved` string
      - `url` string
      - `version` string
    - `total` integer

## Other responses

- `400`: Error
- `404`: Error
- `429`: Error

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