/traceroute

Multi-source traceroute with geolocation information.

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traceroute

Multi-source traceroute with geolocation information. Demo: IP Address Lookup (under "Traceroute" tab)

Using output from traceroute.py to plot hops on Google Map

Installation

Save traceroute.py into a directory with its path stored in your PYTHONPATH environment variable.

Usage

Try the following from your Python interpreter:

>>> from traceroute import Traceroute
>>> traceroute = Traceroute("8.8.8.8")
>>> hops = traceroute.traceroute()
>>> hops
[{'hostname': 'core-87-router', 'longitude': -74.6597, 'rtt': '2.208 ms', 'hop_num': 1, 'latitude': 40.3756, 'ip_address': '128.112.128.2'}, {'hostname': 'border-87-router', 'longitude': -74.6597, 'rtt': '0.422 ms', 'hop_num': 2, 'latitude': 40.3756, 'ip_address': '128.112.12.142'}, {'hostname': 'te0-0-1-1.204.rcr12.phl03.atlas.cogentco.com', 'longitude': -97.0, 'rtt': '3.775 ms', 'hop_num': 3, 'latitude': 38.0, 'ip_address': '38.122.150.1'}, {'hostname': 'te0-0-1-3.rcr21.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com', 'longitude': -97.0, 'rtt': '3.689 ms', 'hop_num': 4, 'latitude': 38.0, 'ip_address': '154.54.27.117'}, {'hostname': 'te0-0-1-3.rcr22.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com', 'longitude': -97.0, 'rtt': '4.340 ms', 'hop_num': 4, 'latitude': 38.0, 'ip_address': '66.28.4.233'}, {'hostname': 'te0-7-0-10.mpd22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com', 'longitude': -97.0, 'rtt': '8.082 ms', 'hop_num': 5, 'latitude': 38.0, 'ip_address': '154.54.42.101'}, {'hostname': 'te0-7-0-10.ccr21.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com', 'longitude': -97.0, 'rtt': '7.860 ms', 'hop_num': 5, 'latitude': 38.0, 'ip_address': '154.54.42.89'}, {'hostname': 'be2112.ccr41.iad02.atlas.cogentco.com', 'longitude': -97.0, 'rtt': '8.628 ms', 'hop_num': 6, 'latitude': 38.0, 'ip_address': '154.54.5.233'}, {'hostname': '38.88.214.50', 'longitude': -97.0, 'rtt': '8.197 ms', 'hop_num': 7, 'latitude': 38.0, 'ip_address': '38.88.214.50'}, {'hostname': '209.85.255.1', 'longitude': -122.0574, 'rtt': '9.230 ms', 'hop_num': 8, 'latitude': 37.4192, 'ip_address': '209.85.255.1'}, {'hostname': '209.85.251.101', 'longitude': -122.0574, 'rtt': '9.719 ms', 'hop_num': 8, 'latitude': 37.4192, 'ip_address': '209.85.251.101'}, {'hostname': '216.239.51.11', 'longitude': -122.0574, 'rtt': '9.811 ms', 'hop_num': 9, 'latitude': 37.4192, 'ip_address': '216.239.51.11'}, {'hostname': '72.14.238.115', 'longitude': -122.0574, 'rtt': '10.142 ms', 'hop_num': 9, 'latitude': 37.4192, 'ip_address': '72.14.238.115'}, {'hostname': '216.239.51.101', 'longitude': -122.0574, 'rtt': '9.568 ms', 'hop_num': 9, 'latitude': 37.4192, 'ip_address': '216.239.51.101'}, {'hostname': 'google-public-dns-a.google.com', 'longitude': -122.0838, 'rtt': '9.127 ms', 'hop_num': 10, 'latitude': 37.386, 'ip_address': '8.8.8.8'}]
>>>

You can also run the script directly by passing in the --ip_address option:

$ python traceroute.py --help
Usage: traceroute.py --ip_address=IP_ADDRESS

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i IP_ADDRESS, --ip_address=IP_ADDRESS
                        IP address of destination host (default: 8.8.8.8)
  -j JSON_FILE, --json_file=JSON_FILE
                        List of sources in JSON file (default: sources.json)
  -c COUNTRY, --country=COUNTRY
                        Traceroute will be initiated from this country; choose
                        'LO' for localhost to run traceroute locally, 'AU' for
                        Australia, 'CH' for Switzerland, 'JP' for Japan, 'RU'
                        for Russia, 'UK' for United Kingdom or 'US' for United
                        States (default: US)
  -t TMP_DIR, --tmp_dir=TMP_DIR
                        Temporary directory to store downloaded traceroute
                        results (default: /tmp)
  -n, --no_geo          No geolocation data (default: False)
  -s TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT
                        Timeout in seconds for all downloads (default: 120)
  -d, --debug           Show debug output (default: False)

$ python traceroute.py --ip_address=8.8.8.8
[
    {
        "hostname": "core-87-router",
        "longitude": -74.6597,
        "rtt": "3.035 ms",
        "hop_num": 1,
        "latitude": 40.3756,
        "ip_address": "128.112.128.2"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "border-87-router",
        "longitude": -74.6597,
        "rtt": "3.440 ms",
        "hop_num": 2,
        "latitude": 40.3756,
        "ip_address": "128.112.12.142"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "te0-0-1-1.204.rcr12.phl03.atlas.cogentco.com",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "3.588 ms",
        "hop_num": 3,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "38.122.150.1"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "te0-0-1-3.rcr22.phl01.atlas.cogentco.com",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "3.441 ms",
        "hop_num": 4,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "66.28.4.233"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "te0-7-0-10.mpd22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "7.455 ms",
        "hop_num": 5,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "154.54.42.101"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "te0-7-0-10.ccr21.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "7.573 ms",
        "hop_num": 5,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "154.54.42.89"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "te0-7-0-10.mpd22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "7.521 ms",
        "hop_num": 5,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "154.54.42.101"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "be2112.ccr41.iad02.atlas.cogentco.com",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "8.611 ms",
        "hop_num": 6,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "154.54.5.233"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "be2176.ccr41.iad02.atlas.cogentco.com",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "8.640 ms",
        "hop_num": 6,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "154.54.41.53"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "38.88.214.50",
        "longitude": -97.0,
        "rtt": "8.655 ms",
        "hop_num": 7,
        "latitude": 38.0,
        "ip_address": "38.88.214.50"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "209.85.251.101",
        "longitude": -122.0574,
        "rtt": "9.783 ms",
        "hop_num": 8,
        "latitude": 37.4192,
        "ip_address": "209.85.251.101"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "209.85.246.227",
        "longitude": -122.0574,
        "rtt": "9.313 ms",
        "hop_num": 8,
        "latitude": 37.4192,
        "ip_address": "209.85.246.227"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "209.85.246.225",
        "longitude": -122.0574,
        "rtt": "8.308 ms",
        "hop_num": 8,
        "latitude": 37.4192,
        "ip_address": "209.85.246.225"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "216.239.51.101",
        "longitude": -122.0574,
        "rtt": "12.102 ms",
        "hop_num": 9,
        "latitude": 37.4192,
        "ip_address": "216.239.51.101"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "216-239-51-13.google.com",
        "longitude": -122.0574,
        "rtt": "8.993 ms",
        "hop_num": 9,
        "latitude": 37.4192,
        "ip_address": "216.239.51.13"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "216.239.51.9",
        "longitude": -122.0574,
        "rtt": "8.731 ms",
        "hop_num": 9,
        "latitude": 37.4192,
        "ip_address": "216.239.51.9"
    },
    {
        "hostname": "google-public-dns-a.google.com",
        "longitude": -122.0838,
        "rtt": "8.775 ms",
        "hop_num": 10,
        "latitude": 37.386,
        "ip_address": "8.8.8.8"
    }
]