nodejs-traceroute

Node.js wrapper around tracert and traceroute process

Install

npm install --save nodejs-traceroute

Force IPv4 or IPv6

By default, the domain name given will be automatically resolved. Explicitly force IPv4 or IPv6 tracerouting by passing either ipv4 or ipv6 to the constructor.

Usage Example

import { BuildTraceroute } from 'nodejs-traceroute'

try {
    const tracer = BuildTraceroute()
    tracer
        .on('pid', (pid) => {
            console.log(`pid: ${pid}`);
        })
        .on('destination', (destination) => {
            console.log(`destination: ${destination}`);
        })
        .on('hop', (hop) => {
            console.log(`hop: ${JSON.stringify(hop)}`);
        })
        .on('close', (code) => {
            console.log(`close: code ${code}`);
        });

    tracer.trace('github.com');
} catch (ex) {
    console.log(ex);
}

Result Example

    pid: 4414
    destination: 192.30.253.112
    hop: {"hop":1,"ip":"192.168.0.1","rtt1":"1.817 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":2,"ip":"10.233.33.58","rtt1":"3.149 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":3,"ip":"10.55.96.182","rtt1":"7.820 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":4,"ip":"128.241.1.205","rtt1":"178.187 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":5,"ip":"129.250.2.9","rtt1":"211.609 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":6,"ip":"129.250.3.43","rtt1":"229.458 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":7,"ip":"129.250.2.163","rtt1":"237.948 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":8,"ip":"129.250.2.138","rtt1":"237.913 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":9,"ip":"129.250.2.133","rtt1":"241.748 ms"}
    hop: {"hop":10,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":11,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":12,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":13,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":14,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":15,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":16,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":17,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":18,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":19,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":20,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":21,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":22,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":23,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":24,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":25,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":26,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":27,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":28,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":29,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    hop: {"hop":30,"ip":"*","rtt1":"*"}
    close: code 0

Parameters

The BuildTraceroute function is used to create a traceroute object based on the provided options.

• opts (optional): An object that contains the following properties:
  • ipVersion (optional): The IP version to use for the traceroute.
  • queries (optional): The number of queries to send per hop. Default is 1.
  • maxHopNumber (optional): The maximum number of hops to trace. Default is 10.
  • waitSecond (optional): The number of seconds to wait between each hop. Default is 1.
  • pauseMs (optional): The number of milliseconds to pause between each hop. Default is 0.

Example

import { BuildTraceroute } from 'traceroute-lib'

const tracer = BuildTraceroute({
  ipVersion: IpVersion.IPV4,
  queries: 1,
  maxHopNumber: 10,
  waitSecond: 1,
  pauseMs: 0,
})

tracer.on('hop', () => {
    // Will only trigger up to 10 times
})

tracer.trace('github.com')

parseRttStr

The parseRttStr function is a utility function that parses a string representation of round-trip time (RTT) and returns the numeric value of the RTT in milliseconds. It can help convert rtt data in hop events. It takes a single parameter rttStr, which is a string representation of the RTT.

Example Usage

import { parseRttStr } from './utils'

const rtt = parseRttStr('6.35 ms')
console.log(rtt) // Output: 6.35