# Cloud Trace API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/stackdriver-google/cloud-trace-api/  
**Provider:** Stackdriver (Google) — https://apis.io/providers/stackdriver-google/  
**Base URL:** https://cloudtrace.googleapis.com  
**Documentation:** https://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference

Cloud Trace API is one of 3 APIs that [Stackdriver (Google)](https://apis.io/providers/stackdriver-google/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Cloud Trace API (v2) ingests and retrieves distributed-trace spans to analyze request latency across microservices.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://cloud.google.com/trace/docs

## Other Stackdriver (Google) APIs (2)

- [Cloud Monitoring API](https://apis.io/apis/stackdriver-google/cloud-monitoring-api/)
- [Cloud Logging API](https://apis.io/apis/stackdriver-google/cloud-logging-api/)

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/stackdriver-google/cloud-trace-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/stackdriver-google/.