# BatchGetTraces
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**Note**  
You cannot find traces through this API if Transaction Search is enabled since trace is not indexed in X-Ray.

Retrieves a list of traces specified by ID. Each trace is a collection of segment documents that originates from a single request. Use `GetTraceSummaries` to get a list of trace IDs.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /Traces HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "NextToken": "string",
   "TraceIds": [ "string" ]
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [NextToken](#API_BatchGetTraces_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="xray-BatchGetTraces-request-NextToken"></a>
Pagination token.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [TraceIds](#API_BatchGetTraces_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="xray-BatchGetTraces-request-TraceIds"></a>
Specify the trace IDs of requests for which to retrieve segments.  
Type: Array of strings  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 5 items.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 35.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "NextToken": "string",
   "Traces": [ 
      { 
         "Duration": number,
         "Id": "string",
         "LimitExceeded": boolean,
         "Segments": [ 
            { 
               "Document": "string",
               "Id": "string"
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "UnprocessedTraceIds": [ "string" ]
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [NextToken](#API_BatchGetTraces_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="xray-BatchGetTraces-response-NextToken"></a>
Pagination token.  
Type: String

 ** [Traces](#API_BatchGetTraces_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="xray-BatchGetTraces-response-Traces"></a>
Full traces for the specified requests.  
Type: Array of [Trace](API_Trace.md) objects

 ** [UnprocessedTraceIds](#API_BatchGetTraces_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="xray-BatchGetTraces-response-UnprocessedTraceIds"></a>
Trace IDs of requests that haven't been processed.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 35.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is missing required parameters or has invalid parameters.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ThrottledException **   
The request exceeds the maximum number of requests per second.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/xray-2016-04-12/BatchGetTraces)