# Trace

Parity Tracing API methods give users access to the most detailed information about on-chain activity. For more information about use, see the [Parity/Open Ethereum Trace API Documentation](https://openethereum.github.io/JSONRPC-trace-module).\
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These API methods allow you to get a full *externality* trace on any transaction executed throughout the Ethereum chain. Unlike the log filtering API, you are able to search and filter based only upon address information. Information returned includes the execution of all `CREATE,` `SUICIDE` and all variants of `CALL` together with input data, output data, gas usage, amount transferred and the success status of each individual action.

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[trace\_transaction](/powered-api/trace/trace_transaction.md)
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[trace\_block](/powered-api/trace/trace_block.md)
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