Live HTTP Traffic Streamer
Real-Time TailStream real-time HTTP traffic across your edge with client IP, status codes, response times, and bot detection.
📖 Full Explanation
\1 connects your terminal to Cloudflare's GraphQL Analytics API to deliver continuous real-time request streaming. Unlike passive logs, it renders live color-coded status badges, detects search bots and scrapers, displays edge-to-client latencies, and preloads historical traffic so you never miss an incident.
⚙️ Command Options & Flags
| Option / Flag | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| -i, --interval <sec> | Polling frequency in seconds | 3 |
| -b, --backfill <min> | Preload traffic history from past N minutes | 5 |
| -s, --status <codes> | Filter by HTTP status (e.g. 5xx, 404, 200) | all |
| --ip <client-ip> | Filter incoming requests by specific client IP | - |
| --path <prefix> | Filter requests by URL path prefix | - |
🔬 Technical Corollary & Edge Mechanics
Under the hood, the streaming engine builds dynamic GraphQL queries against \1. It tracks processed Ray IDs in a ring buffer to eliminate duplicates across rolling polling windows, maintaining sub-30ms client-side processing latency.
🎯 Real-World DevOps Use Cases
DDoS & Incident Forensic Monitoring
Watch incoming Layer 7 traffic spikes during an active DDoS attack in real-time.
Webhook Verification During Deployments
Confirm third-party webhooks (Stripe, GitHub) are reaching your edge origin.
💻 Live Output Simulation
$ cflare traffic live namishkumar.in 📡 Streaming live edge traffic for namishkumar.in (Ctrl+C to stop)... 21:30:12 │ 200 OK │ 18ms │ 203.0.113.42 │ GET /api/v1/status │ Chrome/Mac │ BOM 21:30:14 │ 404 NF │ 4ms │ 198.51.100.23 │ GET /wp-admin.php │ Threat/Bot │ DEL 21:30:15 │ 200 OK │ 32ms │ 192.0.2.89 │ POST /api/checkout │ Safari/iOS │ LHR