# Use Trace view

The Trace view area lets developers see API traces.

From **Trace view** in the **Developer** area, you can use a request ID to see the trace of an API call in a graph view.

![The empty Trace view area page](https://docs.commercetools.com/frontend-studio/images/trace-view-area-graph.png)

## See API traces

To see API traces, follow these steps:

1. Copy the request ID of the API call. You can find the ID in one of the following places:

   - **Humio**: From Humio, copy the `request ID` of the API call.
   - **From your browser**: From either your staging or production site, open the developer console of your browser. Copy the `Frontastic-Request-Id` header. For more information about how to find this header, see [Trace a request from frontend to backend](/frontend-development/logging.md#trace-a-request-from-frontend-to-backend)

2. From the Studio home page or from the left menu, go to **Developer > Trace view**. Make sure that you are in the same environment as the site where you copied the request ID from. For example, if you copied the `Frontastic-Request-Id` header from your staging site, then you must be in the staging environment of the Studio.

3. Paste the request ID into the search box, and then click **Show results**.

## Related pages

- [Area overview page with navigation](/frontend-studio.md)
- [Previous page: Use Dynamic pages](/frontend-studio/using-dynamic-pages-in-the-studio.md)
- [Search documentation and API specs](/search.md)