Getting Started

ipdata provides a JSON IP Address Geolocation API that allows you to lookup the location of any IP address, both IPv4 and IPv6.
 Make sure to sign up for a Free API key here to test these examples.
The simplest call you can make would be a parameter-less GET call to the API endpoint at https://api.ipdata.co. This would return the location of the calling IP address.
curl "https://api.ipdata.co?api-key=test"
To lookup a specific IP Address
curl "https://api.ipdata.co/8.8.8.8?api-key=test"
More Examples
Javascript
Python
Node
PHP
Ruby
Go
C#
Java
Swift
Javascript
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
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request.open('GET', 'https://api.ipdata.co/?api-key=test');
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request.setRequestHeader('Accept', 'application/json');
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request.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (this.readyState === 4) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
};
​
request.send();
Python
from ipdata import ipdata
from pprint import pprint
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# Create an instance of an ipdata object. Replace `test` with your API Key
ipdata = ipdata.IPData('test')
response = ipdata.lookup('69.78.70.144')
pprint(response)
Node
import IPData from 'ipdata';
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const ipdata = new IPData('test');
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const ip = '1.1.1.1';
ipdata.lookup(ip)
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log(data)
  });
PHP
use Ipdata\ApiClient\Ipdata;
use Symfony\Component\HttpClient\Psr18Client;
use Nyholm\Psr7\Factory\Psr17Factory;
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$httpClient = new Psr18Client();
$psr17Factory = new Psr17Factory();
$ipdata = new Ipdata('test', $httpClient, $psr17Factory);
$data = $ipdata->lookup('69.78.70.144');
echo json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
Ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
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url = URI("https://api.ipdata.co/?api-key=test")
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http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
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request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
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response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
Go
package main
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import (
	"github.com/ipdata/go"
	"log"
	"fmt"
)
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func main() {
	ipd, _ := ipdata.NewClient("test")
	data, err := ipd.Lookup("8.8.8.8")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%v", err)
	}
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	fmt.Printf("%s (%s)\n", data.IP, data.ASN)
}
C#
var client = new IpDataClient("test");
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// Get IP data from IP
var ipInfo = await client.Lookup("8.8.8.8");
Console.WriteLine($"Country name for {ipInfo.Ip} is {ipInfo.CountryName}");
Java
import io.ipdata.client.Ipdata;
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URL url = new URL("https://api.ipdata.co");
IpdataService ipdataService = Ipdata.builder().url(url)
      .key("test").get();
IpdataModel model = ipdataService.ipdata("1.1.1.1");
System.out.println(jsonSerialize(model));
Swift
import Foundation
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let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.ipdata.co/?api-key=test")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
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let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})
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dataTask.resume()
All calls must be made to the https endpoint. No requests will be served over unsecured HTTP.
The test API key used in these examples is very heavily rate limited do not use it for anything you care about.
What's next?
Get started with the official SDK of your choice. We currently support Python, Go, PHP, Java, Ruby, Javascript and .Net.
Install the ipdata cli.
​See a list of all possible response fields.
Check out our frequently asked questions.
​Secure your API Key.
Install the ipdata CLI
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