IP Lookup API

The IP Lookup API provides location information for any valid IP address. It works with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

/v1/iplookup

`HTTP GET`

Returns the location of the ip address specified. The response contains both the geographical coordinates (latitude/longitude) as well as the city and country.

Parameters

address (required) - IP Address to query. Must be in the format A.B.C.D. For example: 73.9.149.180

Headers

X-Api-Key (required) - API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request URL

Live Demo!

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/iplookup?address=

Sample Response

{
  "is_valid": true,
  "country": "United States",
  "country_code": "US",
  "region_code": "IL",
  "region": "Illinois",
  "city": "Chicago",
  "zip": "60620",
  "lat": 41.7405,
  "lon": -87.6587,
  "timezone": "America/Chicago",
  "isp": "Comcast Cable Communications, LLC",
  "address": "73.9.149.180"
}

Code Examples

import requests

ip_addr = '73.9.149.180'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/iplookup?address={}'.format(ip_addr)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    print(response.text)
else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)

var ip_addr = '73.9.149.180'
$.ajax({
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/iplookup?address=' + ip_addr,
    headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'},
    contentType: 'application/json',
    success: function(result) {
        console.log(result);
    },
    error: function ajaxError(jqXHR) {
        console.error('Error: ', jqXHR.responseText);
    }
});

const request = require('request');
var ip_addr = '73.9.149.180';
request.get({
  url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/iplookup?address=' + ip_addr,
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if(error) return console.error('Request failed:', error);
  else if(response.statusCode != 200) return console.error('Error:', response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  else console.log(body)
});

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

URL url = new URL("https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/iplookup?address=73.9.149.180");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestProperty("accept", "application/json");
InputStream responseStream = connection.getInputStream();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(responseStream);
System.out.println(root.path("fact").asText());

let ip_addr = "73.9.149.180".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)
let url = URL(string: "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/iplookup?address="+ip_addr!)!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("YOUR_API_KEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Api-Key")
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) {(data, response, error) in
    guard let data = data else { return }
    print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}
task.resume()

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.