Node.js + ipapi (IP address location API)

ipapi.co by Kloudend, Inc.

Installation

npm install ipapi.co

Usage

From Node.js REPL

var ipapi = require('ipapi.co');
var callback = function(res){
console.log(res);
};
ipapi.location(callback) // Complete location for your IP address
> { ip: '50.1.2.3',
city: 'Wilton',
region: 'California',
country: 'US',
postal: 95693,
latitude: 38.3926,
longitude: -121.2429,
timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles' }
ipapi.location(callback, '', '', 'ip') // Your external IP address
50.1.2.3
ipapi.location(callback, '', '', 'city') // Your city
Wilton
ipapi.location(callback, '', '', 'country') // Your country
US
ipapi.location(callback, '8.8.8.8') // Complete location for IP address 8.8.8.8
> { ip: '8.8.8.8',
city: 'Mountain View',
region: 'California',
country: 'US',
postal: '94035',
latitude: 37.386,
longitude: -122.0838,
timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles' }
ipapi.location(callback, '8.8.8.8', '', 'city') // City for IP address 8.8.8.8
Mountain View
ipapi.location(callback, '8.8.8.8', '', 'country') // Country for IP address 8.8.8.8
US

With API Key

API key can be specified in the following ways :

1. Inside ipapi.js by setting API_KEY variable
2. As a function argument e.g. ipapi.location(callback, '8.8.8.8', 'secret-key')

Function arguments

• Optional arguments (e.g. IP address, key, field) can be an empty string '' or undefined