Country by IP Address API

Introduction

This API returns the same output data as the Country Info API but for the IPv4 IP address provided.

Unprecedented Update Rate

Geolocation data: re-evaluated every 2 hours or at least once daily

Country object data: usually updates at least once a month

Example Response

The response is only available in JSON format. The below response should be expected for the following request:


https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/country-by-ip


Awaiting request submission...

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Request Format

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Parameter Your Input Value Description
ip IPv4 IP address in a string or numeric format. If omitted, the caller’s IP address is assumed
localityLanguage

Preferred language for locality names in ISO 639-1 format, such as 'en' for English, 'es' for Spanish etc. Please note: 147 common world languages are supported, full list here, but not all languages are available for every location. If requested language is not available for a requested location it will default to English, if no English is available, the native, local names will be provided
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The live query

https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/country-by-ip


CURL Example

curl -X GET --header 'Accept: application/json' 'https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/country-by-ip'


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Response

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Response Format

Field

Data type

Description

ip

string

Requested IPv4 IP address in a string format

localityLanguageRequested

string

localityLanguage input parameter received

country

<Country> object

Geolocated Country

API Endpoint

Endpoint: /data/country-by-ip
Full URL: https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/country-by-ip

Data Objects

Country object

Field

Data type

Description

isoAlpha2

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code

isoAlpha3

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code

m49Code

16 bit integer

United Nations M.49 code

name

string

Country name localised to the language as defined by ‘localityLanguage’ request parameter

isoName

string

ISO 3166-1 Country name

isoAdminLanguages

Array of <Language> objects

Administrative languages as defined by ISO 3166-1 standard

unRegion

string

Region name as defined by United Nations

currency

<Currency> object

Currency as defined by ISO 4217 standard

wbRegion

<WbNode> object

Region name as defined by World Bank

wbIncomeLevel

<WbNode> object

Income level as defined by World Bank

callingCode

string

Calling code

countryFlagEmoji

string

Country emoji

Language object

Field

Data type

Description

isoAlpha2

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code

isoAlpha3

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code

isoName

string

ISO 3166-1 Language name

nativeName

string

Language native name

Currency object

Field

Data type

Description

numericCode

string

ISO 4217 standard numeric code

code

string

ISO 4217 standard code

Name

string

ISO 4217 English name

minorUnits

byte

ISO 4217 minor units as the currency exponent  (e.g. 2 = 1/100)

WbNode object

Field

Data type

Description

id

string

Identification number

iso2Code

string

ISO 2 letters code

value

string

Value

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