IP Address Geolocation with Confidence Area API

Introduction

This API returns detailed information about the geographical location, ownership and connectivity of the provided IPv4 IP address. This particular API also includes Geolocation confidence and area estimation. Powered by patent pending Next Generation IP Geolocation Technology.

Update Rate

  • Geolocation data re-evaluated every 2 hours or at least once a day
  • BGP data updated every 2 hours
  • Registry data updated at least once a day
  • Country object data usually updates at least once in a month

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Parameters


Parameter Type Your Input Value
ip string
key string

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Curl


curl -X GET --header 'Accept: application/json' 'https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence'


Request URL


https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence


Response


Awaiting request submission...

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API Endpoint

Endpoint: /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence
Full URL: https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence

Request Format

Order Parameter Required Data type Description
1 ip No string IPv4 IP address in a string or numeric format. If omitted, the caller’s IP address is assumed
2 key Yes string Your API key

Response Format

Field Data type Description
ip string Requested IPv4 IP address in a string format
country <Country> object Geolocated Country
location <Location> object Geolocation
lastUpdated string Indicates the time of when that particular IP address’s geolocation was assessed the last
network <Network> object Network it belongs
confidence string Geolocation confidence, possible values:
  • "low"
  • "moderate"
  • "high"
confidenceArea Array of <point> objects Closed polygon representing estimated geolocation confidence area

Data Objects

Point object

Field

Data type

Description

latitude

float

Latitude

longitude

float

Longitude

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

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

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

Location object

Field

Data type

Description

isoPrincipalSubdivision

string

Principal subdivision name as defined by ISO 3166-2 standard

isoPrincipalSubdivisionCode

string

Principal subdivision code as defined by ISO 3166-2 standard

city

string

City name

postcode

string

Postcode

latitude

float

Estimated Latitude

longitude

float

Estimated Longitude

timeZone

<Timezone> object

Time Zone information

Timezone Object

Field

Data type

Description

ianaTimeId

string

Time Zone name in IANA format

displayName

string

Display name

effectiveTimeZoneFull

string

Effective time zone full name (adjusted to the daylight saving status)

effectiveTimeZoneShort

string

Effective time zone short name (adjusted to the daylight saving status)

UtcOffsetSeconds

32 bit integer

Effective offset from UTC time in seconds

UtcOffset

string

Effective offset from UTC time

isDaylightSavingTime

boolean

Indicates if the daylight saving is on

localTime

string

Local time in ISO 8601 format

Network object

Field

Data type

Description

registry

string

The Regional Internet Registry (RIR) the network is registered with

registryStatus

string

Registration status

registeredCountry

string

Registered Country ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code

registeredCountryName

string

Registered Country ISO 3166-1 name

organisation

string

Registered for

isReachableGlobally

boolean

Indicates if the network was announced on BGP and reachable globally or not

isBogon

boolean

Indicates if the network in bogon

bgpPrefix

string

The latest BGP prefix announcement for the current network

bgpPrefixNetworkAddress

string

BGP prefix network (the first) address

bgpPrefixLastAddress

string

BGP prefix last address

totalAddresses

32 bit unsigned integer

Total number of IP addresses in the Network

carriers

Array of <Carrier> objects

List of Autonomous Systems (AS) announcing this network on BGP

viaCarriers

Array of <Carrier> objects

List of Autonomous Systems (AS) detected at the last hop before the announced parties

Carrier object

Field

Data type

Description

asn

string

Autonomous System Number string

asnNumeric

32 bit unsigned integer

Autonomous System Number

organisation

string

Registered Organisation

name

string

Registered name

registry

string

The Regional Internet Registry (RIR) the AS is registered with

registeredCountry

string

Registered Country ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code

registeredCountryName

string

Registered Country ISO 3166-1 name

registrationDate

string

Registration date in “yyyy-mm-dd” format

registrationLastChange

string

Registration modification date in “yyyy-mm-dd” format

totalIpv4Addresses

32 bit unsigned integer

Total number of IP addresses announced by the AS

totalIpv4Prefixes

32 bit unsigned integer

Total number of BGP prefixes announced by the AS

totalIpv4BogonPrefixes

32 bit unsigned integer

Total number of bogon prefixes announced by the AS

rank

32 bit unsigned integer

World rank by total number of IP addresses announced

rankText

string

World rank by total number of IP addresses announced including total

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