IP2Location 8.8.1

This is an IP geolocation library that enables the user to find the country, region, city, latitude and longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, area code, weather info, mobile info, elevation, usage type, address type and IAB category from an IP address. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6 lookup.

IP2Location 8.8.1

This is a IP2Location Python library that enables the user to find the country, region or state, city, latitude and longitude, ZIP code, time zone, Internet Service Provider (ISP) or company name, domain name, net speed, area code, weather station code, weather station name, mobile country code (MCC), mobile network code (MNC) and carrier brand, elevation, usage type, address type and IAB category by IP address or hostname originates from. The library reads the geo location information from IP2Location BIN data file.

Supported IPv4 and IPv6 address.

For more details, please visit: https://www.ip2location.com/developers/python

Requirements

1. Python 3.5 and above.

Installation

1. Unzip the package.
2. Execute python setup.py build
3. Execute python setup.py install

or

To install this module type the following (for PyPI):

pip install IP2Location

Usage

You can check the sample.py file to learn more about usage.

BIN Database

Below is the description of the functions available in the BIN Database lookup.

Method Name	Description
open	Open the IP2Location BIN data for lookup. Default mode: File I/O.
close	Close and clean up the file pointer.
get_all	Return the geolocation information in array.
get_country_short	Return the ISO3166-1 country code (2-digits) of the IP address.
get_country_long	Return the ISO3166-1 country name of the IP address.
get_region	Return the ISO3166-2 region name of the IP address. Please visit ISO3166-2 Subdivision Code for the information of ISO3166-2 supported
get_city	Return the city name of the IP address.
get_latitude	Return the city latitude of the IP address.
get_longitude	Return the city longtitude of the IP address.
get_isp	Return the ISP name of the IP address.
get_domain	Return the domain name of IP address.
get_zipcode	Return the zipcode of the city.
get_timezone	Return the UTC time zone (with DST supported).
get_netspeed	Return the Internet connection type. Please see Internet Connection Type for details.
get_idd_code	Return the IDD prefix to call the city from another country.
get_area_code	Return the area code of the city.
get_weather_code	Return the nearest weather observation station code.
get_weather_name	Return the nearest weather observation station name.
get_mcc	Return the Mobile Country Codes (MCC).
get_mnc	Return the Mobile Network Code (MNC).
get_mobile_brand	Commercial brand associated with the mobile carrier. Please visit Mobile Carrier Coverage to view the coverage report.
get_elevation	Return average height of city above sea level in meters (m).
get_usage_type	Return the ISP's usage type of IP address. Please see Usage Type for details.
get_address_type	Return the IP address type (A-Anycast, B-Broadcast, M-Multicast & U-Unicast) of IP address or domain name.
get_category	Return the IAB content taxonomy category of IP address or domain name. You can get a full list of IAB content taxonomy category from here.

Web Service

Below is the description of the functions available in the Web Service lookup.

Function Name	Description
Constructor	Expect 3 input parameters: IP2Location API Key. Package (WS1 - WS25) Use HTTPS or HTTP
lookup	Return the IP information in array. country_code country_name region_name city_name latitude longitude zip_code time_zone isp domain net_speed idd_code area_code weather_station_code weather_station_name mcc mnc mobile_brand elevation usage_type address_type category category_name continent name code hemisphere translations country name alpha3_code numeric_code demonym flag capital total_area population currency code name symbol language code name idd_code tld translations region name code translations city name translations geotargeting metro country_groupings time_zone_info olson current_time gmt_offset is_dst sunrise sunset
get_credit	Return remaining credit of the web service account.

IP Tools

Below is the description of the functions available in the IP Tools class.

Function Name	Description
is_ipv4	Return either true or false. Verify if a string is a valid IPv4 address.
is_ipv6	Return either true or false. Verify if a string is a valid IPv6 address.
ipv4_to_decimal	Translate IPv4 address from dotted-decimal address to decimal format.
decimal_to_ipv4	Translate IPv4 address from decimal number to dotted-decimal address.
ipv6_to_decimal	Translate IPv6 address from hexadecimal address to decimal format.
decimal_to_ipv6	Translate IPv6 address from decimal number into hexadecimal address.
ipv4_to_cidr	Convert IPv4 range into a list of IPv4 CIDR notation.
cidr_to_ipv4	Convert IPv4 CIDR notation into a list of IPv4 addresses.
ipv6_to_cidr	Convert IPv6 range into a list of IPv6 CIDR notation.
cidr_to_ipv6	Convert IPv6 CIDR notation into a list of IPv6 addresses.
compressed_ipv6	Compress a IPv6 to shorten the length.
expand_ipv6	Expand a shorten IPv6 to full length.

Testing

python sample.py
python test.py
python lookup.py <ip_address>

Sample BIN Databases

• Download free IP2Location LITE databases at https://lite.ip2location.com
• Download IP2Location sample databases at https://www.ip2location.com/developers

IPv4 BIN vs IPv6 BIN

• Use the IPv4 BIN file if you just need to query IPv4 addresses.
• Use the IPv6 BIN file if you need to query BOTH IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Internet Connection Type

Internet Connection Type	Description
DIAL	Dial Up
DSL	Broadband/Cable/Fiber/Mobile
COMP	Company/T1

Usage Type

Usage Type	Description
COM	Commercial
ORG	Organization
GOV	Government
MIL	Military
EDU	University/College/School
LIB	Library
CDN	Content Delivery Network
ISP	Fixed Line ISP
MOB	Mobile ISP
DCH	Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit
SES	Search Engine Spider
RSV	Reserved

Support

Email: [e-mail].
URL: https://www.ip2location.com