getgeo-python

getgeo-python is a python wrapper for the API provided by getgeoapi.com.

This API allows the one to access a wide range of information to better understand ones customers.

Information provided by getgeoapi.com includes:

• City data | Find out where your customers are from
• Country data | Customize your application based on your user's country
• Security data | Check if your user appeared in any security blacklist and could be a threat to your business
• Currency data | Find out the preferred currency of your visitors and display prices in their preferred currency
• Time zone data | Retrieve the time zone of your visitors to customize your offers and promotions
• ASN data | Access information about the internet provided by your users

Why use getgeoapi.com:

• IPv4 and IPv6 | Access location and security data whether you have an IPv4 or IPv6 address
• Reliable | Scalable infrastructure with 99.99% up time
• Secure | 256-bit SSL encryption to ensure your data is transmitted safely
• Fast | Average response time is 66ms

Usage

Requirements

For you to be able to use this package you must have Python 3 installed in your system.

You must also have an api_key provided by getgeoapi.com. To get an api_key for your application, simply create an account, and click the 'Generate API Key' button.

Copy your api_key to a secure location.

Installation

To use getgeo-python, you need to first install it as follows:

# upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade pip

# install getgeo-python
pip install getgeo-python

Once installation is complete, you can now start using getgeo-python.

Usage

Import GetGeoData class, and create a new instance of it by providing your api key.

# import GetGeoData
from getgeo.geodata import GetGeoData

# setup api key
your_api_key = "exampleofapikey"

# create a new instance of GetGeoData
ip_data = GetGeoData("your_api_key")

Don't forget to replace "exampleofapikey" with your actual api_key.

The class GetGeoData has two instance methods, i.e.:

• get_my_geo_data
• get_geo_data

The get_my_geo_data method returns information based on your IP address. While the get_geo_data method, takes one argument (any IP address__IPV4 or IPV6), and returns information based on the IP address.

The response of both methods in in json format.

Example:

# get my own geo data
my_geo_data = ip_data.get_my_geo_data()

print(my_geo_data)

# get geo data of given IP address
# Google's IPv6 address
# 2001:4860:4860::8888
geo_data = ip_data.get_geo_data("2001:4860:4860::8888")

print(geo_data)

For more information visit getgeoapi.com.