IPLocate geolocation client for Python

A Python client for the IPLocate.io geolocation API. Look up detailed geolocation and threat intelligence data for any IP address:

• IP geolocation: IP to country, IP to city, IP to region/state, coordinates, timezone, postal code
• ASN information: Internet service provider, network details, routing information
• Privacy & threat detection: VPN, proxy, Tor, hosting provider detection
• Company information: Business details associated with IP addresses - company name, domain, type (ISP/hosting/education/government/business)
• Abuse contact: Network abuse reporting information
• Hosting detection: Cloud provider and hosting service detection using our proprietary hosting detection engine

See what information we can provide for your IP address.

Getting started

You can make 1,000 free requests per day with a free account. For higher plans, check out API pricing.

Installation

pip install python-iplocate

Quick start

Synchronous client

from iplocate import IPLocateClient

# Create a client with your API key
# Get your free API key from https://iplocate.io/signup
client = IPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key")

# Look up an IP address
result = client.lookup("8.8.8.8")

print(f"IP: {result.ip}")
if result.country:
    print(f"Country: {result.country}")
if result.city:
    print(f"City: {result.city}")

# Check privacy flags
print(f"Is VPN: {result.privacy.is_vpn}")
print(f"Is Proxy: {result.privacy.is_proxy}")

Asynchronous client

import asyncio
from iplocate import AsyncIPLocateClient

async def main():
    async with AsyncIPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key") as client:
        result = await client.lookup("8.8.8.8")
        print(f"Country: {result.country}")

asyncio.run(main())

Get your own IP address information

# Look up your own IP address (no IP parameter)
result = client.lookup()
print(f"Your IP: {result.ip}")

Get the country for an IP address

result = client.lookup("203.0.113.1")
print(f"Country: {result.country} ({result.country_code})")

Get the currency code for a country by IP address

result = client.lookup("203.0.113.1")
print(f"Currency: {result.currency_code}")

Get the calling code for a country by IP address

result = client.lookup("203.0.113.1")
print(f"Calling code: {result.calling_code}")

Authentication

Get your free API key from IPLocate.io, and pass it when creating the client:

client = IPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key")

Examples

IP address geolocation lookup

from iplocate import IPLocateClient

client = IPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key")
result = client.lookup("203.0.113.1")

print(f"Country: {result.country} ({result.country_code})")
if result.latitude and result.longitude:
    print(f"Coordinates: {result.latitude:.4f}, {result.longitude:.4f}")

Check for VPN/Proxy Detection

result = client.lookup("192.0.2.1")

if result.privacy.is_vpn:
    print("This IP is using a VPN")

if result.privacy.is_proxy:
    print("This IP is using a proxy")

if result.privacy.is_tor:
    print("This IP is using Tor")

ASN and network information

result = client.lookup("8.8.8.8")

if result.asn:
    print(f"ASN: {result.asn.asn}")
    print(f"ISP: {result.asn.name}")
    print(f"Network: {result.asn.route}")

Using with different IP address types

import ipaddress
from iplocate import IPLocateClient

client = IPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key")

# String IP
result1 = client.lookup("8.8.8.8")

# ipaddress objects
ipv4 = ipaddress.IPv4Address("8.8.8.8")
result2 = client.lookup(ipv4)

ipv6 = ipaddress.IPv6Address("2001:4860:4860::8888")
result3 = client.lookup(ipv6)

Custom configuration

import httpx
from iplocate import IPLocateClient, AsyncIPLocateClient

# Custom timeout and base URL
client = IPLocateClient(
    api_key="your-api-key",
    timeout=60.0,
    base_url="https://custom-endpoint.com/api"
)

# Custom HTTP client
custom_http_client = httpx.Client(timeout=60.0)
client = IPLocateClient(
    api_key="your-api-key",
    http_client=custom_http_client
)

# Async with custom client
async_http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0)
async_client = AsyncIPLocateClient(
    api_key="your-api-key", 
    http_client=async_http_client
)

Context managers

# Synchronous
with IPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key") as client:
    result = client.lookup("8.8.8.8")
    print(result.country)

# Asynchronous
async with AsyncIPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key") as client:
    result = await client.lookup("8.8.8.8")
    print(result.country)

Response structure

The LookupResponse object contains all available data:

@dataclass
class LookupResponse:
    ip: str
    privacy: Privacy
    country: Optional[str] = None
    country_code: Optional[str] = None
    is_eu: bool = False
    city: Optional[str] = None
    continent: Optional[str] = None
    latitude: Optional[float] = None
    longitude: Optional[float] = None
    time_zone: Optional[str] = None
    postal_code: Optional[str] = None
    subdivision: Optional[str] = None
    currency_code: Optional[str] = None
    calling_code: Optional[str] = None
    network: Optional[str] = None
    asn: Optional[ASN] = None
    company: Optional[Company] = None
    hosting: Optional[Hosting] = None
    abuse: Optional[Abuse] = None

Fields marked as Optional may be None if data is not available.

Error handling

from iplocate import IPLocateClient
from iplocate.exceptions import (
    APIError, 
    RateLimitError, 
    AuthenticationError, 
    InvalidIPError
)

client = IPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key")

try:
    result = client.lookup("8.8.8.8")
except InvalidIPError as e:
    print(f"Invalid IP address: {e.ip}")
except AuthenticationError:
    print("Invalid API key")
except RateLimitError:
    print("Rate limit exceeded")
except APIError as e:
    print(f"API error ({e.status_code}): {e.message}")

Common API errors:

• InvalidIPError: Invalid IP address format
• AuthenticationError: Invalid API key (HTTP 403)
• NotFoundError: IP address not found (HTTP 404)
• RateLimitError: Rate limit exceeded (HTTP 429)
• APIError: Other API errors (HTTP 500, etc.)

Async/await support

The library provides full async support with AsyncIPLocateClient:

import asyncio
from iplocate import AsyncIPLocateClient

async def lookup_multiple_ips():
    async with AsyncIPLocateClient(api_key="your-api-key") as client:
        # Concurrent lookups
        tasks = [
            client.lookup("8.8.8.8"),
            client.lookup("1.1.1.1"),
            client.lookup("208.67.222.222")
        ]
        results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
        
        for result in results:
            print(f"{result.ip}: {result.country}")

asyncio.run(lookup_multiple_ips())

API reference

For complete API documentation, visit iplocate.io/docs.

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• httpx >= 0.24.0

Development

Install development dependencies:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Run tests:

pytest

Run type checking:

mypy iplocate

Format code:

black iplocate tests
isort iplocate tests

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

About IPLocate.io

Since 2017, IPLocate has set out to provide the most reliable and accurate IP address data.

We process 50TB+ of data to produce our comprehensive IP geolocation, IP to company, proxy and VPN detection, hosting detection, ASN, and WHOIS data sets. Our API handles over 15 billion requests a month for thousands of businesses and developers.

• Email: support@iplocate.io
• Website: iplocate.io
• Documentation: iplocate.io/docs
• Sign up for a free API Key: iplocate.io/signup