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Country by IP Address API

Introduction

This API returns detailed information about the country identified by geolocating the provided IPv4/IPv6 IP address. This includes ISO-defined names, languages, currencies, United Nations and Word Bank defined region names and income levels. Powered by patent-pending Next Generation IP Geolocation Technology.

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This API is part of the IP Geolocation package and is available in free and paid plans. Please visit the IP Geolocation package page for limits and pricing information.

Endpoints

IPv4 only API Endpoint

Use this endpoint to force API calls routed over the IPv4 network only

GET

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

Dual-Stack API Endpoint

This endpoint has native IPv6 support and backs the API calls routed over both IPv4 and IPv6 networks

GET

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

Request

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Parameter

Type

string

Required

Optional, default value: [Caller's IP]

Description

IPv4 IP address in a string or numeric format or IPv6 IP address in a string format. If omitted, the caller’s IP address is assumed

Parameter

localityLanguage

Type

string

Required

Optional, default value: en

Description

Preferred language for locality names in ISO 639-1 format, such as 'en' for English, 'es' for Spanish etc. If the requested language is unavailable for a requested location, it will default to English. If no English variant is available, will provide the native, local names. Use 'default' as the requested value to automatically adjust the language to the first administrative language in the Country.

Parameter

key

Type

string

Required

Yes

Description

Your API key

Responses

Example query

https://api-bdc.net/data/country-by-ip?ip=8.8.8.8&localityLanguage=en&key=[YOUR API KEY]

Example response

Schema

application/json