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FREE Public IP Address API

Introduction

The Public IP Address API is a fast and simple way to determine the public IPv4 address of a customer accessing your services. It also offers proxy detection by examining the X-Forwarded-For (XFF) HTTP header field.

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This API is part of the FREE API Package package and is available in free and paid plans. Please visit the FREE API Package 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/client-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/client-ip

Request

This API doesn't require any request parameters.

Responses

Example query

https://api-bdc.net/data/client-ip
  

Example response

Schema

application/json