This is an API interface for checking your IP address, looking up an IP address, and for DNS lookup. See the IpInfo Website for more details.
Note: Depends on the GeoLite2 database.
After downloading the source and the GeoLite2 database, simply start the service, optionally specifying the path to the database:
go run main.go --geo-db-path "./GeoLite2-City.mmdb" --server-host ":8081"
This endpoint will return data about the IP of the requester
GET /ip
{
"ip": "111.11.11.111",
"geolocation": {
"country_code": "DE",
"country": "Germany",
"city": "Garching bei Munchen",
"lat": 48.249,
"long": 11.651,
"timezone": "Europe/Berlin"
}
}
The following errors may be returned:
| HTTP code | error id |
|---|---|
| 400 | invalid_ip |
| 500 | internal_server_error |
curl http://localhost:8081/ip
This endpoint will return data about the specified IP
GET /ip/{ipAddress}
{
"ip": "198.252.206.211",
"hostnames": [
"stackoverflow.com."
],
"geolocation": {
"country_code": "US",
"country": "United States",
"lat": 37.751,
"long": -97.822,
"timezone": "America/Chicago"
}
}
The following errors may be returned:
| HTTP code | error id |
|---|---|
| 400 | missing_ip |
| 400 | invalid_ip |
| 500 | internal_server_error |
curl http://localhost:8081/ip/198.252.206.211
This endpoint will return data about the specified IP
GET /host/{hostname}
{
"ips": [
"151.101.1.69",
"151.101.129.69",
"151.101.65.69",
"151.101.193.69"
],
"geolocation": {
"country_code": "US",
"country": "United States",
"lat": 37.751,
"long": -97.822,
"timezone": "America/Chicago"
}
}
The following errors may be returned:
| HTTP code | error id |
|---|---|
| 400 | missing_hostname |
| 400 | invalid_hostname |
| 404 | not_found |
| 500 | internal_server_error |
curl http://localhost:8081/host/stackoverflow.com