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Public IP getting in JavaScript


I would use a web service that can return JSON (along with jQuery to make things simpler). Below are all the free active IP lookup services I could find and the information they return. If you know of any more, then please add a comment and I'll update this answer.

CloudFlare

// If your site is on CloudFlare, then you can use '/cdn-cgi/trace' instead
$.get('https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace', function(data) {
    console.log(data)
})
Returns:
fl=4f422
h=www.cloudflare.com
ip=54.193.27.106
ts=1575967108.245
visit_scheme=https
uag=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/74.0.3729.169 Safari/537.36 Hypothesis-Via
colo=SJC
http=http/1.1
loc=US
tls=TLSv1.3
sni=plaintext
warp=off
Limitations:
  • Returns plain text

DB-IP

Returns:
{
  "address": "116.12.250.1",
  "country": "SG",
  "stateprov": "Central Singapore",
  "city": "Singapore"
}
Limitations:
  • 2,500 requests per day
  • Doesn't support JSONP callbacks
  • Requires IP address parameter
  • Requires an email address to get your API key
  • No SSL (https) with the free plan

Geobytes

$.getJSON('http://gd.geobytes.com/GetCityDetails?callback=?', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:
{
  "geobytesforwarderfor": "",
  "geobytesremoteip": "116.12.250.1",
  "geobytesipaddress": "116.12.250.1",
  "geobytescertainty": "99",
  "geobytesinternet": "SA",
  "geobytescountry": "Saudi Arabia",
  "geobytesregionlocationcode": "SASH",
  "geobytesregion": "Ash Sharqiyah",
  "geobytescode": "SH",
  "geobyteslocationcode": "SASHJUBA",
  "geobytescity": "Jubail",
  "geobytescityid": "13793",
  "geobytesfqcn": "Jubail, SH, Saudi Arabia",
  "geobyteslatitude": "27.004999",
  "geobyteslongitude": "49.660999",
  "geobytescapital": "Riyadh ",
  "geobytestimezone": "+03:00",
  "geobytesnationalitysingular": "Saudi Arabian ",
  "geobytespopulation": "22757092",
  "geobytesnationalityplural": "Saudis",
  "geobytesmapreference": "Middle East ",
  "geobytescurrency": "Saudi Riyal",
  "geobytescurrencycode": "SAR",
  "geobytestitle": "Saudi Arabia"
}
Limitations:
  • 16,384 requests per hour
  • No SSL (https) with the free plan
  • Can return the wrong location (I'm in Singapore, not Saudi Arabia)

GeoIPLookup.io

$.getJSON('https://json.geoiplookup.io/api?callback=?', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:
{
    "ip": "116.12.250.1",
    "isp": "SGPOST",
    "org": "Singapore Post Ltd",
    "hostname": "116.12.250.1",
    "longitude": "103.807",
    "latitude": "1.29209",
    "postal_code": "",
    "city": "Singapore",
    "country_code": "SG",
    "country_name": "Singapore",
    "continent_code": "AS",
    "region": "Central Singapore",
    "district": "",
    "timezone_name": "Asia\/Singapore",
    "connection_type": "",
    "asn": "AS3758 SingNet",
    "currency_code": "SGD",
    "currency_name": "Singapore Dollar",
    "success": true
}
Limitations:
  • 10,000 requests per hour
  • Free API only allows non-commercial use

geoPlugin

$.getJSON('http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?jsoncallback=?', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:
{
  "geoplugin_request": "116.12.250.1",
  "geoplugin_status": 200,
  "geoplugin_credit": "Some of the returned data includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available from <a href=\\'http://www.maxmind.com\\'>http://www.maxmind.com</a>.",
  "geoplugin_city": "Singapore",
  "geoplugin_region": "Singapore (general)",
  "geoplugin_areaCode": "0",
  "geoplugin_dmaCode": "0",
  "geoplugin_countryCode": "SG",
  "geoplugin_countryName": "Singapore",
  "geoplugin_continentCode": "AS",
  "geoplugin_latitude": "1.2931",
  "geoplugin_longitude": "103.855797",
  "geoplugin_regionCode": "00",
  "geoplugin_regionName": "Singapore (general)",
  "geoplugin_currencyCode": "SGD",
  "geoplugin_currencySymbol": "&#36;",
  "geoplugin_currencySymbol_UTF8": "$",
  "geoplugin_currencyConverter": 1.4239
}
Limitations:
  • 120 requests per minute
  • No SSL (https) with the free plan

Hacker Target

Returns:
IP Address: 116.12.250.1
Country: SG
State: N/A
City: Singapore
Latitude: 1.293100
Longitude: 103.855797
Limitations:
  • 50 requests per day
  • Doesn't support JSONP callbacks
  • Requires IP address parameter
  • Returns plain text

ipapi.co

$.getJSON('https://ipapi.co/json/', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:

Returns:
{
  "ip": "116.12.250.1",
  "city": "Singapore",
  "region": "Central Singapore Community Development Council",
  "country": "SG",
  "country_name": "Singapore",
  "postal": null,
  "latitude": 1.2855,
  "longitude": 103.8565,
  "timezone": "Asia/Singapore"
}
Limitations:
  • 1,000 requests per day
  • Requires SSL (https)

IP-API.com

$.getJSON('http://ip-api.com/json?callback=?', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:
{
  "as": "AS3758 SingNet",
  "city": "Singapore",
  "country": "Singapore",
  "countryCode": "SG",
  "isp": "SingNet Pte Ltd",
  "lat": 1.2931,
  "lon": 103.8558,
  "org": "Singapore Telecommunications",
  "query": "116.12.250.1",
  "region": "01",
  "regionName": "Central Singapore Community Development Council",
  "status": "success",
  "timezone": "Asia/Singapore",
  "zip": ""
}
Limitations:
  • 150 requests per minute
  • No SSL (https) with the free plan

Ipdata.co

$.getJSON('https://api.ipdata.co', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:
{
  "ip": "116.12.250.1",
  "city": "Singapore",
  "region": "Central Singapore Community Development Council",
  "region_code": "01",
  "country_name": "Singapore",
  "country_code": "SG",
  "continent_name": "Asia",
  "continent_code": "AS",
  "latitude": 1.2931,
  "longitude": 103.8558,
  "asn": "AS3758",
  "organisation": "SingNet",
  "postal": "",
  "calling_code": "65",
  "flag": "https://ipdata.co/flags/sg.png",
  "emoji_flag": "\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec",
  "emoji_unicode": "U+1F1F8 U+1F1EC",
  "is_eu": false,
  "languages": [
    {
      "name": "English",
      "native": "English"
    },
    {
      "name": "Malay",
      "native": "Bahasa Melayu"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tamil",
      "native": "\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chinese",
      "native": "\u4e2d\u6587"
    }
  ],
  "currency": {
    "name": "Singapore Dollar",
    "code": "SGD",
    "symbol": "S$",
    "native": "$",
    "plural": "Singapore dollars"
  },
  "time_zone": {
    "name": "Asia/Singapore",
    "abbr": "+08",
    "offset": "+0800",
    "is_dst": false,
    "current_time": "2018-05-09T12:28:49.183674+08:00"
  },
  "threat": {
    "is_tor": false,
    "is_proxy": false,
    "is_anonymous": false,
    "is_known_attacker": false,
    "is_known_abuser": false,
    "is_threat": false,
    "is_bogon": false
  }
}
Limitations:
  • 1,500 requests per day
  • Requires an email address to get your API key
  • Requires SSL (https)

IP Find

$.getJSON('https://ipfind.co/me?auth=<your_api_key>', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:
{
  "ip_address": "116.12.250.1",
  "country": "Singapore",
  "country_code": "SG",
  "continent": "Asia",
  "continent_code": "AS",
  "city": "Singapore",
  "county": null,
  "region": "Central Singapore",
  "region_code": "01",
  "timezone": "Asia/Singapore",
  "owner": null,
  "longitude": 103.8565,
  "latitude": 1.2855,
  "currency": "SGD",
  "languages": [
    "cmn",
    "en-SG",
    "ms-SG",
    "ta-SG",
    "zh-SG"
  ]
}
Limitations:
  • 300 requests per day
  • Requires registration to get your API key

ipgeolocation

$.getJSON('https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=<your_api_key>', function(data) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
});
Returns:
{
  "ip": "116.12.250.1",
  "continent_code": "AS",
  "continent_name": "Asia",
  "country_code2": "SG",
  "country_code3": "SGP",
  "country_name": "Singapore",
  "country_capital": "Singapore",
  "state_prov": "Central Singapore",
  "district": "",
  "city": "Singapore",
  "zipcode": "",
  "latitude": "1.29209",
  "longitude": "103.807",
  "is_eu": false,
  "calling_code": "+65",
  "country_tld": ".sg",
  "languages": "cmn,en-SG,ms-SG,ta-SG,zh-SG",
  "country_flag": "https://ipgeolocation.io/static/flags/sg_64.png",
  "isp": "SGPOST",
  "connection_type": "",
  "organization": "Singapore Post Ltd",
  "geoname_id": "1880252",
  "currency": {
    "name": "Dollar",
    "code": "SGD"
  },
  "time_zone": {
    "name": "Asia/Singapore",
    "offset": 8,
    "is_dst": false,
    "current_time": "2018-06-12 09:06:49.028+0800"
  }
}
Limitations:
  • 50,000 requests per month
  • Requires registration to get your API key 
  • key

  • ipify

    $.getJSON('https://api.ipify.org?format=jsonp&callback=?', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
      "ip": "116.12.250.1"
    }
    Limitations:
    • None

    IPInfoDB

    $.getJSON('https://api.ipinfodb.com/v3/ip-city/?key=<your_api_key>&format=json&callback=?', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
      "statusCode": "OK",
      "statusMessage": "",
      "ipAddress": "116.12.250.1",
      "countryCode": "SG",
      "countryName": "Singapore",
      "regionName": "Singapore",
      "cityName": "Singapore",
      "zipCode": "048941",
      "latitude": "1.28967",
      "longitude": "103.85",
      "timeZone": "+08:00"
    }
    Limitations:
    • Two requests per second
    • Requires registration to get your API key

    ipinfo.io

    $.getJSON('https://ipinfo.io/json', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
      "ip": "116.12.250.1",
      "hostname": "No Hostname",
      "city": "Singapore",
      "region": "Central Singapore Community Development Council",
      "country": "SG",
      "loc": "1.2931,103.8558",
      "org": "AS3758 SingNet"
    }
    Limitations:
    • 1,000 requests per day

    Ipregistry

    $.getJSON('https://api.ipregistry.co/?key=<your_api_key>', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
      "ip" : "116.12.250.1",
      "type" : "IPv4",
      "hostname" : null,
      "carrier" : {
        "name" : null,
        "mcc" : null,
        "mnc" : null
      },
      "connection" : {
        "asn" : 3758,
        "domain" : "singnet.com.sg",
        "organization" : "SingNet Pte Ltd",
        "type" : "isp"
      },
      "currency" : {
        "code" : "SGD",
        "name" : "Singapore Dollar",
        "plural" : "Singapore dollars",
        "symbol" : "SGD",
        "symbol_native" : "SGD",
        "format" : {
          "negative" : {
            "prefix" : "-SGD",
            "suffix" : ""
          },
          "positive" : {
            "prefix" : "SGD",
            "suffix" : ""
          }
        }
      },
      "location" : {
        "continent" : {
          "code" : "AS",
          "name" : "Asia"
        },
        "country" : {
          "area" : 692.0,
          "borders" : [ ],
          "calling_code" : "65",
          "capital" : "Singapore",
          "code" : "SG",
          "name" : "Singapore",
          "population" : 5638676,
          "population_density" : 8148.38,
          "flag" : {
            "emoji" : "🇸🇬",
            "emoji_unicode" : "U+1F1F8 U+1F1EC",
            "emojitwo" : "https://cdn.ipregistry.co/flags/emojitwo/sg.svg",
            "noto" : "https://cdn.ipregistry.co/flags/noto/sg.png",
            "twemoji" : "https://cdn.ipregistry.co/flags/twemoji/sg.svg",
            "wikimedia" : "https://cdn.ipregistry.co/flags/wikimedia/sg.svg"
          },
          "languages" : [ {
            "code" : "cmn",
            "name" : "cmn",
            "native" : "cmn"
          }, {
            "code" : "en",
            "name" : "English",
            "native" : "English"
          }, {
            "code" : "ms",
            "name" : "Malay",
            "native" : "Melayu"
          }, {
            "code" : "ta",
            "name" : "Tamil",
            "native" : "தமிà®´்"
          }, {
            "code" : "zh",
            "name" : "Chinese",
            "native" : "中文"
          } ],
          "tld" : ".sg"
        },
        "region" : {
          "code" : null,
          "name" : "Singapore"
        },
        "city" : "Singapore",
        "postal" : "96534",
        "latitude" : 1.28967,
        "longitude" : 103.85007,
        "language" : {
          "code" : "cmn",
          "name" : "cmn",
          "native" : "cmn"
        },
        "in_eu" : false
      },
      "security" : {
        "is_bogon" : false,
        "is_cloud_provider" : false,
        "is_tor" : false,
        "is_tor_exit" : false,
        "is_proxy" : false,
        "is_anonymous" : false,
        "is_abuser" : false,
        "is_attacker" : false,
        "is_threat" : false
      },
      "time_zone" : {
        "id" : "Asia/Singapore",
        "abbreviation" : "SGT",
        "current_time" : "2019-09-29T23:13:32+08:00",
        "name" : "Singapore Standard Time",
        "offset" : 28800,
        "in_daylight_saving" : false
      }
    }
    Limitations:
    • Free plan includes 100,000 requests
    • Requires registration to get your API key

    ipstack (formerly freegeoip.net)

    $.getJSON('http://api.ipstack.com/<ip_address>?access_key=<your_api_key>', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
        "ip": "116.12.250.1",
        "type": "ipv4",
        "continent_code": "AS",
        "continent_name": "Asia",
        "country_code": "SG",
        "country_name": "Singapore",
        "region_code": "01",
        "region_name": "Central Singapore Community Development Council",
        "city": "Singapore",
        "zip": null,
        "latitude": 1.2931,
        "longitude": 103.8558,
        "location": {
            "geoname_id": 1880252,
            "capital": "Singapore",
            "languages": [{
                "code": "en",
                "name": "English",
                "native": "English"
            },
            {
                "code": "ms",
                "name": "Malay",
                "native": "Bahasa Melayu"
            },
            {
                "code": "ta",
                "name": "Tamil",
                "native": "\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd"
            },
            {
                "code": "zh",
                "name": "Chinese",
                "native": "\u4e2d\u6587"
            }],
            "country_flag": "http:\/\/assets.ipstack.com\/flags\/sg.svg",
            "country_flag_emoji": "\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec",
            "country_flag_emoji_unicode": "U+1F1F8 U+1F1EC",
            "calling_code": "65",
            "is_eu": false
        }
    }
    Limitations:
    • 10,000 requests per month
    • Requires IP address parameter
    • Requires registration to get your API key
    • No SSL (https) with the free plan

    jsonip.com

    $.getJSON('https://jsonip.com/?callback=?', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
      "ip": "116.12.250.1",
      "about": "https://jsonip.com/about",
      "Pro!": "http://getjsonip.com",
      "Get Notifications": "https://jsonip.com/notify"
    }
    Limitations:
    • The response includes upsell

    JSON Test

    $.getJSON('http://ip.jsontest.com/?callback=?', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
      "ip": "116.12.250.1"
    }
    Limitations:
    • No SSL (https)
    • Goes down a lot (over quota), so I wouldn't use it for production
    • Returns IPv6 address if you have one, which may not be what you want

    Nekudo

    $.getJSON('https://geoip.nekudo.com/api', function(data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    });
    Returns:
    {
      "city": "Singapore",
      "country": {
        "name": "Singapore",
        "code": "SG"
      },
      "location": {
        "accuracy_radius": 50,
        "latitude": 1.2855,
        "longitude": 103.8565,
        "time_zone": "Asia/Singapore"
      },
      "ip": "116.12.250.1"
    }
    Limitations:
    • Blocked by ad blockers using the EasyPrivacy list

    Keep in mind that since these are all free services, your mileage may vary in terms of exceeding quota and uptime, and who knows when/if they will be taken offline down the road (exhibit A: Telize). Most of these services also offer a paid tier in case you want more features like SSL support.

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