shammi/ip2locationio

Overview

IP2Location.io REST API allowing users to check IP address location in real time. The REST API supports both IPv4 and IPv6 address lookup. More about the IP2Location.io API can be find at IP2Location.io

Prerequisites

Before using this package in your Ballerina application, complete the following:

• Create IP2Location.io account
• Obtain tokens - Navigate to the IP2Location.io Dashboard, your API key will be listed there, simply copy it.

Quickstart

To use the IP2Location.io package in your Ballerina application, update the .bal file as follows:

Step 1: Import package

First, import the ip2locationio/ip2locationio module into the Ballerina project.

import ip2locationio/ip2locationio;

Step 2: Create a new package instance

In your main function, intantiate the client as the following

public function main() returns error? {
    ip2locationio:Client ip2locationioClient = check new ip2locationio:Client();
    // Your logic here
}

Step 3: Invoke an operation

1. Now you can use the operations available within the package. Following code demonstrate how to get geolocation information for the IP 8.8.8.8.

public function main() returns error? {
    ip2locationio:Client ip2locationioClient = check new ip2locationio:Client();
    json|error response = ip2locationioClient->getGeolocationInfo("<YOUR_API_Key>", "8.8.8.8");
    io:println(response);
    // Your logic here
}

2. Use bal run command to compile and run the Ballerina program.