Laravel IP-API Integration: Quick IP Geolocation Solution

The Laravel IP-API Package is a powerful and easy-to-use solution for integrating IP geolocation functionality into your Laravel applications. With this package, you can effortlessly retrieve detailed information about the location, timezone, ISP, and more for any IP address. It provides a simplified interface for making API requests to IP-API, a popular and reliable IP geolocation service. Save time and effort in implementing IP geolocation in your Laravel projects with this convenient package.

Installation

composer require aungmyokyaw/ip-api

Usage

Features

• Facade
• Request

Facade

Retrieving geolocation data for a requested IP address.

use IPAPI;


$ipData = IPAPI::detect();

Retrieving geolocation data for a custom IP address.

use IPAPI;


$ipAddress = '192.168.1.1';

$ipData = IPAPI::detect($ipAddress);

Request

In your Laravel controller or middleware, you can use the $request->ipApi() method to retrieve geolocation data for the requested IP address. For example:

public function show(Request $request)
{

    $geoData = $request->ipApi(); // retrieve geolocation data 

}

Response

Available response data for this geo package includes:

Name	Description	Type
status	success or fail	string
message	included only when status is fail Can be one of the following: private range, reserved range, invalid query	string
continent	Continent name	string
continentCode	Two-letter continent code	string
country	Country name	string
countryCode	Two-letter country code ISO 3166-1 alpha-2	string
region	Region/state short code (FIPS or ISO)	string
regionName	Region/state	string
city	City	string
district	District (subdivision of city)	string
zip	Zip Code	string
lat	Latitude	float
lon	Longitude	float
timezone	Timezone (tz)	string
offset	Timezone UTC DST offset in seconds	int
currency	National currency	string
isp	ISP name	string
org	Organization name	string
as	AS number and organization, separated by space (RIR). Empty for IP blocks not being announced in BGP tables.	string
asname	AS name (RIR). Empty for IP blocks not being announced in BGP tables.	string
reverse	Reverse DNS of the IP (can delay response)	string
mobile	Mobile (cellular) connection	bool
proxy	Proxy, VPN or Tor exit address	bool
hosting	Hosting, colocated or data center	bool
query	IP used for the query	bool

Credits

ip-api.com

License

This package is open source and released under the MIT License. Please review the LICENSE file for detailed licensing terms and conditions.