IPGeolocation API
REST API that resolves IP addresses to geographic location, timezone, ISP, currency, and threat intelligence data, supporting both single lookups and bulk processing.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
HTTPS enforced. API key passed as query parameter is a weaker pattern — risks appearing in proxy logs and browser history if used client-side. No per-module key scoping despite multiple data modules. GDPR compliance documented. Threat intelligence data quality depends on provider's feed freshness, which is not SLA'd.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
An agent needs fast, lightweight IP context — country, timezone, or basic threat flags — to make routing, rate limiting, or security decisions without building custom IP intelligence.
Avoid When
You need street-level precision, authoritative threat intelligence (use a dedicated TI platform), or process more than 30,000 IPs/day without a business-tier subscription.
Use Cases
- • Geolocating inbound request IPs to enforce geographic access controls or routing logic
- • Detecting VPN, proxy, and Tor exit node IPs for fraud prevention and security analysis
- • Resolving user timezone from IP for localized scheduling or notification timing
- • Enriching server logs with country, city, and ISP context for security dashboards
- • Performing bulk IP lookups (up to 50/request) for post-hoc threat analysis workflows
Not For
- • Highly precise geolocation — city-level accuracy is typical, not street-level
- • IPv6 coverage in all regions (accuracy varies for IPv6 addresses)
- • Legal enforcement or high-stakes access control where false positives are costly
- • Mobile carrier geolocation (carrier IPs are often pooled and imprecise)
Interface
Authentication
API key passed as query parameter (apiKey=...). Self-service signup with free tier. Single key grants access to all subscribed modules (geo, security, timezone). No per-scope key granularity.
Pricing
Free tier sufficient for development and low-traffic agents. Paid tiers are competitively priced. Bulk lookup endpoint (up to 50 IPs) is available on paid plans and significantly reduces per-IP cost at scale.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ API key in query parameter (apiKey=...) risks exposure in server access logs — proxy through backend where possible
- ⚠ Threat intelligence fields (is_tor, is_proxy, threat_score) require the 'security' module to be enabled on the subscription
- ⚠ Free tier quota (1,000/day) resets at midnight UTC — agents should handle quota errors gracefully and queue retries
- ⚠ Bulk endpoint accepts up to 50 IPs per POST but is only available on paid plans; free-tier agents must use single-IP endpoint
- ⚠ Country-level geolocation is reliable; city accuracy degrades for cloud provider IP ranges (AWS, GCP, Azure IPs often geolocate to provider HQ)
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.