# Ip Location Check (`abotapi/ip-location-check`) Actor

Look up geographic locations for IP addresses. Supports batch lookups with country, city, subdivision, coordinates, and timezone data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/abotapi/ip-location-check.md
- **Developed by:** [Abot API](https://apify.com/abotapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Agents, Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## IP Location Checker

Look up geographic locations for IP addresses. Supports batch lookups with country, city, subdivision, coordinates, and timezone data.

The IP database refreshes every week automatically -each run checks for the latest version and caches it for 24 hours.

### What data can you get?

- **Country** -Name and ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g., `US`, `HK`, `JP`)
- **Subdivision** -State, province, or region
- **City** -City name
- **Postal code** -ZIP or postal code
- **Coordinates** -Latitude and longitude
- **Timezone** -IANA timezone identifier (e.g., `America/Chicago`, `Asia/Hong_Kong`)
- **Accuracy radius** -Approximate accuracy in kilometers
- **Multi-language** -Location names in 10+ languages (en, de, fr, ja, zh-CN, etc.)

### Use cases

- **Ad targeting validation** -Verify that ad impressions are served to the correct geographic regions
- **Fraud detection** -Flag users whose IP location doesn't match their claimed location
- **Content localization** -Determine user regions for serving localized content
- **Access control** -Enforce geographic restrictions on APIs or content
- **Analytics enrichment** -Add location data to IP-based logs and analytics pipelines
- **Compliance** -Identify traffic from specific jurisdictions for regulatory compliance

### Quick start

#### Basic lookup

```json
{
    "ipAddresses": ["8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1", "103.235.46.39"]
}
```

#### With language

```json
{
    "ipAddresses": ["8.8.8.8", "103.235.46.39"],
    "language": "zh-CN"
}
```

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `ipAddresses` | array | List of IP addresses to look up (IPv4 or IPv6). **Required.** |
| `language` | string | Language for location names, ISO 639-1 code (default: `en`) |

#### Supported languages

`en`, `de`, `es`, `fr`, `ja`, `pt-BR`, `ru`, `zh-CN` -availability depends on the GeoLite2 database coverage for each location.

### Output

Results are pushed to the default **Dataset** as JSON objects.

#### Example output

```json
{
    "ip": "8.8.8.8",
    "country": "United States",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "subdivision": null,
    "city": null,
    "postalCode": null,
    "latitude": 37.751,
    "longitude": -97.822,
    "timezone": "America/Chicago",
    "accuracyRadius": 1000,
    "success": true,
    "error": null
}
```

#### Output fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `ip` | string | The queried IP address |
| `country` | string | Country name in the requested language |
| `countryCode` | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
| `subdivision` | string | State, province, or region |
| `city` | string | City name |
| `postalCode` | string | Postal/ZIP code |
| `latitude` | number | Approximate latitude |
| `longitude` | number | Approximate longitude |
| `timezone` | string | IANA timezone identifier |
| `accuracyRadius` | integer | Accuracy radius in kilometers |
| `success` | boolean | Whether the lookup succeeded |
| `error` | string | Error message if lookup failed |

# Actor input Schema

## `ipAddresses` (type: `array`):

List of IP addresses to look up (IPv4 or IPv6)

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language for location names (ISO 639-1 code)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "ipAddresses": [
    "8.8.8.8",
    "1.1.1.1"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing geolocation results for all queried IP addresses.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "ipAddresses": [
        "8.8.8.8",
        "1.1.1.1"
    ],
    "language": "en"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("abotapi/ip-location-check").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "ipAddresses": [
        "8.8.8.8",
        "1.1.1.1",
    ],
    "language": "en",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("abotapi/ip-location-check").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "ipAddresses": [
    "8.8.8.8",
    "1.1.1.1"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}' |
apify call abotapi/ip-location-check --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=abotapi/ip-location-check",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/xCeVH1l8vytE1IUEt/builds/CHRQJHCEbYGjzs2gJ/openapi.json