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ipinfo-cli
Get information about an IP address using command line with the help of ipinfo.io's API.
installation
> npm install ipinfo-cli --global
Usage
> ipinfo-cli --help
Usage
- If an IP address is passed, information about it is
fetched and displayed.
- Otherwise, the current public address will be used.
Examples
> ipinfo
> ipinfo 8.8.8.8
Result
┌──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Title │ Value │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ip │ 8.8.8.8 │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ hostname │ www.xyz.com │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ city │ Mountain View │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ region │ California │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ country │ US │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ loc │ 37.4192,-122.0574 │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ org │ XYZ Inc. │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ postal │ 99999 │
├──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ timezone │ America/Los_Angeles │
└──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
Related
ipinfo - API for this module
License
MIT © Chintan Radia
FAQs
Get ip information using command line
We found that ipinfo-cli demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 02 Feb 2020
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