micro-geoip-lite

micro-geoip-lite

🌍 An extremely lite geoip decoder utilizing the micro-geoip-lite microservice to geo decode the IP info via an https request - the microservice utilizes MaxMind's IP info dataset.

Installation

• Run yarn add micro-geoip-light, npm i micro-geoip-light

Usage

• params:

  • ip?: string - optional, defaults to client's IP
  • options?: { serviceUrl: string } - optional, called instead of the default provider URL.

• returns:

  {
    ip: string, // if ip param was not provided, this defaults to request.ip
    range: [ number, number ],
    country: string,
    region: string,
    eu: string, // '0' or '1'
    timezone: string,
    city: string,
    ll: [ number, number ],
    metro: number,
    area: number,
    // error: 'Error text', // only exists if an error happened
  }
  

• example - fetch own ip info:

  import geodecodeIp from 'micro-geoip-light';
  
  const result = await geodecodeIp();
  
  {
    ip: '207.97.227.239', // if ip param was not provided, this defaults to request.ip
    range: [ 3479298048, 3479300095 ],
    country: 'US',
    region: 'TX',
    eu: '0',
    timezone: 'America/Chicago',
    city: 'San Antonio',
    ll: [ 29.4969, -98.4032 ],
    metro: 641,
    area: 1000,
    // error: 'Error text', // only exists if an error happened
  }
  

• example - fetch specific ip info:

  import geodecodeIp from 'micro-geoip-light';
  
  const result = await geodecodeIp('207.97.227.239');
  

• Live DEMO