C

api.db-ip.com IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

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Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the api.db-ip.com REST API. C

#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    const char *jsonStr;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    const char *ipAddress;
    const char *continentCode;
    const char *continentName;
    const char *countryCode;
    const char *countryName;
    const char *stateProv;
    const char *city;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    // Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
    jsonStr = CkHttp_quickGetStr(http,"http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/149.250.207.170");
    if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    success = CkJsonObject_Load(json,jsonStr);

    printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(json));

    // Sample output:
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "ipAddress": "149.250.207.170",
    //   "continentCode": "EU",
    //   "continentName": "Europe",
    //   "countryCode": "DE",
    //   "countryName": "Germany",
    //   "stateProv": "Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg",
    //   "city": "B\u00f6blingen"
    // }

    ipAddress = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"ipAddress");
    continentCode = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"continentCode");
    continentName = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"continentName");
    countryCode = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"countryCode");
    countryName = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"countryName");
    stateProv = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"stateProv");
    city = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"city");


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

    }