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ipapi.co IPv4 Geolocation Lookup

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Demonstrates how to lookup Geolocation data for an IPv4 address using the ipapi.co REST API.

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    const char *jsonStr;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    const char *ip;
    const char *city;
    const char *region;
    const char *region_code;
    const char *country;
    const char *country_name;
    const char *continent_code;
    BOOL in_eu;
    const char *postal;
    const char *latitude;
    const char *longitude;
    const char *timezone;
    const char *utc_offset;
    const char *country_calling_code;
    const char *currency;
    const char *languages;
    const char *asn;
    const char *org;

    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,"https://ipapi.co/149.250.207.170/json");
    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

    // {
    //   "ip": "149.250.207.170",
    //   "city": "B�blingen",
    //   "region": "Baden-W�rttemberg",
    //   "region_code": null,
    //   "country": "DE",
    //   "country_name": "Germany",
    //   "continent_code": "EU",
    //   "in_eu": true,
    //   "postal": null,
    //   "latitude": null,
    //   "longitude": null,
    //   "timezone": null,
    //   "utc_offset": null,
    //   "country_calling_code": "+49",
    //   "currency": "EUR",
    //   "languages": "de",
    //   "asn": "AS15854",
    //   "org": "EntServ Deutschland GmbH"
    // }

    ip = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"ip");
    city = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"city");
    region = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"region");
    region_code = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"region_code");
    country = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"country");
    country_name = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"country_name");
    continent_code = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"continent_code");
    in_eu = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(json,"in_eu");
    postal = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"postal");
    latitude = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"latitude");
    longitude = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"longitude");
    timezone = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"timezone");
    utc_offset = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"utc_offset");
    country_calling_code = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"country_calling_code");
    currency = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"currency");
    languages = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"languages");
    asn = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"asn");
    org = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"org");


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

    }