Android™

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. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Lookup an IPv4 address: 149.250.207.170  (this was a randomly chosen address)
    String jsonStr = http.quickGetStr("http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/149.250.207.170");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    success = json.Load(jsonStr);

    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // 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"
    // }

    String ipAddress;
    String continentCode;
    String continentName;
    String countryCode;
    String countryName;
    String stateProv;
    String city;

    ipAddress = json.stringOf("ipAddress");
    continentCode = json.stringOf("continentCode");
    continentName = json.stringOf("continentName");
    countryCode = json.stringOf("countryCode");
    countryName = json.stringOf("countryName");
    stateProv = json.stringOf("stateProv");
    city = json.stringOf("city");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}